December 2013 - Pharo-users

Pharo on Android - is it available?

by PBK Research

I would like to experiment with Pharo on Android - I have just acquired an Android tablet, and I do not want to learn another development language to produce my own simple apps. After a Google search, I have found http://code.google.com/p/squeakvm-tablet/, which says it is available, at least as a beta. The site says that downloads from there are deprecated, and gives a link to https://ci.lille.inria.fr/pharo/job/PharoDroid/ for the download. This link seems to be dead, however. Is there any source of a download of Pharo for Android (on an ARM-designed processor)? And does it make sense to try to develop apps using Pharo (I know about Dr Geo, so I suppose the answer is yes)? Many thanks for help Peter Kenny

Dec. 31, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] Spotlight Demo

by StÃ©phane Ducasse

It was a brainstorming group that was working on designing a new look and feel for Pharo. Stef > What is this "New-Pharo-IDE"? > > > > 2013/12/30 Benjamin <Benjamin.VanRyseghem.Pharo(a)gmail.com> > Cool :P > > Did you had a look at: https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/job/New-Pharo-IDE/ > There is also a Spotlight thingy there :) > > Ben > > On 30 Dec 2013, at 15:23, Sean DeNigris <sean(a)clipperadams.com> wrote: > >> I needed an entry completion with groups, like Mac's Spotlight. While I was at it, I figured it would also be useful as a UI for the existing Spotlight. So I made a SpotlightMorph, which is a very Mac-like stand-alone Morph, which is a textField + results morph, and an adaptor for EntryCompetion, SpotlightEntryCompletion, which can be passed to #entryCompletion: >> >> A short screencast will be available at https://vimeo.com/82953583 in about 45 minutes. >> >> And here's a screenshot for the impatient ;) >> >> <Screen Shot 2013-12-30 at 9.23.02 AM.png> >> >> >> To load (tested in Pharo 2.0 latest): >> Gofer it >> smalltalkhubUser: 'SeanDeNigris' project: 'SeansPlayground'; >> package: 'Spotlight'; >> load. >> >> Then try: >> SpotlightCompletionExample open. >> or >> SpotlightMorphExample exampleFileSearch. >> or >> SpotlightMorphExample exampleSmalltalkSearch. > >

Dec. 31, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] Spotlight Demo

by Tudor Girba

One more thing: Collection>>flatCollect: is already in Pharo3, so you do not need it in the Spotlight package anymore :) Doru On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Tudor Girba <tudor(a)tudorgirba.com> wrote: > Hi Sean, > > Thanks for this! I wanted a widget like this for a long time. > > Indeed, Ben worked on a similar idea, but I think your rendering works > much better and your code is at the Morphic level. It would certainly be > interesting to join forces here. > > I reviewed a bit your code. Here is what I liked: > - I like it that you have explicit models for each section. > - I like the rendering of the sections. > - I like the Announcements. > - I like the fluent API for defining results. > > Here is what I think could be improved: > - Computing the result list should not block the UI (it can take long). > - The amount of items in a section should be limited and if there are more > of them they should be seen in a separate list or something like that. The > idea would be to limit the vertical size of the widget. > - The input text should be a field (so, no enter should be allowed). > - The widget should be dismissible with Esc. > - The list of results should not allow editing (it now does so). > - Pressing the up/down arrows should move in the list. Any other typed > character should continue modifying the text field area. > - The first element in the list should be selected all the time. Like > this, you can type and then press Enter without using arrows and the mouse. > - "SpotlightCompletionExample open" does not seem work. > > What do you say? I would be happy to review more code. > > Cheers, > Doru > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Sean DeNigris <sean(a)clipperadams.com>wrote: > >> I needed an entry completion with groups, like Mac's Spotlight. While I >> was at it, I figured it would also be useful as a UI for the existing >> Spotlight. So I made a SpotlightMorph, which is a very Mac-like stand-alone >> Morph, which is a textField + results morph, and an adaptor for >> EntryCompetion, SpotlightEntryCompletion, which can be passed to >> #entryCompletion: >> >> A short screencast will be available at https://vimeo.com/82953583 in >> about 45 minutes. >> >> And here's a screenshot for the impatient ;) >> >> >> >> To load (tested in Pharo 2.0 latest): >> Gofer it >> smalltalkhubUser: 'SeanDeNigris' project: 'SeansPlayground'; >> package: 'Spotlight'; >> load. >> >> Then try: >> SpotlightCompletionExample open. >> or >> SpotlightMorphExample exampleFileSearch. >> or >> SpotlightMorphExample exampleSmalltalkSearch. >> > > > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com > > "Every thing has its own flow" > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"

Dec. 31, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] Zinc as a proxy ?

by Norbert Hartl

Am 31.12.2013 um 13:19 schrieb itlists(a)schrievkrom.de: > Can a Zinc http-server be used as a local proxy ? Had anyone done this ? > It certainly can. If you add a request handler to your server it gets everything being requested. So you can dispatch it in a way whatever you mean by local proxy. But Iâm not aware of any piece of code that does that already. What do you need exactly? Norbert

Dec. 31, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] have a question for morphic Designer in pharo.

by Tobias Pape

On 30.12.2013, at 10:44, Marcus Denker <marcus.denker(a)inria.fr> wrote: > > On 28 Dec 2013, at 14:25, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux(a)gmx.de> wrote: > >> >> On 28.12.2013, at 10:07, StÃ©phane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr> wrote: >> >>> I guess that >>> >>> #: should be #â:â >> >> That is one way. >> In this particular case, >> self property asMutator >> was the better version, tho. >> >> Best >> -Tobias >> PS: Just curious, what was the reason to no longer allow #: ? >> Or, where can I find the respective discussion, just want to lern. > > Pharo3 uses the new compiler infrastructure by default. This means that > instead of the old (hand-written) parser, we now use RBParser (hand written, too). > > It seems that RBParser does not implement it. The question is who was wrong: the old > parser or the new? I have no idea. > But the good news is that we now just have two Parsers, not threeâ¦ (syntax highlighting implements itâs > own parser, too). > > What we need is a real grammarâ¦ that can solve these differences which come from the implementation. Ansi has one, but I think it is unpractical, dividing âsymbolsâ and âquoted selectorsâ :( > > Another example is #9 â> both RB and the old compile it as an integer, there is special code in the Parser > for that even. But do we want that? If we would have a definition of our grammar, we could look there and > say âyes, itâs part of the definitionâ. > > Even better would be an executable grammarâ¦ we should explore of we can use PetitParser in the future, > but there are some open questions (error handling, speedâ¦). > > The most beautiful would be to have just *one* parser that has a high level model of itâs grammar that is > reusable everywhere. Hehe. I think, both PP and Ometa would fit that criterion but I agree that this is hard-think for the core-Parser of a Smalltalk :) Best -Tobias

Dec. 31, 2013

Zinc as a proxy ?

by itlists＠schrievkrom.de

Can a Zinc http-server be used as a local proxy ? Had anyone done this ? Marten Feldtmann

Dec. 31, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] Spotlight Demo

by Nicolai Hess

What is this "New-Pharo-IDE"? 2013/12/30 Benjamin <Benjamin.VanRyseghem.Pharo(a)gmail.com> > Cool :P > > Did you had a look at: > https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/job/New-Pharo-IDE/ > There is also a Spotlight thingy there :) > > Ben > > On 30 Dec 2013, at 15:23, Sean DeNigris <sean(a)clipperadams.com> wrote: > > I needed an entry completion with groups, like Mac's Spotlight. While I > was at it, I figured it would also be useful as a UI for the existing > Spotlight. So I made a SpotlightMorph, which is a very Mac-like stand-alone > Morph, which is a textField + results morph, and an adaptor for > EntryCompetion, SpotlightEntryCompletion, which can be passed to > #entryCompletion: > > A short screencast will be available at https://vimeo.com/82953583 in > about 45 minutes. > > And here's a screenshot for the impatient ;) > > <Screen Shot 2013-12-30 at 9.23.02 AM.png> > > > To load (tested in Pharo 2.0 latest): > Gofer it > smalltalkhubUser: 'SeanDeNigris' project: 'SeansPlayground'; > package: 'Spotlight'; > load. > > Then try: > SpotlightCompletionExample open. > or > SpotlightMorphExample exampleFileSearch. > or > SpotlightMorphExample exampleSmalltalkSearch. > > >

Dec. 31, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] Spotlight Demo

by Tudor Girba

Hi Sean, Thanks for this! I wanted a widget like this for a long time. Indeed, Ben worked on a similar idea, but I think your rendering works much better and your code is at the Morphic level. It would certainly be interesting to join forces here. I reviewed a bit your code. Here is what I liked: - I like it that you have explicit models for each section. - I like the rendering of the sections. - I like the Announcements. - I like the fluent API for defining results. Here is what I think could be improved: - Computing the result list should not block the UI (it can take long). - The amount of items in a section should be limited and if there are more of them they should be seen in a separate list or something like that. The idea would be to limit the vertical size of the widget. - The input text should be a field (so, no enter should be allowed). - The widget should be dismissible with Esc. - The list of results should not allow editing (it now does so). - Pressing the up/down arrows should move in the list. Any other typed character should continue modifying the text field area. - The first element in the list should be selected all the time. Like this, you can type and then press Enter without using arrows and the mouse. - "SpotlightCompletionExample open" does not seem work. What do you say? I would be happy to review more code. Cheers, Doru On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Sean DeNigris <sean(a)clipperadams.com>wrote: > I needed an entry completion with groups, like Mac's Spotlight. While I > was at it, I figured it would also be useful as a UI for the existing > Spotlight. So I made a SpotlightMorph, which is a very Mac-like stand-alone > Morph, which is a textField + results morph, and an adaptor for > EntryCompetion, SpotlightEntryCompletion, which can be passed to > #entryCompletion: > > A short screencast will be available at https://vimeo.com/82953583 in > about 45 minutes. > > And here's a screenshot for the impatient ;) > > > > To load (tested in Pharo 2.0 latest): > Gofer it > smalltalkhubUser: 'SeanDeNigris' project: 'SeansPlayground'; > package: 'Spotlight'; > load. > > Then try: > SpotlightCompletionExample open. > or > SpotlightMorphExample exampleFileSearch. > or > SpotlightMorphExample exampleSmalltalkSearch. > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"

Dec. 31, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] [Pharo-dev] Spotlight Demo

by StÃ©phane Ducasse

Sounds really cool and yes the new ide guys wanted a widgets and behavior like that. How about to add Packages? > I needed an entry completion with groups, like Mac's Spotlight. While I was at it, I figured it would also be useful as a UI for the existing Spotlight. So I made a SpotlightMorph, which is a very Mac-like stand-alone Morph, which is a textField + results morph, and an adaptor for EntryCompetion, SpotlightEntryCompletion, which can be passed to #entryCompletion: > > A short screencast will be available at https://vimeo.com/82953583 in about 45 minutes. > > And here's a screenshot for the impatient ;) > > <Screen Shot 2013-12-30 at 9.23.02 AM.png> > > To load (tested in Pharo 2.0 latest): > Gofer it > smalltalkhubUser: 'SeanDeNigris' project: 'SeansPlayground'; > package: 'Spotlight'; > load. > > Then try: > SpotlightCompletionExample open. > or > SpotlightMorphExample exampleFileSearch. > or > SpotlightMorphExample exampleSmalltalkSearch.

Dec. 30, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] Spotlight Demo

by kilon alios

I think your GUI takes too much space on screen , there is too much open space and that for me is not good. Also I would love to see it work in Pharo 3, I have no reason to work on Pharo 2 and loads of reasons to work on Pharo 3 :) I would also like to have a sticky window on demand so it does not disappear each time I click away. Of course I welcome any effort to improve spotlight , its definitely a very useful and important feature for pharo. On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Esteban Lorenzano <estebanlm(a)gmail.com>wrote: > looks coolâ¦ but it does not works in 3.0 :( > > in any case, I vote to include the UI part (at least) in the new-pharo-ide > :) > > Esteban > > > On 30 Dec 2013, at 15:26, Benjamin <Benjamin.VanRyseghem.Pharo(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > Cool :P > > Did you had a look at: > https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/job/New-Pharo-IDE/ > There is also a Spotlight thingy there :) > > Ben > > On 30 Dec 2013, at 15:23, Sean DeNigris <sean(a)clipperadams.com> wrote: > > I needed an entry completion with groups, like Mac's Spotlight. While I > was at it, I figured it would also be useful as a UI for the existing > Spotlight. So I made a SpotlightMorph, which is a very Mac-like stand-alone > Morph, which is a textField + results morph, and an adaptor for > EntryCompetion, SpotlightEntryCompletion, which can be passed to > #entryCompletion: > > A short screencast will be available at https://vimeo.com/82953583 in > about 45 minutes. > > And here's a screenshot for the impatient ;) > > <Screen Shot 2013-12-30 at 9.23.02 AM.png> > > To load (tested in Pharo 2.0 latest): > Gofer it > smalltalkhubUser: 'SeanDeNigris' project: 'SeansPlayground'; > package: 'Spotlight'; > load. > > Then try: > SpotlightCompletionExample open. > or > SpotlightMorphExample exampleFileSearch. > or > SpotlightMorphExample exampleSmalltalkSearch. > > > >

Dec. 30, 2013