January 2012 - Pharo-users - lists.pharo.org

funny idea Symbol vs. Selector
by stephane ducasse May 14, 2015

May 14, 2015

Hi guys I'm thinking aloud... I was wondering if we could not take advantage of a new class: Selector. MethodDict would only contain selectors and not symbols. I remember that I talked about that with hernan. Stef

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Postmark email library
by Francois Stephany Aug. 31, 2013

Aug. 31, 2013

Hi guys, I've made a simple wrapper around the Postmark API. It lets you send emails without dealing with a SMTP server. You can read about it here: http://developer.postmarkapp.com/developer-libs.html http://developer.postmarkapp.com/developer-build.html and there: http://articles.tulipemoutarde.be/send-email-from-pharo-with-postmark It's pretty simple and naive implementation but it gets the job done. I'll add email attachements when I will need it. Francois

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Package browser?
by Rob Vens June 28, 2013

June 28, 2013

I am attempting to do the Pharo by Example book, but a package browser (which is used in the examples) is not in the 1.1.1 or 1.2 image. Should I still use categories? If I create a package in Monticello browser I am not able to add classes or anything (not as far as I could see). Just starting out using Pharo, so apologies if these questions are already answered elsewhere.

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Zinc crashes an image.
by Paul DeBruicker Sept. 25, 2012

Sept. 25, 2012

Hi - I'm pretty sure I'm having the same problem Phillipe had/described in this message: http://forum.world.st/Zinc-crashing-image-at-start-up-td3785797.html At least the PharoDebug.log is the same. It happens on both the most recent Cog and interpreter VM. Is there a way to recover from this? I could follow Sean's instructions from this thread if necessary: http://forum.world.st/Fwd-Oops-I-put-a-halt-in-a-startup-method-td3800729.h… Or is there a way to extract changes from a changes file for one image into another image? I'd rather fix the broken image but if its not possible I'd then just try to load those changes I don't have. Thanks for any guidance you can provide. Paul

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Pharo Morphic View Application Framework
by S Krish Feb. 4, 2012

Feb. 4, 2012

http://skrishnamachari.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/pharo-application-framework… Obliged for feedback ... For details and links.. Sharing this little framework that should go some way to ease creating large applications ( currently morphic oriented). AbstractMorphicView subclass: #MyNewView â¦ #createMorphsSpecs ^{ âpanel1â² -> #SomeOtherView. âlabel1â² -> #LabelMorph. âtext1â² -> #PluggableTextMorph. âbutton1â² -> #PluggableButtonMorph. } layoutSpecsArray ^{ âwidgetNameInMorphsDictionaryâ -> { #fractions -> (0 @ 0 corner: 1 @ 0.5). â fractional value 0 to 1 range â #offsets -> (10 @ 10 corner: 0 @ 0). â offsets relative to the fractional position â }. ââ¦ add other widgetspecsâ¦â } Thats it.. you should have a prototype UI neatly laid out.. and then specify: #morphsPrimaryPropertiesSpecs and #morphsSecondaryPropertiesSpecs for full functionality that composes views inside views and scales well. AbstractSimpleMorphicView can make it simpler for TableLayout stuff without requiring #layoutSpecsArray. ..... the main post has other details and links to package...

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**Important** Pharo Conference Call for Date Feedback
by StÃ©phane Ducasse Feb. 2, 2012

Feb. 2, 2012

Hi guys We want to organize a Pharo Conference @ lille around business and companies in May/June 2012. Now we need you to understand what is the best to organize because we have some constraints (like not good access to rooms on saturday). Could you reply to the following questions: Are you planning to attend: Yes No Would you attend two days: Yes No Would you like to present something: Yes No Would you prefer to have (remove the one you do not like) - one friday and one saturday or - two days during the week would be not a problem. Would you like to have Handons: Yes No Business/Experience returns: Yes No What are the following dates that are ok for you? Frid 11- Satur 12 May 2012: Yes No Thur 10- Frid 11 May 2012: Yes No Mond 14- Tuesd 15 May 2012: Yes No Tuesd 15- Wedn 16 May 2012: Yes No Thur 24 - Frid 25 May 2012: Yes No Frid 25- Satur 26 May 2012: Yes No Stef

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focus setting
by Werner Kassens Jan. 31, 2012

Jan. 31, 2012

Hi, in Pharo 1.2 i could tab through the submorphs using tab and shift-tab. in Pharo 1.3 shift-tab seems not to work anymore. what can i use to move backwards through the morphs to set the focus? werner

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Command Line Interface using FFI
by Guillermo Polito Jan. 30, 2012

Jan. 30, 2012

I've spent a few hours playing with Alien+FFI and I did want to have a Command line interface to play and use as a quick browser. Gofer it squeaksource: 'CLInterface'; package: 'ConfigurationOfCLInterface'; load. ConfigurationOfCLInterface load. To play with it write a script, for example startCLI.st, with the following: *CLInterface start* And then, from the command line CogVM -vm-display-null <image> startCLI.st What it does support? - executes smalltalk expressions - handles the errors and shows them into the stdout (so it does not explode :P) - stores variables as a workspace Since I used standard C functions (fgets and printf only) this should work on every platform from scratch (having a VM with FFI working, of course)... The problems I've ran so far: - blocking FFI blocks the vm. I've not tried yet to use threads through FFI (and I don't know if it works. Does it?). But It should be great to start a headless seaside server with a command line :/. Ok, it's a very simple thing, but it allows to execute a expression from a remote server via ssh without doing much :). Guille

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Enhanced Scamper or Real Browser
by John Gardner Jan. 28, 2012

Jan. 28, 2012

Hello Everyone, Just wondering if someone had either enhanced Scamper or developed a real web browser that compares with Firefox in browsing and rendering of web pages... don't really care about Javascript support. Please let me know. Thanks, John. -- *John Gardner, CMC* Certified Management Consultant and Certified Enterprise Architect *JVG Consulting Inc.* Management Consulting and Enterprise Architecture 905-933-1372

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Fwd: [Pharo-project] Pharo sprint in Brussels on Feb 4th
by Mariano Martinez Peck Jan. 27, 2012

Jan. 27, 2012

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andy Kellens <akellens(a)vub.ac.be> Date: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 11:35 AM Subject: [Pharo-project] Pharo sprint in Brussels on Feb 4th To: Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr Dear Pharoers, In an earlier mail Stephan Eggermont already mentioned that there will be Pharo sprint collocated with the FOSDEM conference next week. This sprint will take place on Saturday February 4th from 10h until 18h in the rooms of the Software Languages Lab of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. More precisely: Room 10F720 (10th floor of building F) Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 1050 Brussels Due to renovations to our building, you will have to enter via the entrance between buildings F and G. As the university is normally closed on a Saturday, you might have to pass via security in order to be allowed entrance to the building (they have been notified about the sprint). If you are coming by car, please send me your license plate so that I can make sure that you are allowed to enter the campus. To get some idea of how many people to expect, could you please let us know if you are planning to attend. Kind regards, Andy -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

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Primitive failed when compiling Vm on Windows
by Guillermo Polito Jan. 25, 2012

Jan. 25, 2012

Hi! I've downloaded version 3.8 of ConfigurationOfCog on Pharo 1.4, and when sending #topDir: to a CogWindowsConfig instance, I get a primitive failed error: PrimitiveFailed: primitive #primCreateDirectory: in DosFileDirectory failed 25 January 2012 7:24:30 pm VM: Win32 - IX86 - 5.1 - CoInterpreter VMMaker.oscog-eem.140 uuid: 2487009c-2c13-4609-b89e-77f0e195f433 Dec 12 2011, StackToRegisterMappingCogit VMMaker.oscog-eem.139 uuid: c2849383-9768-4948-b9b2-a5c22d482b07 Dec 12 2011, r2522 http://www.squeakvm.org/svn/squeak/branches/Cog Image: Pharo1.4a [Latest update: #14296] DosFileDirectory(Object)>>primitiveFailed: Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '' Arguments and temporary variables: selector: #primCreateDirectory: Receiver's instance variables: pathName: FilePath('') DosFileDirectory(Object)>>primitiveFailed Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '' Arguments and temporary variables: Receiver's instance variables: pathName: FilePath('') DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>primCreateDirectory: Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '' Arguments and temporary variables: fullPath: '\\MinGW' Receiver's instance variables: pathName: FilePath('') DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>createDirectory: Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '' Arguments and temporary variables: localFileName: '\\MinGW' Receiver's instance variables: pathName: FilePath('') DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>assureExistenceOfPath: Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '' Arguments and temporary variables: lPath: '\\MinGW' localPath: '\\MinGW' Receiver's instance variables: pathName: FilePath('') DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>assureExistenceOfPath: Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '\\MinGW' Arguments and temporary variables: lPath: 'msys' localPath: 'msys' Receiver's instance variables: pathName: FilePath('\\MinGW') DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>assureExistenceOfPath: Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '\\MinGW\msys' Arguments and temporary variables: lPath: '1.0' localPath: '1.0' Receiver's instance variables: pathName: FilePath('\\MinGW\msys') DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>assureExistenceOfPath: Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '\\MinGW\msys\1.0' Arguments and temporary variables: lPath: 'home' localPath: 'home' Receiver's instance variables: pathName: FilePath('\\MinGW\msys\1.0') DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>assureExistenceOfPath: Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '\\MinGW\msys\1.0\home' Arguments and temporary variables: lPath: 'Guille' localPath: 'Guille' Receiver's instance variables: pathName: FilePath('\\MinGW\msys\1.0\home') DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>assureExistenceOfPath: Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '\\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\Guille' Arguments and temporary variables: lPath: 'cog' localPath: 'cog' Receiver's instance variables: pathName: FilePath('\\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\Guille') DosFileDirectory(FileDirectory)>>assureExistenceOfPath: Receiver: DosFileDirectory on '\\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\Guille\cog' I followed the error up to: DosFileDirectory class>>privateFullPathForURI: aURI | path | path := aURI path unescapePercents. "Check for drive notation (a: etc)" path size > 1 ifTrue: [ ((path at: 3) = $:) ifTrue: [path := path copyFrom: 2 to: path size] ifFalse: [ "All other cases should be network path names (\\xxx\sdsd etc)" path := '/' , path]]. ^path copyReplaceAll: '/' with: self slash Which seems not being resolving well a full path like 'c:\something\another\directory' and is answering something like '\\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\Guille\cog\gpolito-cogvm' which then is treated as a relative path... I've done a temporary fix like this in my image so I can continue, but maybe someone has a little more knowledge on this class: DosFileDirectory class>>privateFullPathForURI: aURI | path | path := aURI asString unescapePercents. "Check for drive notation (a: etc)" path size > 1 ifTrue: [ ((path at: 2) = $:) ifTrue: [path := path copyFrom: 1 to: path size] ifFalse: [ "All other cases should be network path names (\\xxx\sdsd etc)" path := '/' , path]]. ^path copyReplaceAll: '/' with: self slash Guille

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Actors library
by Alex Schenkman Jan. 24, 2012

Jan. 24, 2012

Hi list, Is there an Actors library already available in Pharo? The part I'm interested in is the asynchronous message passing. If it has been done already, why not reuse? Thanks in advance!

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KeyboardEvent question
by Werner Kassens Jan. 23, 2012

Jan. 23, 2012

Hi, i cant catch the function keys (F1, F2 etc) with keystroke: aKeyboardEvent ; iow they dont seem to produce a KeyboardEvent. is there another simple way to catch them? werner

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Fwd: [Pharo-project] [squeak-dev] ANN: OpenGL + NativeBoost + Mac ==> success
by StÃ©phane Ducasse Jan. 21, 2012

Jan. 21, 2012

Begin forwarded message: > From: Mariano Martinez Peck <marianopeck(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] [squeak-dev] ANN: OpenGL + NativeBoost + Mac ==> success > Date: January 20, 2012 8:04:31 PM GMT+01:00 > To: Pharo Development <Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr> > Reply-To: Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > > Hi igor. I am the OpenGL biggest newbie you can find the world. I have just reproduced all your steps but I have an error in NBMacGLContextDriver >> createContext: initialExtent > the error is "'invalid pixel format'" > Any ideas? > I attach PharoDebug.log > > Cheers > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Today i'm happy to announce that i can run my 2 years-old demo which i > did when created NBOpenGL bindings first on Windows, > working without ANY changes in code on Mac. > > The main hurdle with adding MacOsx support was that it is largely > unknown platform to me , and there are 3 different ways to get there, > namely CGL, Carbon and Cocoa. > Fortunately CGL approach worked well, despite its a bit limited (you > cannot create a windowed context, only fullscreen or offscreen one). > But since i am using FBO's , it doesn't really matters. > Of course it may make difference for people who want to use GL in > different setup. > > In order to load project, take a fresh Pharo 1.4 image, load > > ConfigurationOfNBOpenGL package using MC from > > MCHttpRepository > location: 'http://www.squeaksource.com/NBOpenGL' > user: 'sig' > password: '' > > > or by > > Gofer it > squeaksource: 'NBOpenGL'; > package: 'ConfigurationOfNBOpenGL'; > load > > and then issue: > > ConfigurationOfNBOpenGL project lastVersion load. > > Remember, that you have to use CogVM with NativeBoost plugin, which > you can download from here: > > https://ci.lille.inria.fr/pharo/view/NativeBoost/job/NB-Cog-Mac-Carbon/last… > > > If everything goes well, you should be able to run a demo by doing: > > GLTTRenderingDemo new openInWorld. > > P.S. @ Windows users: due to refactorings which i did, a > windows-specific support code is currently broken. So please use older > versions of packages (prior to this month). > I will fix them very soon. > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. > > > > > -- > Mariano > http://marianopeck.wordpress.com >

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SpellingPlugin
by Paul DeBruicker Jan. 18, 2012

Jan. 18, 2012

Hi - Where can I read more about the SpellingPlugin thats included with the Mac VM? I'm hoping to learn whether it uses the hunspell library and if so whether the plugin can be made to run on linux, and if so can then be incorporated as the spell checker for the lint rules as well as for Seaside components/user input. Thanks Paul

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[ANN] Aida 6.4 Christmas Edition released
by Janko MivÅ¡ek Jan. 18, 2012

Jan. 18, 2012

Dear Smalltalkers, Well, Christmas is over but to keep with a tradition here is a new Aida 6.4 on Squeak/Pharo and VisualWorks, as a present for Smalltalk community in New Year :) This one is mostly a maintenance release with two new features: * image backup before hourly snapshot * event handling: WebElement #on: anEventSymbol do: aBlock Enhancements: * Widget simplifications and enhancements * form support now works in all possible combinations * Widget examples added to demos More in Release notes: http://www.aidaweb.si/release-notes-6.4 The easiest way to Aida is One-Click Pharo image accessible from: http://www.aidaweb.si/download If you want to load by yourself: on Pharo it is really simple to load, just evaluate this script: Gofer new squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository'; package: 'ConfigurationOfAida'; load. (Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfAida) load. Then simply open http://localhost:8888 . Best regards Janko -- Janko MivÅ¡ek Aida/Web Smalltalk Web Application Server http://www.aidaweb.si

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First steps making OB work in 1.4
by Guillermo Polito Jan. 17, 2012

Jan. 17, 2012

Hi! I've been working the last days in making OB work in pharo 1.4. I updated several deprecations like method reference and stuff and discovered some bugs that I've already published in: http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=5189&q=milestone%3D1.4&cols… http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=5183&q=milestone%3D1.4&cols… I've already proposed some fixes for them, but if anyone can have a look too I'll feel better :). Those fixes are needed in order to load OB. Meanwhile, you can also have some patches from the cs and fileout I attach. What's working now? OB + OCompletion + Shout + Sunit integration. So, It's everything but Refactoring browser, which is a little more difficult since there is another RB version loaded in the image :P. To load it (after integrating the patches): Gofer it squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository'; package: 'ConfigurationOfOmniBrowser'; load. (ConfigurationOfOmniBrowser project version: #stable) load: #( 'Core Tests' 'OCompletion Tests' ) , #( 'Core' 'OB-SUnitIntegration' 'OB-Shout' 'OCForOB'). Cheers, Guille

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How to get the widget with focus?
by Johan Fabry Jan. 16, 2012

Jan. 16, 2012

Hi all, I am writing some test cases that require me to open and close windows and play with widgets and whatnot. Sadly I am a bit lost as I have no experience in this area. Now I am trying to get a handle on the widget that has focus. Is there an easy way to get to this widget? Also some pointers to examples/tests that programmatically operate on widgets and could serve as examples would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- Johan Fabry jfabry(a)dcc.uchile.cl - http://dcc.uchile.cl/~jfabry PLEIAD Lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile

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[COTDC] 105 - ZipConstants
by sean＠clipperadams.com Jan. 15, 2012

Jan. 15, 2012

104 classes done 793 classes remaining Continuing in Compression... Today: ZipConstants 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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OCompletion configuration for 1.4
by Guillermo Polito Jan. 13, 2012

Jan. 13, 2012

I've written a new version of OCompletion for 1.4 with several fixes and compatibility additions for Pharo 1.4 Gofer it squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository'; package: 'ConfigurationOfOCompletion'; load. ConfigurationOfOCompletion loadStable If someone wants to try it :). Guille

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[ANN] DBXTalk site and mailing list little news
by Guillermo Polito Jan. 13, 2012

Jan. 13, 2012

The dbxtalk mailing list is now availiable from Nabble :) http://forum.world.st/DBXTalk-f3718169.html Thank you very much Geert!! Also, the site is up again, hehe http://dbxtalk.smallworks.com.ar Thanks Diogenes! xD cheers, the DBXTalk team

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Jan. 13, 2012

Hi guys I would like to organize a two days event around pharo in May @ lille. We could get it over a friday and saturday so that people can join on their free time. What do you think? Possible dates are: 11-12 (best dates for us). 25-26 Stef

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compression example?
by Larry White Jan. 13, 2012

Jan. 13, 2012

Hi, I'm trying to read the files in a given directory, add them to a ZipArchive, and write that ZipArchive out to another directory. My code looks like this: zip := ZipArchive new. zipArchive addDirectory: '/Users/data/files/arabic' as: 'arabic'. fileName := 'Users/data/downloads/foo.zip'. zip writeToFileNamed: fileName. I'm getting an archive file with the correct name written out, but I can't access the contents of folder 'arabic'. Do I have to add each of the files in 'arabic' explicitly to the zipArchive? Does anyone know of some example code for this they could point me to? Thanks much and happy new year. Larry

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[ANN] [Release] Neptuno, the DBXBrowser
by Guillermo Polito Jan. 11, 2012

Jan. 11, 2012

Hi! We are glad to announce the first stable release of the DBXBrowser, named Neptuno, the last piece in the DBXTalk tools project sponsored by ESUG. *What is this browser?* It is a Glamour based browser which works as a GUI to work with OpenDBX connections. * How does it look like?* I attach a screenshot with a brief look :) *Which databases does it work with?* It is currently working with OpenDBX connectors for: - mysql - postgresql - oracle - sqlite * How should I download it?* I'd like to link to the site here, but it's currently down (and we are working for your happiness :D ), so: Gofer it squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository'; package: 'ConfigurationOfDBXBrowser'; load. (((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfDBXTools) perform: #project) perform: #version: with: #stable) load: 'Neptuno' *How should I contact the DBXTalk team for feedback, bug reports, questions, or whatever?* The project's mailing list: dbxtalk(a)googlegroups.com The project's issue tracker: http://code.google.com/p/dbxtalk/issues The (currently down) site, with docs and stuff: http://dbxtalk.smallworks.com.ar/ Thanks! The DBXTalk team

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[COTDC] 104 - ZLibWriteStream
by sean＠clipperadams.com Jan. 11, 2012

Jan. 11, 2012

103 classes done 793 classes remaining Continuing in Compression... Today: ZLibWriteStream 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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