December 2015 - Pharo-users

Keymapping, shift vs non-shift

by Stephan Eggermont

On my keyboard I have '+' in two positions: once over the '=' in the alphanumeric part,and once as a separate key on the numeric part. When I do a self bindKeyCombination: $+ command mac | $+ ctrl win | $+ ctrl unix toAction: [ self increaseFontSize ]. that only works for the numeric '+'. Is that supposed to be the case? The problem is that it forces me to know about the keyboard layout to define shortcuts. Stephan

Dec. 14, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] How to detect wheter the computer is connected to the internet ?

by Sven Van Caekenberghe

Use the source, Luke: ZnClient>>#timeout: seconds "Set the timeout for network socket stream operations like connecting, reading and writing to seconds." self optionAt: #timeout put: seconds ;-) > On 14 Dec 2015, at 10:31, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.alios(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you both, an exception handling is what i was considering too but I thought a second opinion would not hurt. And yes I agree I need to check that github is online or that the user can access it. > > By the way that timeout argument is in milliseconds ? > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 9:53 AM Peter Uhnak <i.uhnak(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/14, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: > > Hi Dimitris, > > > > > On 14 Dec 2015, at 07:02, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.alios(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hey guys I try to make a way to detect whether my project is up to date and if not to update it from the github repo automagically. This part works fine , but I will also like to first detect whether the computer has an internet connection so to avoid unnecessary errors and checks . > > > > > > Is that possible ? > > > > Just try accessing a well know, always available host with a short timeout ? > > > > [ ZnClient new beOneShot; timeout: 2; get: 'http://www.google.com'; isSuccess ] on: Error do: [ false ] > > > > You should try to contact github, not google, since that's what you care > about. After all github can be down sometimes so it would fail even with > internet connection. > > Peter >

Dec. 14, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] How to detect wheter the computer is connected to the internet ?

by Dimitris Chloupis

Thank you both, an exception handling is what i was considering too but I thought a second opinion would not hurt. And yes I agree I need to check that github is online or that the user can access it. By the way that timeout argument is in milliseconds ? On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 9:53 AM Peter Uhnak <i.uhnak(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/14, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: > > Hi Dimitris, > > > > > On 14 Dec 2015, at 07:02, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.alios(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > Hey guys I try to make a way to detect whether my project is up to > date and if not to update it from the github repo automagically. This part > works fine , but I will also like to first detect whether the computer has > an internet connection so to avoid unnecessary errors and checks . > > > > > > Is that possible ? > > > > Just try accessing a well know, always available host with a short > timeout ? > > > > [ ZnClient new beOneShot; timeout: 2; get: 'http://www.google.com'; > isSuccess ] on: Error do: [ false ] > > > > You should try to contact github, not google, since that's what you care > about. After all github can be down sometimes so it would fail even with > internet connection. > > Peter > >

Dec. 14, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Small steps in a keyboard driven IDE

by Julien Delplanque

Cool. I'll give it a try soon. On 11/12/15 20:32, Stephan Eggermont wrote: > https://vimeo.com/148637679 > > Added a class view that shows the methods. Dragging them out opens > a method card, Shift-RightArrow adds a method card below the class card. > Ctrl-- makes a method card use smaller text, Ctrl-+ larger. On my > machines I have a bug in Keymapping or the VM that breaks a + that > normally needs a shift to press. > > Stephan > > >

