March 2017 - Pharo-users - lists.pharo.org

read, display, and annotate MS Word and PDF files?
by David Epstein March 20, 2017

March 20, 2017

Hi folks. I am considering trying Pharo for a project but am unfamiliar with Smalltalk. I'm attracted by the close integration between language and IDE. Are there native libraries that would allow me to read, display, and annotate (e.g. add comments & highlighting) to MS Word and PDF files? If not, is it easy to call libraries intended for other languages, such as http://www.foxitsdk.com/ ? Thank you, -david

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looking for tools to manually select ast nodes for metalinks
by Steven Costiou March 20, 2017

March 20, 2017

Hi, i would like a way to define metalinks at debug time, by "visually" selecting ast nodes in the debugger. For example i would like to see a method that i am debugging and by a clic on the source code it would select the associated ast node and allow me to put a metalink right there. - does that exist ? - if not, does a tool to display or to navigate through metalinks already exists ? - if not any, can somebody point me to documentation and/or ressources to extend the debugger so i can try to build it ? (i've already seen the spec book to build ui but i want to see what is possible with the debugger) Thanks, Steven.

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TextInspectIt missing in Pharo 6
by Alistair Grant March 20, 2017

March 20, 2017

Hi All, TextInspectit and TextDoIt>>rubActOnClick:for:in:editor:, which are part of the Text-Core package, are present in Pharo 5 but not in Pharo 6 (60442). All the other classes in Text-Core appear to be present (I haven't checked every method). Is this intentional, and if so, what is the replacement? Thanks very much, Alistair

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[ANN] Image saver with time tag
by phil＠highoctane.be March 18, 2017

March 18, 2017

I like to save images with a time tag and got tired of typing in the save window. So, there is HOImageSaver. https://github.com/Pharophile/HOImageSaver It works with Pharo 5. Load as follows: Metacello new githubUser: 'pharophile' project: 'HOSImageSaver' commitish: 'master' path: 'packages'; baseline: 'HOImageSaver'; onWarningLog; load Phil

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[ANN] Release of the Spec book
by Johan Fabry March 18, 2017

March 18, 2017

Hi all, StÃ©phane and I are happy to announce the 1.0 release of the book on Spec, the UI framework for Pharo!! This book was needed because the existing documentation was not really user-friendly and dispersed. I gathered everything I could find, sorted, filtered and rewrote, in collaboration with Stef. This is the reference documentation of Spec for Pharo 5 and 6, as well as my Magnum Opus on Spec (I have other ones on other topics ;-) ). We hope it will be useful for you. A small overview of the content: This book first shows the basics of Spec and how it enables reuse of UIs. It then treats UI layout in detail before moving on to explaining the management of windows. Some of the more advanced widgets are also discussed as well as the dynamic features of Spec. Lastly, the book also contains a chapter with tips and tricks. You can download a pdf of the book at http://files.pharo.org/books/spec-tutorial/ and also buy a hardcopy here: http://www.lulu.com/shop/johan-fabry-and-stÃ©phane-ducasse/the-spec-ui-fram… Itâs only 9.99EUR so so you can easily afford it, and moreover all proceedings of sales go the the Pharo association ! -- Does this mail seem too brief? Sorry for that, I donât mean to be rude! Please see http://emailcharter.org . Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry PLEIAD and RyCh labs - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile

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Specifying library dependencies in UFFI
by Raffaello Giulietti March 17, 2017

March 17, 2017

Hi, say I want to directly use a library that depends on other libraries in different folders. How does UFFI proceed to find these other libraries? Is there a way to specify the search folders in UFFI? I'm on Windows and in Pharo5/6. Greetings Raffaello

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Re: [Pharo-users] Magritte extension
by stepharong March 17, 2017

