November 2015 - Pharo-users

Re: [Pharo-users] [ANN][EPHESTOS] ChronosManager a time managment tool

by Dimitris Chloupis

" Curious to see how you made the digits, and led progress bars. " sorry forgot to answer this the digits are just a stringMorph with a custom true type font which i distribute together with ChronosManager. If you go to github-cache and in the folder of the project you will find it in the fonts subfolder. Github integration of pharo is very cool and allows me to distribute any binary asset including fonts. I may use it also for distributing images and pdfs so that by getting ChronosManager you get everything without any need for additional downloads. You can see how I do this viewing ChronosManager class >> defaultFontPointSize: This the font I use https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/cubellan The seconds indicator, led progress bars, is just a series of png images with transparency that the central gui switch between them while stepping. I forgot to say that I made the graphics with Blender and I can customise everything very easily via Blender . I will be using Roassal in the future for more dynamic customisable graphics but overall I am very happy with how Morphic handles transparent PNGs. Every element you see of the GUI is a PNG image with transparent background. The process is super simple. On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 3:23 PM Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.alios(a)gmail.com> wrote: > "It's awesome, and comes in handy as well. On the one hand, I'm a Pomodoro > practitioner myself (using Android's Pomodroido). On the other, I'm > interested in learning how to build GUIs inside Pharo. > > Congrats and thank you" > > I am so glad you like and find it useful. Yes I have found pomodor a very > simple technique that helps me focus on my work without getting too tired. > > I will be documenting how to build Custom guis with Pharo using pillar and > generating html and pdf outputs , its very likely I will be making my own > GUI API called Morpheas to simplify the process of customisation. You can > focus on ChrGlowButtonM (M stands for Morph) which offers a nice overview > of how I do what I do , I also use Peter's IconFactory to convert my images > to those PNG classes that have the image data as method source. Big thanks > to Peter for that :) > > > "Cool. > > I guess you mean "Break Limit" and not "Brake Limit" > > Yes this has been fixed , after it was reported to me , I also fixed an > issue with the pharo white theme. > > "Is it possible to have it squeezing to a smaller screen real estate area? > It is nice but uses a hell of a lot of space." > > Have you tried it ? My idea is that it will be possible to have it > minimized all time and still see the info you want so basically as it is it > can take up to zero space ;) > > I will be replacing also the thumbnail of the taskbar (displayed when you > hover the mouse over the taskbar button ) to display more info which cannot > fit in the small size of the taskbar button. Also the secondary panel , > that blue square is collapsable and optional only if you want to change > your settings. > > "That looks very cool! Impressive look, very sci-fi and polished, > congrats!" thanks that was my goal to make it look sci fi and it feels > great if it feels like that for you :) > > "Looking really sweet. I'll try it soon. > > btw, I see a few people here misusing "brake" instead of "break". Here is > the best explanation I could find... > http://www.really-learn-english.com/break-vs-brake.html > "a break is a rest, or time off from work or study."" > > thanks , I learned something new today on spelling with your help :) > > > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 2:57 PM Johan Fabry <jfabry(a)dcc.uchile.cl> wrote: > >> >> That looks very cool! Impressive look, very sci-fi and polished, >> congrats! >> >> On Nov 17, 2015, at 09:00, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.alios(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hello people, as you may or may not remember I shared a sneak peak of my >> latest tool for my project Ephestos , a time managment tool I call >> ChronosManager. >> >> >> >> >> ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- >> >> Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry >> PLEIAD and RyCh labs - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University >> of Chile >> >>

