July 2011 - Pharo-users - lists.pharo.org

install system fonts on linux
by Jon Hancock July 19, 2011

July 19, 2011

In pharo 1.1, in the settings manager, I can "Update fonts from system" and have access to all/most ubuntu fonts. This works on Ubuntu 10.04 and Mint 10 (ubuntu 10.10). With pharo 1.2.1 and 1.3, I get nothing. I'm left with DejuVu and Accuny. Does anyone know a solution for this? thanks, Jon

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Setting values using reflection
by tgiaccone July 18, 2011

July 18, 2011

I've been playing with smalltalk casually now, for months and really like it. But I"m clearly still a newb. I've reached the point in a small project where I want to set the values on my object based on the values that are in a dictionary. The dictionary is filled with a set of keys that represent attributes on the object. So for a simple example, imagine I have an object which has accessors for 'title' and 'title:'. I want to iterate across the set of keys, being certain that each key is a valid msg to send to myOBject. The send the object the message with the value from the dictionary. Now, I understand that I can do: myObject perform: 'title' asSymbol. and use that as a way to message myObject with the selector 'title' As I understand it this is equivalent to getting the value with: myObject title What I've looked for an been unable to find is how to set the value. What is the equivalent to: myOBject title: 'A new title'. using perform? Thank you for your help. Tony -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Setting-values-using-reflection-tp3676289p3676289.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[OSProcess][waitForCommand:] Error during command execution
by Romain Verduci July 16, 2011

July 16, 2011

Hi, I have a problem during the execution of waitForCommand with an unix command. In the message UnixProcess >> waitForCommand: There is a warning during command execution: *process accessor module not available* If we proceed, there is the following error: *receiver of "runState' is nil **because the is no process accessor** **setted ..*** *Does someone know why this problem appear ? * Thanks :) Romain

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Where is the world menu built?
by Alex Schenkman July 15, 2011

July 15, 2011

Hi List, I want to create a menu like the World menu, and leave it up (stayUp). I could not find where it is built. How can I find it? Thanks!

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Autosave the image
by Alex Schenkman July 15, 2011

July 15, 2011

Hi list, Is there a setting for autosaving the image every few minutes? Is this a bad idea? How do I save the image programmatically? Thanks in advance!

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Who is in contact with the SqueakSource admins
by Tobias Pape July 14, 2011

July 14, 2011

Dear all Please, can somebody put me in contact with anyone who administers the SqueakSource.com instance/website? Iâd be glad to talk to this person(s). Best -Tobias

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Group windows as tab screencast
by laurent laffont July 13, 2011

July 13, 2011

Here's a screencast: http://magaloma.blogspot.com/2011/07/twm-docking-windows.html Test and feedback welcome. Laurent Laffont - @lolgzs <http://twitter.com/#!/lolgzs> Pharo Smalltalk Screencasts: http://www.pharocasts.com/ Blog: http://magaloma.blogspot.com/ Developer group: http://cara74.seasidehosting.st

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petitparser tutorial
by Tudor Girba July 13, 2011

July 13, 2011

Hi, I put together a tutorial for PetitParser in The Moose Book: http://www.themoosebook.org/book/internals/petit-parser/mse The tutorial is meant to work with a Moose image and it is based on the same scenario as I used at the Deep into Smalltalk School: http://www.slideshare.net/girba/petitparser-at-the-deep-into-smalltalk-scho… http://ci.moosetechnology.org/job/moose-latest-dev/lastSuccessfulBuild/arti… Feedback is always appreciated (including the negative one :)). You can either reply by mail, or leave a comment online. Cheers, Doru -- www.tudorgirba.com "Presenting is storytelling."

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Moose at GotoCon Aarhus / registration discount
by Tudor Girba July 13, 2011

July 13, 2011

Hi, This fall I will give a talk at GotoCon Aarhus (Oct 9-14) on "Humane assessment with Moose": http://gotocon.com/aarhus-2011/speaker/Tudor+Girba GotoCon used to be named JAOO. It is a large industrial software development conference that might of interest to some of you. As part the speaker package I have the possibility to offer discounts to interested participants. So, if you want to go to GotoCon Aarhus and are interested in a discount of about 170 EUR, please send me an email and I will provide the promotion code. Cheers, Doru -- www.tudorgirba.com "One cannot do more than one can do."