March 17, 2017

Hi asbath can you attach your code? So that we can load it in a magritified image? Stef On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 07:54:37 +0100, Asbath Sama biyalou via Pharo-users <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: > Hello. > > I am using Magritte to generate reports for a pharo class. I want to > customize generated components in order to have a better design. > > My class is Match > > Object subclass: #Match > instanceVariableNames: 'date_match hour_match status actions stadium > comments teams goals1 goals2 competition' > classVariableNames: '' > category: MyProject-Entity' > > > Descriptions for some variables. > > Stadium is also a Class. > > Match>>descriptionStadium > <magritteDescription> > ^ MASingleOptionDescription new > label: 'Stadium'; > priority: 305; > accessor: #stadium; > options: Team allStadiumsName; > componentClass: TBSMagritteSelectListComponent; > beRequired; > yourself > > > Match>>descriptionTeams > <magritteDescription> > ^ MAMultipleOptionDescription new > label: 'Teams'; > priority: 805; > accessor: #teams; > options: Team allTeamsName; > componentClass: MAMultiselectListComponent; > yourself > > > The generated component in the form is not very pretty. I want to have > multiple checkbox. > > > Match>>descriptionStatus > <magritteDescription> > ^ MASingleOptionDescription new > label: 'Status'; > priority: 505; > accessor: #status; > options: #('Pas en cours' 'En Cours' 'Mi-temps' 'TerminÃ©'); > componentClass: TBSMagritteSelectListComponent; > yourself > > > For the report I use the class SEMatchReport > > TBSMagritteReport subclass: #SEMatchReport > instanceVariableNames: 'report' > classVariableNames: '' > category: 'MyProject-Components' > > > SEMatchReport class>>from > | report matchs commandColumn | > matchs := Match selectAll. > report:= self rows: matchs description: (self > filteredDescriptionsFrom: matchs anyOne). > commandColumn := MACommandColumn new. > (SEMatchReport new session isSimpleAdmin) > ifTrue: [ > report addColumn: (commandColumn > addCommandOn: report selector: #editMatch: text: 'Modifier'; > yourself; > addCommandOn: report selector: #addAction: text: 'Ajouter > une action'; yourself ) ] > ifFalse: [ > report addColumn: (commandColumn > addCommandOn: report selector: #editMatch: text: 'Modifier'; > yourself; > addCommandOn: report selector: #deleteMatch: text: > 'Supprimer'; yourself; > addCommandOn: report selector: #addAction: text: 'Ajouter > une action'; yourself ) ]. > ^ report > > I want to put some bootstrapp icons near commandColumn actions. like > pencil or delete on 'Supprimer'. > > > SEMatchReport class>>filteredDescriptionsFrom: aMatch > ^ aMatch magritteDescription select: [ :each | #(date_match > hour_match stadium goals1 goals2 teams) > includes: each accessor selector ] > > I notice that on the generated report on column stadium we have > aStadium. We don't have the value (the name). I don't know how to > mention it in the filtered descriptions. > > Change the color of lines in the report, etc. All that things. > > Sorry for the bad english. > > Thanks. > > Asbath > > -- Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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doesNotUnderstand: infinit loop
by Hilaire March 17, 2017

March 17, 2017

Hi, My Pharo4.0 image is in a situation where each MNU exception throw from a DNU result in infinite loop, locking the image, even not breakable with alt+[.]. >From the doesNotUnderstand: message, the "exception reachedDefaultHandler" always returns true, and it results in the execution of the true block, sending again the original message to the original object, repeating a DNU and so on. Any idea how to fix that? Thanks Hilaire doesNotUnderstand: aMessage "Handle the fact that there was an attempt to send the given message to the receiver but the receiver does not understand this message (typically sent from the machine when a message is sent to the receiver and no method is defined for that selector)." "Testing: (3 activeProcess)" | exception resumeValue | (exception := MessageNotUnderstood new) message: aMessage; receiver: self. resumeValue := exception signal. ^exception reachedDefaultHandler ifTrue: [aMessage sentTo: self] ifFalse: [resumeValue] -- Dr. Geo http://drgeo.eu

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iceberg
by Norbert Hartl March 16, 2017

March 16, 2017

Sometimes tools change and you feel the change like a quantum leap. For me it is the case when using iceberg. Well done, thank you very much for that. If Versionner would be able to edit baselines we would have a really rich workflow for developing. Norbert

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snap package can't find vm-display-X11
by Alistair Grant March 16, 2017

March 16, 2017

Hi All, I've tried running Guille's snap package and building my own, but keep getting the same error: $ pharo Pharo.image setlocale() failed (check values of LC_CTYPE, LANG and LC_ALL) could not find display driver vm-display-X11; either: - check that /snap/pharo/x1/usr/bin/pharo-vm//vm-display-X11.so exists, or - use the '-plugins <path>' option to tell me where it is, or - remove DISPLAY from your environment. /snap/pharo/x1/usr/bin/pharo-ui: line 11: 6419 Aborted (core dumped) "$DIR"/"pharo-vm/pharo" "$@" $ ll /snap/pharo/x1/usr/bin/pharo-vm//vm-display-X11.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 265540 Mar 10 17:06 /snap/pharo/x1/usr/bin/pharo-vm//vm-display-X11.so* As can be seen above, the .so file is present. So next guess is that it is missing some dependency, however... $ ldd /snap/pharo/x1/usr/bin/pharo-vm//vm-display-X11.so not a dynamic executable Any suggestions? Thanks, Alistair

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