Nov. 17, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] [ANN][EPHESTOS] ChronosManager a time managment tool

by Dimitris Chloupis

"It's awesome, and comes in handy as well. On the one hand, I'm a Pomodoro practitioner myself (using Android's Pomodroido). On the other, I'm interested in learning how to build GUIs inside Pharo. Congrats and thank you" I am so glad you like and find it useful. Yes I have found pomodor a very simple technique that helps me focus on my work without getting too tired. I will be documenting how to build Custom guis with Pharo using pillar and generating html and pdf outputs , its very likely I will be making my own GUI API called Morpheas to simplify the process of customisation. You can focus on ChrGlowButtonM (M stands for Morph) which offers a nice overview of how I do what I do , I also use Peter's IconFactory to convert my images to those PNG classes that have the image data as method source. Big thanks to Peter for that :) "Cool. I guess you mean "Break Limit" and not "Brake Limit" Yes this has been fixed , after it was reported to me , I also fixed an issue with the pharo white theme. "Is it possible to have it squeezing to a smaller screen real estate area? It is nice but uses a hell of a lot of space." Have you tried it ? My idea is that it will be possible to have it minimized all time and still see the info you want so basically as it is it can take up to zero space ;) I will be replacing also the thumbnail of the taskbar (displayed when you hover the mouse over the taskbar button ) to display more info which cannot fit in the small size of the taskbar button. Also the secondary panel , that blue square is collapsable and optional only if you want to change your settings. "That looks very cool! Impressive look, very sci-fi and polished, congrats!" thanks that was my goal to make it look sci fi and it feels great if it feels like that for you :) "Looking really sweet. I'll try it soon. btw, I see a few people here misusing "brake" instead of "break". Here is the best explanation I could find... http://www.really-learn-english.com/break-vs-brake.html "a break is a rest, or time off from work or study."" thanks , I learned something new today on spelling with your help :) On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 2:57 PM Johan Fabry <jfabry(a)dcc.uchile.cl> wrote: > > That looks very cool! Impressive look, very sci-fi and polished, congrats! > > On Nov 17, 2015, at 09:00, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.alios(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello people, as you may or may not remember I shared a sneak peak of my > latest tool for my project Ephestos , a time managment tool I call > ChronosManager. > > > > > ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- > > Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry > PLEIAD and RyCh labs - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University > of Chile > >

Nov. 17, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] [ANN][EPHESTOS] ChronosManager a time managment tool

by Ben Coman

On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 8:00 PM, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.alios(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello people, as you may or may not remember I shared a sneak peak of my latest tool for my project Ephestos , a time managment tool I call ChronosManager. > Looking really sweet. I'll try it soon. btw, I see a few people here misusing "brake" instead of "break". Here is the best explanation I could find... http://www.really-learn-english.com/break-vs-brake.html "a break is a rest, or time off from work or study." cheers -ben

Nov. 17, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] [ANN][EPHESTOS] ChronosManager a time managment tool

by Johan Fabry

That looks very cool! Impressive look, very sci-fi and polished, congrats! > On Nov 17, 2015, at 09:00, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.alios(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello people, as you may or may not remember I shared a sneak peak of my latest tool for my project Ephestos , a time managment tool I call ChronosManager. ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry PLEIAD and RyCh labs - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile

Nov. 17, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] RewriteTool not working in latest Pharo

by Thierry Goubier

2015-11-17 13:40 GMT+01:00 Peter UhnÃ¡k <i.uhnak(a)gmail.com>: > > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Thierry Goubier < > thierry.goubier(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> 2015-11-17 13:20 GMT+01:00 Peter UhnÃ¡k <i.uhnak(a)gmail.com>: >> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> One more question though: is it possible to somehow reference the >>> method's name? >>> >>> For example I would like to rewrite method >>> >>> [[[ >>> navy >>> ^ self fromHexString: '000080' >>> ]]] >>> >>> to >>> >>> [[[ >>> navy >>> ^ ColorRegistry at: #navy ifAbsentPut: [ self fromHexString: '000080' ] >>> ]]] >>> >>> of course for that I would need to know the selector's name... >>> >>> ^ ColorRegistry at: ``@selector ifAbsentPut: [ self fromHexString: >>> ``@color ] >>> >>> Is it possible? >>> >> >> In RBParseTreeRewriter, yes. >> > > Could you give me an example? I am not sure how the "variable" parts are > expressed (since unlike RewriteTool there is not even a useful class > comment for the replacement). > What you do is you add the necessary Smalltalk code to your meta variable in the RB 'search' pattern and there you can recover the method node and ask it the selector. I have an example in a Gist [1]: rewrite := RBParseTreeRewriter new replace: 'self parse: `#l `{:node :dic | | n | n := ''source'' , (node methodNode selector allButFirst: 4). dic at: #n put: n. PythonParserTests compile: (RBParser parseMethod: n, '' ^ '', `#l newSource) formattedCode classified: ''resources''. true }' with: 'self parse: `{:dic | RBParser parseExpression: ''self '', (dic at: #n) }'. What you do is, with the node you target (here the `#l), you add to it a block (the `{:node :dic | ... } ). The block usually refines the search (if the block returns true -> match, if it returns false -> match failed) but it can also execute arbitrary code and add contextual information for the rewrite. So, :node contains the matched node (here the literal) and, through it you can reach the method top node (#methodNode). And to use it in the rewrite, you store it in the :dic (this dictionary contains the variables matched); if you have multiple matches in the same method, then each time you will get a new dictionary. Beware: if your block is not in a message selector position in your pattern, then it behaves as a node (a variable) by itself. Using parenthesis in this case can help. Thierry [1]:https://gist.github.com/ThierryGoubier/54ba2fcf3cd2e7db9b1e > > Thanks, > Peter >

Nov. 17, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] [ANN][EPHESTOS] ChronosManager a time managment tool

by phil＠highoctane.be

Cool. I guess you mean "Break Limit" and not "Brake Limit" Curious to see how you made the digits, and led progress bars. Is it possible to have it squeezing to a smaller screen real estate area? It is nice but uses a hell of a lot of space. Phil On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.alios(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello people, as you may or may not remember I shared a sneak peak of my > latest tool for my project Ephestos , a time managment tool I call > ChronosManager. > > This tool is important for me for 2 reasons > 1) Its my first venture into the island of Custom GUIs with Morphic here > is how it looks like > > [image: chronosmanager01.png] > > The goal of this tool is to be a next generation for the Pomodoro tool > that was available through Catalog/Configuration Browser. > 2) My goal is to expand this tool way more than you see into a more > advanced time management tool , with several ideas I will reveal in each > release. > > So for those not familiar with the Pomodoro technique , its quite simple > really, the idea is that its best to work taking regular brakes to help > relax the mind but also to keep careful track of time to keep away > distractions. So we divide our work into tasks , a number of tasks make a > daily goal , each task is divided to the actual work time (time limit) and > time to relax (brake limit) . > > Bare in mind this is a version 0.1 it may contain bugs and issues, right > now I forgot to implement a display for the completed tasks but that will > be added in the next few days. > > The GUI you see in the image is fully expanded the secondary panel can be > hidden and the whole GUI can be minimised into a regular taskbar button > like all pharo windows but instead of displaying the name of the app it > displays useful info like timer and stopwatch time so you can keep it > minimised without taking any space from your GUI. > > The concept of timer and stopwatch is just about how you want to display > the time passed for each task, it makes no diffirence which one you choose > the one displays remaining time (timer) of timelimit period or brakelimit > period depending in what period you currently are and stopwatch its just > moves time forward with similar workflow. > > Installation > --------------------- > > Installing is dead easy just open configuration browser/ catalog browser > and load it from there and it will also add a menu entry at the world menu. > > Hope you like it much more to come :) >

Nov. 17, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] RewriteTool not working in latest Pharo

by Peter UhnÃ¡k

On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Thierry Goubier <thierry.goubier(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2015-11-17 13:20 GMT+01:00 Peter UhnÃ¡k <i.uhnak(a)gmail.com>: > >> Thanks! >> >> One more question though: is it possible to somehow reference the >> method's name? >> >> For example I would like to rewrite method >> >> [[[ >> navy >> ^ self fromHexString: '000080' >> ]]] >> >> to >> >> [[[ >> navy >> ^ ColorRegistry at: #navy ifAbsentPut: [ self fromHexString: '000080' ] >> ]]] >> >> of course for that I would need to know the selector's name... >> >> ^ ColorRegistry at: ``@selector ifAbsentPut: [ self fromHexString: >> ``@color ] >> >> Is it possible? >> > > In RBParseTreeRewriter, yes. > Could you give me an example? I am not sure how the "variable" parts are expressed (since unlike RewriteTool there is not even a useful class comment for the replacement). Thanks, Peter

Nov. 17, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] [ANN][EPHESTOS] ChronosManager a time managment tool

by Thierry Goubier

Thanks Kilon, this looks great :) Thierry 2015-11-17 13:00 GMT+01:00 Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.alios(a)gmail.com>: > Hello people, as you may or may not remember I shared a sneak peak of my > latest tool for my project Ephestos , a time managment tool I call > ChronosManager. > > This tool is important for me for 2 reasons > 1) Its my first venture into the island of Custom GUIs with Morphic here > is how it looks like > > [image: chronosmanager01.png] > > The goal of this tool is to be a next generation for the Pomodoro tool > that was available through Catalog/Configuration Browser. > 2) My goal is to expand this tool way more than you see into a more > advanced time management tool , with several ideas I will reveal in each > release. > > So for those not familiar with the Pomodoro technique , its quite simple > really, the idea is that its best to work taking regular brakes to help > relax the mind but also to keep careful track of time to keep away > distractions. So we divide our work into tasks , a number of tasks make a > daily goal , each task is divided to the actual work time (time limit) and > time to relax (brake limit) . > > Bare in mind this is a version 0.1 it may contain bugs and issues, right > now I forgot to implement a display for the completed tasks but that will > be added in the next few days. > > The GUI you see in the image is fully expanded the secondary panel can be > hidden and the whole GUI can be minimised into a regular taskbar button > like all pharo windows but instead of displaying the name of the app it > displays useful info like timer and stopwatch time so you can keep it > minimised without taking any space from your GUI. > > The concept of timer and stopwatch is just about how you want to display > the time passed for each task, it makes no diffirence which one you choose > the one displays remaining time (timer) of timelimit period or brakelimit > period depending in what period you currently are and stopwatch its just > moves time forward with similar workflow. > > Installation > --------------------- > > Installing is dead easy just open configuration browser/ catalog browser > and load it from there and it will also add a menu entry at the world menu. > > Hope you like it much more to come :) >

Nov. 17, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] RewriteTool not working in latest Pharo

by Thierry Goubier

2015-11-17 13:20 GMT+01:00 Peter UhnÃ¡k <i.uhnak(a)gmail.com>: > Thanks! > > One more question though: is it possible to somehow reference the method's > name? > > For example I would like to rewrite method > > [[[ > navy > ^ self fromHexString: '000080' > ]]] > > to > > [[[ > navy > ^ ColorRegistry at: #navy ifAbsentPut: [ self fromHexString: '000080' ] > ]]] > > of course for that I would need to know the selector's name... > > ^ ColorRegistry at: ``@selector ifAbsentPut: [ self fromHexString: > ``@color ] > > Is it possible? > In RBParseTreeRewriter, yes. Thierry > > Peter > > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Mark Rizun <mrizun(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi again, it should work now ;) >> >> 2015-11-17 13:40 GMT+02:00 Mark Rizun <mrizun(a)gmail.com>: >> >>> Hi Peter! >>> >>> In any case if you just remove #hShrinkWrap message sends from >>> #initializeWidgets, it will only change UI a bit, you will be able to work >>> with tool. >>> But soon I'll fix it. >>> Thanks for reporting :) >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> 2015-11-17 13:30 GMT+02:00 Peter UhnÃ¡k <i.uhnak(a)gmail.com>: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> RewriteTool is not working in latest pharo, complaining about #MNU >>>> CheckboxMorph>>hShrinkWrap when opening RewriteRuleBrowser, and #MNU >>>> LabelMorph>>hShrinkWrap for RewriteRuleBuilder. >>>> >>>> I am not familiar with Morphic enough and I don't know why the morphs >>>> are accessed directly from Spec to fix it... so I can only report it. :) >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Peter >>>> >>> >>> >> >

Nov. 17, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] RewriteTool not working in latest Pharo

by Mark Rizun

Actually for now it's not possible as I parse expression not a method.

Nov. 17, 2015