December 2011 - Pharo-dev - lists.pharo.org

[Pharo-project] NBCairo
by Fernando Olivero Dec. 11, 2011

Dec. 11, 2011

Hi, Javier i've enhanced a bit the NBCairo bindings. Made the examples work with FS and directly display on the Display, without creating an ImageMorph, and also release the png's. I've changed the protocol of NBCairo, and updated it to subclass NBExternalLibrary, now present in NB. I've attached the monticello packages, let me know what do you think. Fernando pd: almost have the pango bindings working, screenshots soon.

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[Pharo-project] [update 1.4] #14256
by Marcus Denker Dec. 11, 2011

Dec. 11, 2011

14256 ----- Issue 5086: remove #associationDeclareAt: http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=5086 Issue 5090: remove a call to withAllSuperAndSubclassesDoGently: http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=5090 Issue 5088: TextStyleTest is empty. Remove http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=5088 Issue 5074: Move Object>>#copyTwoLevel to finder package http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=5074 Issue 4840: Schedule>>between:and:do can iterate over the wrong dates. http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=4840 Issue 5089: clean unused methods related to filter streaming http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=5089 -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

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[Pharo-project] Chasing Browsers
by Sean P. DeNigris Dec. 11, 2011

Dec. 11, 2011

I have the setting enabled, but my implementors and senders are not... chasing. What gives? -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Chasing-Browsers-tp4102608p4102608.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Pharo-project] small typo on pharo-project.org
by Marcus Denker Dec. 11, 2011

Dec. 11, 2011

On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Tudor Girba <tudor(a)tudorgirba.com> wrote: > Hi, > > My contribution for the month: > > http://www.pharo-project.org/pharo-download/unstable-1-4 > Jenkis should be Jenkins :) > fixed. > Doru > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com > > "One cannot do more than one can do." > > > > -- -- Marcus DenkerÂ --Â denker(a)acm.org http://www.marcusdenker.de

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[Pharo-project] Pharo 1.3 vs 1.2.1 some results for ConfigurationOfODBC
by Ben Coman Dec. 11, 2011

Dec. 11, 2011

I have a Microsoft Access database on Microsoft Windows that I want to process using Pharo. ConfigurationOfODBC looked promising so followed instructions at http://www.pharocasts.com/2010/12/access-database-through-odbc.html, though using a blank MDB file rather than SQLLite, and 'TestMDB' as the ODBC DSN, I executed... --8<--- Gofer new squeaksource: 'ODBC'; package: 'ConfigurationOfODBC'; load. (Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfODBC) load. connection := ODBCConnection dsn: 'TestMDB' user: '' password: ''. connection execute: 'CREATE TABLE user(name varchar(10), age smallint)'. connection execute: 'INSERT INTO user VALUES(''Old Bob'', 100)'. contents := (connection query: 'select * from user;') execute: ''. contents asTable inspect. connection close. --8<--- which failed on Pharo 1.3 but worked on Pharo 1.2.1. To debug this I compared each by single stepping 1.3 & 1.2.1 side-by-side. I executed... connection := ODBCConnection dsn: 'TestMDB' user: '' password: ''. which seemed to worked the same on both platforms up to the inserted 'self halt' shown here... --8<--- ODBCConnection>>connect "Connect to the database" self registerForFinalization. hEnv := self sqlAllocEnv. false ifTrue: [ self sqlSetEnvAttr: 200 value: 2 "SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION" ]. self halt. hdbc := self sqlAllocConnect: hEnv. --8<--- ODBCConnection>>sqlAllocConnect: envHandle | h | h := SQLHDBC new. self checkSQLReturn: (ODBCLibrary default sqlAllocConnectEnvironment: hEnv connection: h ). ^h --8<--- ODBCLibrary(Object)>>sqlAllocConnectEnvironment: environmentHandle connection: connectionHandle "SQLRETURN SQLAllocConnect( SQLHENV EnvironmentHandle, SQLHDBC *ConnectionHandle);" <cdecl: short 'SQLAllocConnect' (SQLHENV SQLHDBC*)> ^ self externalCallFailed --8<--- ODBCConnection>>checkSQLReturn: sqlReturn "private - check the sqlReturn and generates an exception if corresponds" self checkSQLReturn: sqlReturn environment: hEnv connection: hdbc statement: nil --8<--- If you've followed the call chain down to here, then the result is... In Pharo 1.2.1 (WinXP & Win7) primitive SQLAllocConnect primitive succeeds, with sqlReturn=0 In Pharo 1.3 (WinXP & Win7) primitive SQLAllocConnect primitive succeeds, with sqlReturn=-2 I cannot find what -2 may mean on any of the Microsoft ODBC API pages, nor a few header files I checked (though I may have missed some header file) ================= To investigate further, I thought to try running the bypassed code... --8<--- ODBCConnection>>connect "Connect to the database" self registerForFinalization. hEnv := self sqlAllocEnv. self halt. true ifTrue: [ self sqlSetEnvAttr: 200 value: 2 "SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION" ]. --8<--- sqlSetEnvAttr: attr value: value self checkSQLReturn: (ODBCLibrary default sqlSetEnvAttr: hEnv attr: attr value: value length: 0 ) --8<--- sqlSetEnvAttrPtr: hEnv attr: attr value: value length: length "SQLRETURN SQLSetEnvAttr( SQLHENV EnvironmentHandle, SQLINTEGER Attribute, SQLPOINTER ValuePtr, SQLINTEGER StringLength);" <cdecl: short 'SQLSetEnvAttr' (SQLHENV long void* long)> ^ self externalCallFailed --8<--- For both 1.2.1 and 1.3 'self externalCallFailed' is executed for 1.2.1 errCode=12 'No module to load address from' for 1.3 errCode=13 'Unable to find function address' --8<--- Pointers anyone? btw, In parallel I am also trying out DBXTalk.

