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[Pharo-project] Packages and Pharo and Portability : the 3 Ps !
by Torsten Bergmann Dec. 30, 2011

Dec. 30, 2011

>> So we should care for 1.3 and not yet for 1.4. since >> this is what people use. > >Yes but I use 1.4 for my private projects and this is good to know >what works. Yes - but dont use the squeaksource.com/MetaRepoForPharo14 for that. Otherwise we have to clean it up again and again depending on Pharos progress in 1.4. The "official" squeaksource.com/MetaRepoForPharo14 should be filled when Pharo 1.4 is out with all the configs that are known to work (and tested) for 1.4 But you can use the browser for your pet projects also. Just point him to another repo (maybe a local one): (MetacelloConfigurationBrowser new) repository: 'http://www.squeaksource.com/MyPetConfigs'; open thats all you have to do. And remember: the browser itself is just a start - it could be improved to mark configs already loaded, ... later Bye T. -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurÃ¼ck-Garantie! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone

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[Pharo-project] PharoDBX: CogVM vs. OneClickVM
by Torsten Bergmann Dec. 30, 2011

Dec. 30, 2011

I tried PharoDBX with the Pharo 1.3 one click and the provided VM was not able to find the DLLs for OpenDBX on windows. When I used the latest CogVM from Eliot with the same image it worked. Is this already known or did others experience this as well? Thx T. -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurÃ¼ck-Garantie! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone

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[Pharo-project] TextLint usage for German text?
by Franz Josef Konrad Dec. 30, 2011

Dec. 30, 2011

Has somebody used TextLint to analyze German Text? I haven't found any hint in this direction. If there is no adaption for German available, do you think it can be done easily? I had a short look to the source code and saw that one of the key points of TextLint is to recognize the type of a word (noun, verb, etc.). This is done by building a dictionary of words that comes from the English Wiktionary. From a first and naive view I would guess this can be done also for German and the rules could be adopt to German styling rules. Any remark to this topic is appreciated. Btw, I would like to use TextLint for analysing text of user manuals. Regards, Franz Josef

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[Pharo-project] TWM doesn't work without keymappins and keymappings doesn't work
by Mariano Martinez Peck Dec. 30, 2011

Dec. 30, 2011

Hi guys. I was trying to use TWM in Pharo 1.3 release. TWM brings with keymappings, which breaks the shortcuts of my image. For example, after installing keymappings I cannot close windows anymore with cmd + w or I cannot run tests from the browser using cmd + t. So i installed TWM without keybinding but now I cannot open the settings window because keymappings is not load. Any solution? (install TWM without keymappings or fixing keymappings) thanks! -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

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[Pharo-project] Help: #pointersTo broken (and fix, but I don't understand why it fixes)
by Mariano Martinez Peck Dec. 29, 2011

Dec. 29, 2011

Hi guys. #pointersTo is broken and that's why some tests of PointerFinderTest are yellow. Few weeks ago, I changed #pointsTo: so that it does not perform primitive 142 but it delegates to a new method #instVarsInclude: which has the primitive 132 now. Before this change, if I open a workspace and execute the following: | aDate | aDate := Date new. aDate pointersTo if you execute that several times, it is ALWAYS empty. After the change, in different executions answer not only empty but some MethodContext instances whose method is (ProtoObject>>#pointsTo: "a CompiledMethod(220463104)"). Most of the times, in these MethodContext instances, the receiver are the instance variables of aDate So #pointersTo answer, for example, an Array(CompiledMethod(ProtoObject)>>pointsTo: Time(ProtoObject)>>pointsTo: Duration(ProtoObject)>>pointsTo:) This causes #pointersToExcept: to have a different behavior. If in #pointersToExcept: I replace #pointsTo: with #instVarsInclude: it works perfect. The only difference is that one includes the class and the other one doesn't. BUT, in this example, the receiver is aDate, hence, there shouldn't be any object which class is #aDate. In fact, if I put a "(anObj class == self) ifTrue: [ self halt. ]" it NEVER HALT. That makes sense. But I don't understand then why with #pointsTo: it doesnt work and with #instVarsInclude: it works perfect. Any idea? Thanks in advance, -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

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[Pharo-project] Packages and Pharo and Portability : the 3 Ps !
by Torsten Bergmann Dec. 29, 2011

Dec. 29, 2011

Hi Stef, >I created MetaReportForPharo14 I already created "MetaRepoForPharo14" on squeaksource today with Markus and me as admins. I can add you as admin too but the repo is read/write already. You should delete your "MetaReportForPharo14" since this is the wrong name (Report instead of Repo)! >I would like to load your browser in 1.4. Does it make sense? The Config browser is already in 1.4, but empty since the http://www.squeaksource.com/MetaRepoForPharo14/ repo that I created today still has no configs. See world menu "Tools" -> "Configuration Browser" IMHO we should fill the repo once a Pharo version has a first release candidate or is released. So we should care for 1.3 and not yet for 1.4. since this is what people use. Bye T. -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de

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Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo Launcher app
by Fernando Olivero Dec. 29, 2011

Dec. 29, 2011

Noury, i believe i could build the app targeted a snow leopard as well. Sean, how you would launch the pharo launcher written in pharo? Still need to point to a vm + image, so this was the problem i was solving with this app. I assume that writing such an app, for the remaining OS shouldn't pose a challenge. Fernando On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Sean P. DeNigris <sean(a)clipperadams.com> wrote: > > Noury Bouraqadi-2 wrote >> >> Sounds Cool. It's a pity that it's for Lion only. >> > > Where could we find a platform to write it in that would work on any major > modern OS... Oh, yeah, someone could write it in Pharo ;-) > > -- > View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Launcher-app-tp4238576p4240646.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >

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[Pharo-project] Packages and Pharo and Portability : the 3 Ps !
by Torsten Bergmann Dec. 29, 2011

Dec. 29, 2011

While I agree that we have to be radical with throwing out ugly code and the like if we want to reinvent the future ... but if we do not care about external packages than we just work towards a clean Pharo platform that is of no use for anyone. I dont want Pharo to be fully compatible to Squeak or older Pharo versions but we have to find a way for people to follow the Pharo train and move there code forward toward a cleaner and better state also. And to see which packages are working and which not. Otherwise anyone of us will try these packages on his own, see them crash or repair them on his own way. And yes - I liked the concept of Squeakmap - install the things that are know to work right from within your image. Thats why I implemented a Configuration Browser which is accessible from world menu "Tools" -> "ConfigurationBrowser". It is a simple tool that should easy loading without all these Gofer and install scripts. Its a simple tool - depending on Pharo version XX it points to http://www.squeaksource.com/MetaRepoForPharoXX and displays all ConfigurationOfXYZ within that repo. This worked in Pharo 1.2 and works in Pharo 1.3 also. By default in Pharo 1.3 it opens on http://www.squeaksource.com/MetaRepoForPharo13 - since this is empty and not filled by the community the browser is unfortunately empty too. In Pharo 1.2 it showed some contents since I filled http://www.squeaksource.com/MetaRepoForPharo12 with copies of configs that are know to work with Pharo 1.2. If you like you can (programmatically) open it on any repository with configs you like: (MetacelloConfigurationBrowser new) repository: 'http://www.squeaksource.com/MetacelloRepository'; open So the idea is simple: if you have a ConfigurationOfSOMEPACKAGE that is know to work in Pharo 1.3 then use the copy button of Monticello browser to copy it to http://www.squeaksource.com/MetaRepoForPharo13 So it is a simplified SqueakMap for Monticello configs. If you know Seaside is working than copy the mcz's of it's config to http://www.squeaksource.com/MetaRepoForPharo13 and others can easily load it without evaluating scripts in workspaces or search in repos. Unfortunately nobody cared to copy the configs. Anything that has to happen is that the community copies the config that are tested and that are known to work. My fault is that it looks like I missed to answer some questions on [1] and [2] or to make it more clear what the tool is all about. This simple tool will not solve the problem of porting packages but may raise the visibility of packages that are known to work in a Pharo version! Nothing more. Bye T. [1] http://forum.world.st/Configuration-Browser-is-a-mastery-td3706003.html [2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6880596/how-to-browse-metacello-reposito… -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurÃ¼ck-Garantie! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone

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[Pharo-project] Loading projects into changing Pharo
by Sean P. DeNigris Dec. 29, 2011

Dec. 29, 2011

This is an important question that deserves its own thread... > I was wondering what is planned regarding packages available on > SqueakSource and Pharo. More and more packages can't load in Pharo and it > gets more and more frustrating not being able to load anything without > having to add/modify methods/classes all over the place so those packages > can load properly in Pharo. Are we looking at a Pharo-only kind of > SqueakSource in the future ? > > Besides, having to handle platform specific (i.e. Pharo vs Squeak) for > every package is adding more complexity than what is needed. I know > backward compatibility was thrown away from the start to avoid compromises > in Pharo but how do we take care of the fact that as each day passes, less > and less stuff from SqueakSource is usable in Pharo ? > > tia > > ----------------- > Benoit St-Jean > Yahoo! Messenger: bstjean > A standpoint is an intellectual horizon of radius zero. > (Albert Einstein) > -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Loading-projects-into-changing-Pharo-tp4243184p424318… Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Dec. 29, 2011

I defined some constant for the file compression. On Dec 28, 2011, at 7:50 PM, sean(a)clipperadams.com wrote: > 97 classes done > 798 classes remaining > Continuing in Compression... > > Today: ZipFileConstants > > > 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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