Dec. 14, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] PharoJVM

by Sven Van Caekenberghe

> On 14 Dec 2015, at 09:56, Norbert Hartl <norbert(a)hartl.name> wrote: > > > > Am 14.12.2015 um 00:50 schrieb horrido <horrido.hobbies(a)gmail.com>: > >> I think I asked this before (at the start of the year), but if I were given >> an actual real-world *enterprise* customer /whom I could interview/ to get >> the *full story* of how they came to use Smalltalk, especially if they were >> coming from a major language such as Java, and what their particular >> corporate issues were that compelled them to look for a better solution, >> then I could run with it and write a lengthy story highlighting the unique >> advantages of Smalltalk in solving these issues. It would be a huge >> marketing tool /because readers (hopefully, enterprise users) could identify >> with the story/ and see themselves following the same trajectory toward >> Smalltalk/Pharo. >> >> Perhaps somebody at ESUG or Pharo Consortium could provide such a reference? >> > http://m.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/1978739/jpmorgan-makes-smalltalk-development-s… If you need 'big names': https://gemtalksystems.com/about/customers/ especially the OOCL story is huge (i.e. world wide scale), http://www.gemstone.com/pdf/OOCL_SuccessStory.pdf Now, let's go back to work to make all this possible, it won't happen by itself (improving Pharo and filling all those missing libraries). > Norbert >> >> Stephan Eggermont wrote >>> make some persona for them so it gets easier to imagine what their >>> needs might be. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/PharoJVM-tp4866633p4866868.html >> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Dec. 14, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] PharoJVM

by Norbert Hartl

> Am 14.12.2015 um 00:50 schrieb horrido <horrido.hobbies(a)gmail.com>: > > I think I asked this before (at the start of the year), but if I were given > an actual real-world *enterprise* customer /whom I could interview/ to get > the *full story* of how they came to use Smalltalk, especially if they were > coming from a major language such as Java, and what their particular > corporate issues were that compelled them to look for a better solution, > then I could run with it and write a lengthy story highlighting the unique > advantages of Smalltalk in solving these issues. It would be a huge > marketing tool /because readers (hopefully, enterprise users) could identify > with the story/ and see themselves following the same trajectory toward > Smalltalk/Pharo. > > Perhaps somebody at ESUG or Pharo Consortium could provide such a reference? > http://m.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/1978739/jpmorgan-makes-smalltalk-development-s… Norbert > > Stephan Eggermont wrote >> make some persona for them so it gets easier to imagine what their >> needs might be. > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/PharoJVM-tp4866633p4866868.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >

Dec. 14, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] How to detect wheter the computer is connected to the internet ?

by Peter Uhnak

On 12/14, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: > Hi Dimitris, > > > On 14 Dec 2015, at 07:02, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.alios(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hey guys I try to make a way to detect whether my project is up to date and if not to update it from the github repo automagically. This part works fine , but I will also like to first detect whether the computer has an internet connection so to avoid unnecessary errors and checks . > > > > Is that possible ? > > Just try accessing a well know, always available host with a short timeout ? > > [ ZnClient new beOneShot; timeout: 2; get: 'http://www.google.com'; isSuccess ] on: Error do: [ false ] > You should try to contact github, not google, since that's what you care about. After all github can be down sometimes so it would fail even with internet connection. Peter

Dec. 14, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Small steps in a keyboard driven IDE

by Damien Cassou

Stephan Eggermont <stephan(a)stack.nl> writes: > https://vimeo.com/148637679 > > Added a class view that shows the methods. Dragging them out opens > a method card, Shift-RightArrow adds a method card below the class card. > Ctrl-- makes a method card use smaller text, Ctrl-+ larger. On my > machines I have a bug in Keymapping or the VM that breaks a + that > normally needs a shift to press. wonderful. Keep going! -- Damien Cassou http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill

Dec. 14, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] How to detect wheter the computer is connected to the internet ?

by Sven Van Caekenberghe

Hi Dimitris, > On 14 Dec 2015, at 07:02, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.alios(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey guys I try to make a way to detect whether my project is up to date and if not to update it from the github repo automagically. This part works fine , but I will also like to first detect whether the computer has an internet connection so to avoid unnecessary errors and checks . > > Is that possible ? Just try accessing a well know, always available host with a short timeout ? [ ZnClient new beOneShot; timeout: 2; get: 'http://www.google.com'; isSuccess ] on: Error do: [ false ] HTH, Sven https://medium.com/concerning-pharo/pharo-days-2016-c52fe4d7caf

Dec. 14, 2015

How to detect wheter the computer is connected to the internet ?

by Dimitris Chloupis

Hey guys I try to make a way to detect whether my project is up to date and if not to update it from the github repo automagically. This part works fine , but I will also like to first detect whether the computer has an internet connection so to avoid unnecessary errors and checks . Is that possible ?

Dec. 14, 2015