March 2020 - Pharo-users - lists.pharo.org

What is the status of SUnit in Pharo?
by Tim Mackinnon March 30, 2020

March 30, 2020

Hi guys - whatâs the status of SUnit in Pharo, are fixes supposed to be applied upstream to some master SUnit project or do we propose fixes/improvements locally? For example the method: should: aBlock raise: anExceptionalEvent whoseDescriptionIncludes: substring description: aString ^self assert: (self executeShould: aBlock inScopeOf: anExceptionalEvent withDescriptionContaining: substring) description: aString The #executeShould:â¦. Is implemented in the subclass TestCase and not TestAsserter (is that a local pharo thing to do with Traits?) - the code critic shows an error - and it seems the Calypso doesnât have an option to call these things out anymore? But equally poking more - while I REALLY LOVE the fact that assert:equals: give me a useful diff browser on a failure - I REALLY HATE that there are many other examples where I donât get the same useful UI - e.g. #should:raise:whoseDescriptionIncludes:description: is awful???? Given our community mostly invented unit testing - why is it so poorly fleshed out to do the right thing? Along the same lines - when trying to write descriptive tests, why canât I easily assert the existence of a substring in something and get an equally useful message? I recall mentioning this a few years ago and donât remember why I got shot down - but honestly, this stops us writing helpful tests and keeps us in the stone ages? Can we modernise this state of affairs so things are like the amazing diff browser (which Iâm assuming is some sort of hack? Is the debug window pulling apart a TestResult to do this - am interested in how it does this, as I couldnât figure it out?) Tim

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[Spec] Min script browser
by Hilaire March 30, 2020

March 30, 2020

Hi, I am experimenting Spec to write a DrGeo user scripts browser (in DrGeo scripts are classes). The layout and widgetery is so far ok (see screenshot). Nevertheless I have issue to keep synchronized the compiled methods in the Spec list, a recompiled method when the user edit its code and save it, then the source code in the code widget. Indeed when the user press save to keep the code it is compiled fine but the Spec list still hold what I guess is another instance of the compiled method. My attempt to manage this situation makes my code to look like shit. How will you manage this to keep up to date and synchronized the script information in the different Spec widgets? Thanks Hilaire -- Dr. Geo http://drgeo.eu

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Autocompletion shortcut
by Vitor Medina Cruz March 28, 2020

March 28, 2020

Hi there, Is it possible to change autocompletion shortcut to ctrl + space instead of tab or shift + space? Every other tool uses ctrl + space, I would like to use it on Pharo also. Thanks, Vitor

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Re: [Pharo-users] Test Completion has been added to Pharo 8 - please test!
by Vitor Medina Cruz March 28, 2020

March 28, 2020

Hello, I didn't find the controller option in Pharo 8, and I really want to use this autocompletion test, something has changed? Thanks, Vitor On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 12:51 PM Myroslava Romaniuk via Pharo-users < pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: > Aha ok! Please let us know if you have a specific example of when it > fails. We removed completion for temp declaration but when using already > declared temps, as far as i tested, it seems to work. So would be grateful > for a counterexample. > > Best, > Myroslava > > On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 at 16:50, Cyril Ferlicot <cyril.ferlicot(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 2:29 AM Myroslava Romaniuk via Pharo-users >> <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: >> > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > we added an intermediate version of the upcoming test completion to >> Pharo 8, it would be cool if you tested it and let us know the results. >> Here's a blog post about it - link, and here's a tweet I'd be grateful if >> you shared - link so perhaps people who don't read the mailing list would >> also see it. In the blog post you can find more info how to enable the >> completion in the settings and details about the whole thing in general. If >> something doesn't work, or if something works differently than it used to >> in the old completion (both if you don't like it or perhaps if you prefer >> it) let me know either replying here, on twitter, or submitting an issue >> request directly for the github repository here - link. >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> Since the new code completion is enable I have problem with variables >> completion. >> I saw it the most with temporary variables that are not proposed for >> completion anymore. This is really annoying since I often have long >> variables names to be explicit in my code :( >> >> I hope it can help you improve it :) >> >> > Thanks very much, >> > Myroslava >> >> >> >> -- >> Cyril Ferlicot >> https://ferlicot.fr >> > > > -- > Ð Ð¿Ð¾Ð²Ð°Ð³Ð¾Ñ, > ÐÐ¸ÑÐ¾ÑÐ»Ð°Ð²Ð° Ð Ð¾Ð¼Ð°Ð½ÑÐº. >

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Re: [Pharo-users] Zinc server with static and non-static files
by Norbert Hartl March 28, 2020