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Re: [Pharo-project] [ANN] Magma 1.3
by Stephan Eggermont Dec. 11, 2011

Dec. 11, 2011

Hi Chris, Great! I'd love to have someone explain and demo Magma at the FOSDEM2011 devroom (Feb 5, Brussels). You already told me you'd not be available. Anyone else capable & willing to do a presentation? Stephan

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[Pharo-project] Call for Participation in the Smalltalk Devroom at FOSDEM 2012.
by Stephan Eggermont Dec. 11, 2011

Dec. 11, 2011

Call for Participation in the Smalltalk Devroom at FOSDEM 2012. "A devroom for the Pharo, Squeak, GST, EtoilÃ©, Seaside, Moose Smalltalk projects. Smalltalk environments offer a very high development productivity, unmatched by their successors. Come do some pair programming with us and experience the advantages of a real OO environment." The meetup will take place Sunday, February 5, 2012, from 9AM until 5PM, room AW1.126. This room has 72 seats, a VGA video projector and wireless internet. More information will be available later. Proposals on content and format are welcome. People interested in running a session should announce that on the smalltalk-devroom mailing list, with the following information: - Their name - The project they are associated with - A short bio, to be put on the website along with their speaker name - (optionally) a picture of themselves - The title of their session (which will go on the website and in the booklet) - A abstract describing the session in further detail. - The desired length of the session. - The desired time slot in which they want to hold the session. Suggested values for the duration are 55min, 25min, 6m40 (Pecha Kucha). The desired time slot is meant to help you prevent conflicts with other dev rooms in which you might have a talk or your travel arrangements. The deadline for submissions is December 31, 23:00 GMT+1. Discussion takes place on the smalltalk-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org mailing list. Please subscribe if you are interested: https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/smalltalk-devroom The local VUB/ULB Smalltalkers have been asked to organize a sprint/BSUG meeting on Saturday Februari 4. Devroom related URLs: http://www.pharo-project.org http://www.squeak.org/ http://etoileos.com/ http://www.seaside.st/ http://smalltalk.gnu.org/ Please distribute

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Dec. 11, 2011

I'm a group of announcements. I can be used to register action to a group of announcement instead of enumerating them one by one. On Dec 9, 2011, at 10:46 PM, sean(a)clipperadams.com wrote: > 93 classes done > 802 classes remaining > Continuing in Announcements... > > Today: AnnouncementSet > > > Comment Of The Day Contest - One Day One Comment > Rules: > #1: Each day a not commented class is elected. Each day the best comment will be integrated with name of the author(s). > #2: If you cannot comment it, deprecate it. > Results: http://code.google.com/p/pharo/wiki/CommentOfTheDayContest > > p.s. this message was sent from a pharo image. Did you know you could easily do that?! >

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[Pharo-project] small typo on pharo-project.org
by Tudor Girba Dec. 11, 2011

Dec. 11, 2011

Hi, My contribution for the month: http://www.pharo-project.org/pharo-download/unstable-1-4 Jenkis should be Jenkins :) Doru -- www.tudorgirba.com "One cannot do more than one can do."

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Dec. 11, 2011

Hi It may interest some of you. Stef Begin forwarded message: > From: Dominique Sotteau <dominique.sotteau(a)seznam.cz> > Subject: looking for volunteers to teach in Ghana this summer 2012 > Date: December 10, 2011 4:59:30 PM GMT+01:00 > To: dominique.sotteau(a)seznam.cz > > Dear madam, sir, > > This is an email to reach those who showed some interest for the AHED project at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, whose aim is to update the level of lecturers of the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology (DCSIT) of this university (and other universities in Ghana) and work on guiding them towards a PhD. The ultimate goal is to install an MSc and a PhD program in the department (which today offers only undergraduate training). > > We would be grateful if you could forward the attached announcement to colleagues who might be interested. > > We are looking for two volunteers who would be willing to teach in Cape Coast this summer 2012 for a period of 6 to 8 weeks (between June 15th and August 15th). See attached announcement. > > I would also be grateful if you could let me know > - whether you might be, yourself, interested in teaching a course in the summer 2012; > - whether, although you are not free for the summer 2012, you would be interested in later opportunities; > - whether you would rather be deleted from my mailing list. > > There might be opportunities to teach in DCSIT at the undergraduate level for a full semester or even a year. If you are interested, please let me know. > > I take the opportunity of this email to thank those who already manifested their interest or even applied. If you already applied, you don't need to send your documents again, just let Steven Davis know that you would be free this summer. > > With all my thanks. I remain at your disposal for any further information. > > Sincerely yours > > Dominique Sotteau > previously DR CNRS, and later Head of international relation at INRIA, now retired. > +33 1 43 25 03 74 >

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