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What is the time resolution for TimeStamp?
by Alex Schenkman July 12, 2011

July 12, 2011

Hi List: I've looked at the source code for DateAndTime and TimeStamp but I do not understand it. | t1 t2 | t1 := TimeStamp now. (Delay forMilliseconds: 500 ) wait. t2 := TimeStamp now. (t2 - t1) nanoSeconds. ---> 0 DateAndTime>>clockPrecision says 1 nanosecond. Thanks in advance!

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metacello question
by Werner Kassens July 12, 2011

July 12, 2011

Hi, in a Configuration i have this baseline: baseline10: spec <version: '1.0-baseline'> spec for: #'common' do: [ spec blessing: #'baseline'. spec project: 'Nile' with: [ spec className: 'ConfigurationOfNile'; versionString: #bleedingEdge; loads: #('Core Tests' ); repository: 'http://www.squeaksource.com/MetacelloRepository' ]. spec repository: '/home/user/PharoFiles/package-cache'. spec package: 'Pattern' with: [spec requires: 'Nile']; package: 'Pattern-Tests' with: [spec requires: 'Pattern'.] ]. in the method version10 i have this: spec package: 'Pattern' with: 'Pattern-WernerKassens.14'; now i remove the package 'Pattern' and do a load with the configuration. no complaints by the configuration. but there is no package 'Pattern' visible in the browser. i open the monticello browser and there is a dirty package 'Pattern'. i open a browser on this package via the monticello browser and 'Pattern' is completely empty. but in the monticello browser the package shows the repository /home/user/PharoFiles/package-cache exactly as written in the baseline. i open that repository and of course can load 'Pattern' as expected . where did i go wrong? werner

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Transcript auto pop-up
by bb July 10, 2011

July 10, 2011

A Newbie question. The code Transcript show: (3*5) printString. gives --> 15 a TranscriptStream '' The Transcript window does not open automatically. Is the code wrong or is an auto pop up of Transcript not provided?

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Call for papers: SMALLTALKS 2011
by jannik.laval July 9, 2011

July 9, 2011

CALL FOR PAPERS SMALLTALKS 2011 5th International Conference on Smalltalk Technologies Research Track: Call for Papers November 3th - 5th, 2011 Important dates: Submission (Hard Deadline): August 22th, 2011 (Argentinian time: UTC/GMT -3 hours). Notification of acceptance: September 23th, 2011. Camera Ready Submission: October 7th, 2011. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Location: Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (Argentina) The Smalltalks series of conferences (www.fast.org.ar) is a lively forum on Smalltalk-based software technologies that brings together more than 200 people from both academia and industry for a period of three days. Past editions of Smalltalks have included many high-quality presentations from industry and research. These contributions have shown interesting applications of Smalltalk, advances in the Smalltalk language, didactic uses of Smalltalk and so on. Similar to last year, Smalltalks 2011 will include a dedicated research track. We welcome submissions to this research track presenting original scientific contributions to, or using, Smalltalk in general. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: - Aspects, Aspect Languages and Applications. - Ambient Intelligence, Ubiquitous / Pervasive Computing and Embedded Systems. - Compilation Technology, Optimization, Virtual Machines. - Educational Material. - Language Engineering, Extensions. - Model Driven Engineering / Development. - Meta-Modeling, Reflection and Meta-programming. - Programming in the Large, Design, Architectures and Components. - Programming Environments, Browsers, User Interfaces, UI Frameworks. - Source-code analysis and manipulation (Static analysis, refactoring, type inference, metrics). - Team Management. - Testing, Extreme Programming / Practices. - Web Services, Internet Applications, Event-driven Programming. - Experience Reports. Important dates: Submission (Hard Deadline): August 22th, 2011 (Argentinian time: UTC/GMT -3 hours). Notification of acceptance: September 23th, 2011. Camera Ready Submission: October 7th, 2011. Papers: Papers should be written in English, in PDF-format and should not exceed 15 pages (including references and figures), using the Elsevier journal format. Templates for LaTeX formats can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/elsart Papers must be submitted through the EasyChair submission web site at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=smalltalks2011 The accepted papers will be digitally available on the conference website. We are currently negotiating a special edition of a journal for which the best papers will get invited. Papers submitted must not have been previously published and must not be under review for publication elsewhere. Papers must strictly adhere to submission guidelines. If you have questions, please send an e-mail to Jannik Laval and Andy Kellens to smalltalks2011-chair(a)fast.org.ar. Program Committee -------------------------- - Gonzalo Zabala (Universidad Abierta Interamericana, Argentina) - Hernan Wilkinson (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Serge Stinckwich (Institut de recherche pour le developppement, France) - Mircea Lungu (University of Bern, Switzerland) - Tudor Girba (Sw-eng. Software Engineering GmbH, Switzerland) - Johan Fabry (DCC, Universidad de Chile, Chile) - Luc Fabresse (Ecole des Mines Douai, France) - Marcus Denker (INRIA Lille, France) - Coen De Roover (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) - Damien Cassou (Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Potsdam, Germany) - Gilad Bracha (SAP Labs, Palo Alto, USA) - Noury Bouraqadi (Ecole des Mines Douai, France) - Alexandre Bergel (DCC, Universidad de Chile, Chile) - Gabriela Arevalo (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina) Program Chairs -------------------- Andy Kellens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) Jannik Laval (INRIA Lille/LABRI Bordeaux, France) --- Jannik Laval PhD Student - Rmod Team - INRIA Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA) http://www.jannik-laval.eu http://rmod.lille.inria.fr ---