March 28, 2020

There is ZnPrefixMappingDelegate you can use. server delegate: (ZnPrefixMappingDelegate map: 'static' to: staticFileDelegate; map: 'app' to: myApp). There is also ZnStaticFileDecoratorDelegate if you want to mimick another typical setup where all urls that resolve to a file get served from disk and any other will be forwarded to you app. server delegate: (ZnStaticFileDecoratorDelegate decorate: myApp servingFilesFrom: 'static/'). Hope this helps! Norbert > Am 28.03.2020 um 01:34 schrieb Davide Varvello via Pharo-users <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org>: > > > Von: Davide Varvello <varvello(a)yahoo.com> > Betreff: Zinc server with static and non-static files > Datum: 28. MÃ¤rz 2020 um 01:34:13 MEZ > An: pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org > > > Hi Guys, > Is it possible a Zinc server returns static files within a specific url path > (like the ZnStaticFileServerDelegate) and also returns other logics as shown > with map:#otherPath to: MyWebapp new ? > TIA > Davide > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html > > >

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Zinc server with static and non-static files
by Davide Varvello March 28, 2020

March 28, 2020

Hi Guys, Is it possible a Zinc server returns static files within a specific url path (like the ZnStaticFileServerDelegate) and also returns other logics as shown with map:#otherPath to: MyWebapp new ? TIA Davide -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html

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Do we have a simple markdown parser?
by Tim Mackinnon March 27, 2020

March 27, 2020

Hi guys - do we have a simple markdown parser that is reasonably up to date? I did a quick GitHub scan and a few popped out, but I wasnât convinced I had found one the âeveryoneâ uses (albeit, everyone might be a small sample). Ideally I donât want to get sucked into writing another one (a project for a future time). Tim

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Today 27/03/2020: Pharo Sprint!
by Guillermo Polito March 27, 2020

March 27, 2020

Hi all, Today we are having a dematerialized Pharo sprint. # What is this sprint thingy? We join. We fix bugs. We discuss about fixing bugs. We add documentation. We review issues and pull requests. We make Pharo better for us and for everybody else :). # How is this sprint thing going on? In discord we have a text and a voice channel dedicated to #sprint. http://pharo.org/community <http://pharo.org/community> Please feel free to join and ask questions # What can I do to help? ## Get some knowledge => Read a couple of issues We have > 500 open issues. Some of them are difficult to reproduce, or the instructions are not clear enough, or maybe were already fixed but the issue was never closed. If everybody takes 3 issues at random and makes a review, we will be in much better shape for the next sprint!! Reviewing an issue is as easy as asking yourself the questions: - are there reproduction instructions? - it is specified the version / commit? - can I reproduce it? If some of those check fails, put a comment :) ## Get some action => Fix an easy issue In this morning (europe time) Iâve taken some time doing a pass on issues, and Iâve identified a list of potentially easy ones. https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%… <https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/issues?q=is:issue+is:open+label:Easy> Iâve also categorised several of them as bugs, enhancements, new features and cleanups. Within those, youâll see - super-easy (like adding a comment), - medium-easy (like changing some code following the analysis on the issue) and - hard-easy like a cleanup refactoring So if somebody wants to do a contribution for the first time, this list of 26 issues is probably a good place to look at. The info of how to make a PR is in here https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/wiki/Contribute-a-fix-to-Pharo <https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/wiki/Contribute-a-fix-to-Pharo> ## Get to know other people involved in Pharo => Discuss with us in discord And have fun :) Guille

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Re: [Pharo-users] Do we have a simple markdown parser?
by Tim Mackinnon March 27, 2020

March 27, 2020

Hmm I hadnât even thought of Xstreamsâ¦ I always thought it sounded cool, perhaps its a place to start - but as you mention, Iâm not sure it really gained traction in the Pharo world. My use case is quite simple as the markdown files are simple configuration (and maybe donât even need a parser - e.g. https://github.com/servirtium/demo-java-climate-tck/blob/master/src/test/mo… <https://github.com/servirtium/demo-java-climate-tck/blob/master/src/test/mo…>). I was hoping there might be something simple I could run with to help explore how best to use the config in those files. Lets see if anyone else mentions something thatâs a no-brainer. Tim > On 24 Mar 2020, at 18:40, gettimothy via Pharo-users <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org <mailto:pharo-users@lists.pharo.org>> wrote: > > > From: gettimothy <gettimothy(a)zoho.com <mailto:gettimothy@zoho.com>> > Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] Do we have a simple markdown parser? > Date: 24 March 2020 at 18:40:42 GMT > To: "Any question about pharo is welcome" <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org <mailto:pharo-users@lists.pharo.org>> > