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Re: [Pharo-project] [ANN] Pharo Online Help 1.0

by H. Hirzel

On 11/12/12, Esteban Lorenzano <estebanlm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > +1 +1 > On Nov 12, 2012, at 9:57 PM, Tudor Girba <tudor(a)tudorgirba.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I completely agree that the PIer syntax is rather niche these days, but we >> should not confuse the PIer syntax with the Pier model. I think that it >> would be beneficial to capitalize on this model (and all the >> infrastructure built on top of it) and simply create a Markdown support. >> >> Cheers, >> Doru >> >> >> On 12 Nov 2012, at 15:56, StÃ©phane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr> >> wrote: >> >>> You won I put a filter markdown to thrash on my mail sadly. >>> >>> >>> On Nov 12, 2012, at 3:11 PM, Camillo Bruni wrote: >>> >>>>>> It depends at which level. >>>>>> Can you tag on word in markdown to have bold, italic, index? >>>> >>>> stef, I already explained you that at least 4 times! Plus I gave you the >>>> solutions, >>>> the only thing I don't have is the time to complete the Markdown >>>> parser! >>>> >>>>>> If I would not have written 350 pages of seaside book with pier it >>>>>> would be a different story but >>>>>> so far pier syntax is good for doing everything: html, latex, even >>>>>> markdown. >>>>> >>>>> In Markdown, it is *italic* or _italic_ and **bold** and __bold__. >>>>> >>>>> Now for index entries, I don't know exactly - making an automatic index >>>>> is a special post process function anyway. >>>>> I think you could do something like [ReadStream][index-entry]s are >>>>> objects that you can read bytes or characters from. >>>>> >>>>> Making a book from several independent source files is quite a job that >>>>> requires custom programming. It would be very cool if we could do all >>>>> that in Smalltalk, using a good Markdown parser and a cool object >>>>> representation. >>>>> >>>>> I have nothing against Pier, but it is something that only exists in >>>>> our niche world, not in the larger world out there. >>>> >>>> my words! >>>> >>>> So we already had a Markdown / HelpSystem crossover for NativeBoost / >>>> ASMJit where we injected >>>> custom URLs to add method and class links, that worked pretty well. So I >>>> assume it will be >>>> not that much work on top to get section links ready. >>>> >>>> Something like book://section/subsection is very easy to do, a bit >>>> verbose maybe but very >>>> consistent. >>>> >>>> >>>> so, please support: >>>> https://github.com/dh83/PPMarkdown >>>> http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/petitmarkdown.html/ >>> >>> >> >> -- >> www.tudorgirba.com >> >> "Every thing should have the right to be different." >> >> >> >> > > >

Nov. 13, 2012

[Pharo-project] Breaking PDF into smaller PDFs

by askoh

Using Smalltalk, I would like to break a PDF with 500 pages into 500 PDFs of one page each. How can I do that? Thanks, Aik-Siong Koh -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Breaking-PDF-into-smaller-PDFs-tp4655015.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Nov. 13, 2012

[Pharo-project] [update 2.0] #20392

by Marcus Denker

20392 ----- Issue 6959: two release tests are dependent on RPackage http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=6959 Issue 6954: DummyUIManager and Interactive compiler requestor http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=6954 Diff information: http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/Pharo20/UIManager-MarcusDenker.81.diff http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/Pharo20/Tests-MarcusDenker.477.diff http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/Pharo20/RPackage-Tests-MarcusDenker.101.diff -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

Nov. 13, 2012

Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo on Android questions

by Gary Chambers

As for Android theme, I posted some months back. Is a little rough but we use for most of our client touchscreen applications. Let me know if you have trouble finding. Sent from my iPhone On 10 Nov 2012, at 08:45, laurent laffont <laurent.laffont(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm happy because I've been able to put my Pharo MPD client on Android to control my Raspberry Pi sound system :) > - photo: http://twitter.yfrog.com/obnq3xmj > - code: http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~LaurentLaffont/MPD > > Thanks a lot for this wonderful documentation: http://code.google.com/p/squeakvm-tablet/wiki/JenkinsBuilds , it feels great to start something in Pharo that works on the first try just reading the doc :) > > > Now the questions: > > - the MPD client is doing lot of network operations & parsing: fetch data from MPD server, Spotify, parse JSON responses, .... It feels rather slow on the phone. What is the easiest way to measure performance of the image running on Android and detect bottlenecks ? > > - I remember there was a lot of discussions about remote tools some months ago. I been busy since then, is there news on this side ? > > - it seems it's not possible to display the app in portrait, only landscape, no automatic rotation. Confirm ? > > - is there a Morphic theme available that matches Android look & feel ? > > - is it possible to control the Menu and Back hardware buttons ? > > Cheers, > > Laurent

Nov. 13, 2012

Re: [Pharo-project] nonblocking stdin?

by David T. Lewis

Or you can use #primitiveSQFileSetNonBlocking, as in "OSProcess thisOSProcess stdIn setNonBlocking". Also make sure that you don't run your VM in background (with '&') otherwise your stdin will be detached and the VM can still be blocked. Dave On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:56:02AM +0100, Camillo Bruni wrote: > hmm we solved that by changing the behavior of stdin before > launching the vm. so you get character by character input, otherwise > stdin is only flushed on lf... > > see the starter script from coral. > > > On 2012-11-13, at 10:01, Pavel Krivanek <pavel.krivanek(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > is there a way how to use nonblocking input from stdin? I have a > > simple REPL but the stdin is blocking the VM. > > > > | stdin input lineEnd | > > > > stdin := FileStream stdin ifNil: [ ^ self ]. > > stdin atEnd ifTrue: [ ^ self ]. > > > > [ > > lineEnd := false. > > FileStream stdout nextPutAll: '> '. > > input := String streamContents: [:s| > > [ stdin atEnd or: [lineEnd] ] whileFalse: [ > > stdin next ifNotNilDo: [:char| > > char = Character lf ifTrue: [lineEnd := true]. > > s nextPut: char ]]]. > > > > [ FileStream stdout print: (Compiler evaluate: input); lf ] > > ifError: [:error | FileStream stdout nextPutAll: 'ERROR: ', > > error asString; lf]. > > > > Processor yield. > > ] repeat > > > > Cheers, > > -- Pavel > > >

Nov. 13, 2012

Re: [Pharo-project] [Pharo-users] CategorySaver

by Ben Coman

Nov. 13, 2012

[Pharo-project] Is the one-click image *really* self contained?

by roberto.minelli＠usi.ch

Hi all, Since this morning every time I open Pharo 2.0 an error pops out. Here's the full trace: Parser>>notify:at: Parser>>expected: Parser>>braceExpression Parser>>primaryExpression Parser>>messagePart:repeat: Parser>>expression Parser>>statements:innerBlock:blockNode: Parser>>statements:innerBlock: Parser>>method:context: Parser>>parse:class:category:noPattern:context:notifying:ifFail: in Block: [methNode := self method: noPattern context: ctxt]...etc... BlockClosure>>on:do: Parser>>parse:class:category:noPattern:context:notifying:ifFail: Compiler>>translate:noPattern:ifFail: Compiler>>evaluate:in:to:notifying:ifFail:logged: Compiler class>>evaluate:for:notifying:logged: Compiler class>>evaluate:for:logged: Compiler class>>evaluate:logged: DoItDeclaration>>import CodeImporter>>evaluateDeclarations in Block: [:decl | value := decl import] OrderedCollection>>do: CodeImporter>>evaluateDeclarations CodeImporter class>>evaluateFileStream: FileReference(AbstractFileReference)>>fileIn in Block: [:stream | CodeImporter evaluateFileStream: stream...etc... FileReference(AbstractFileReference)>>readStreamDo: in Block: [aBlock value: stream] BlockClosure>>ensure: FileReference(AbstractFileReference)>>readStreamDo: FileReference(AbstractFileReference)>>fileIn StartupLoader>>loadPreferences in Block: [:file | file fileIn] OrderedCollection>>do: StartupLoader>>loadPreferences So, I downloaded a new one-click image, believing the error would disappear since I supposed that everything is self contained butâ¦ this is not the case: In every new Pharo one-click image I have this errorâ¦ Do you have any intuition on that? Cheers, Roberto

Nov. 13, 2012

[Pharo-project] Is the one-click image *really* self contained?

by roberto.minelli＠usi.ch

Hi all, Since this morning every time I open Pharo 2.0 an error pops out. Here's the full trace: Parser>>notify:at: Parser>>expected: Parser>>braceExpression Parser>>primaryExpression Parser>>messagePart:repeat: Parser>>expression Parser>>statements:innerBlock:blockNode: Parser>>statements:innerBlock: Parser>>method:context: Parser>>parse:class:category:noPattern:context:notifying:ifFail: in Block: [methNode := self method: noPattern context: ctxt]...etc... BlockClosure>>on:do: Parser>>parse:class:category:noPattern:context:notifying:ifFail: Compiler>>translate:noPattern:ifFail: Compiler>>evaluate:in:to:notifying:ifFail:logged: Compiler class>>evaluate:for:notifying:logged: Compiler class>>evaluate:for:logged: Compiler class>>evaluate:logged: DoItDeclaration>>import CodeImporter>>evaluateDeclarations in Block: [:decl | value := decl import] OrderedCollection>>do: CodeImporter>>evaluateDeclarations CodeImporter class>>evaluateFileStream: FileReference(AbstractFileReference)>>fileIn in Block: [:stream | CodeImporter evaluateFileStream: stream...etc... FileReference(AbstractFileReference)>>readStreamDo: in Block: [aBlock value: stream] BlockClosure>>ensure: FileReference(AbstractFileReference)>>readStreamDo: FileReference(AbstractFileReference)>>fileIn StartupLoader>>loadPreferences in Block: [:file | file fileIn] OrderedCollection>>do: StartupLoader>>loadPreferences So, I downloaded a new one-click image, believing the error would disappear since I supposed that everything is self contained butâ¦ this is not the case: In every new Pharo one-click image I have this errorâ¦ Do you have any intuition on that? Cheers, Roberto

Nov. 13, 2012

[Pharo-project] [update 2.0] #20391

by Marcus Denker

20391 ----- Issue 6953: remove MethodContext>>#cachedStackTop http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=6953 Issue 6951: RGContainer dependency on Monticello http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=6951 Issue 6948: HelpBrowser initialize opens the window http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=6948 Diff information: http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/Pharo20/Ring-Core-Containers-MarcusDenker.19.diff http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/Pharo20/Kernel-MarcusDenker.1241.diff http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/Pharo20/HelpSystem-Core-MarcusDenker.88.diff -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

Nov. 13, 2012

Re: [Pharo-project] Render images - Porting from Cincom VW to Pharo

by Henrik Sperre Johansen

On 12.11.2012 18:08, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: > On 12 Nov 2012, at 14:54, Emilia <maemco4(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello! I'm porting code from Cincom Smalltalk to Pharo. It's a web application so I've got several WAComponent instances and one component which inherits from WAFileLibrary that renders images. >> In the original code ( the one that runned in VW) i had the following instance method in the component that inherits from WAFileLibrary: >> >> logoJpg >> ^ByteArray asPackagedString: '?=#?8@@PR$YIQ @A@ D@X@A @@C?8P))QW!)Y @@RT$*@@ @@@@G@AHA@0@......etc etc' >> >> But now when i run it in Pharo the debbugger doesn't recognize #asPackagedString: message. >> >> Does anyone know which method should I use in order to render that image? >> >> Thanks in advance! >> Mercy beaucoup! >> >> Emilia > You could try to port ByteArray class>.#asPackagedString: from (VW?) to Pharo Smalltalk. It can't be that hard - is there a spec for this format ? > The spec/how it works is well described in comments, believe it or not ;) Available to port without copyright issues though? I doubt it. Cheers, Henry

Nov. 13, 2012