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A bit of collection magic
by Bernat Romagosa July 7, 2011

July 7, 2011

Hi list, I'd love to have something like: #(#a #b) combinationsWith: #('one' 'two' 'three') collect: [:i :j | i , ' matches ' , j asString] That returns the collection: #('a matches one' 'a matches two' 'a matches three' 'b matches one' 'b matches two' 'b matches three') In other words, is there some kind of vectorial-product-like method for collections in Smalltalk? Thanks! Cheers, -- Bernat Romagosa.

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detecting and reacting to a race condition/infinite loop
by Paul DeBruicker July 6, 2011

July 6, 2011

Is there a way to detect when an image has entered an infinite loop? If so could I then halt it, save the image, and reboot from a previously known good configuration automatically? I have a site with a weird bug on a remote server that has become annoying to debug because when the infinite loop occurs the RFB process becomes unresponsive. Or maybe I should stop running headless temporarily and use X forwarding through SSH. Anyways, is there a way to detect an infinite loop an react to it? Thanks Paul

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Hapao installation
by Romain Verduci July 6, 2011

July 6, 2011

Hello, I tried to download Hapao in Pharo 1.2.2 with the code in the Hapao website : Gofer new squeaksource: 'Spy'; package: 'ConfigurationOfSpy'; load. (Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfSpy) perform: #loadDefault When I load the packages, there is a dependency with SubscriptionRegistry package, what is this package ? Finally, when I want to run Hapao in the Pharo menu, there is the following message: MessageNotUnderstood: PluggableDialogWindow>>beResizeable. In fact this message does not exist in the system, is it because of SubscriptionRegistry package isn't load ? Or because I did something wrong ? Thanks for answers. Romain

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Pharo showcase demos?
by Simon Denier July 5, 2011

July 5, 2011

Question: what do you show to other people when you want to demo Pharo/Smalltalk? in 15 minutes / 30 minutes / 1 hour Do you have a typical example? Do you use a kata? Or a full blown application? What tools do you show? I'm looking for successful recipes/topos to present Pharo in a technical context: the premice is that people are interested by Pharo, but they will not be convinced by a toy case and a basic demo of tools. A TDD demo would be more efficient I guess. That would be cool to have a list of such showcases depending on the context (duration of demo, technical level of people, interest...) -- Simon Denier

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Fuel: Could not find a serializer with id=0
by Francois Stephany July 3, 2011

July 3, 2011

I've serialized an object with Fuel and can't get it back in another image: Could not find a serializer with id=0 in FLCluster class>>forId: The instance variable 'serializersById' contains a dictionary with other integers than 0 for its keys (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, etc). Is it a known problem, something I'm doing wrong? Maybe because I've serialized an object from Pharo 1.2 to 1.3? Cheers, Fa

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What do you do when your image freezes?
by Bernardo Ezequiel Contreras July 1, 2011

July 1, 2011

Hi all, i would like to know what do you when your image freezee?. how do you find the problem? it's easy to kill the process and start again but in this case i really want to know what's going on Right now, im using Pharo image: Pharo1.3#13280 Virtual machine used: Squeak4.1 of 17 April 2010 [latest update: #9957] Platform Name: unix I've read the vm's options but i couldn't find something useful. what should i do? thanks in advance

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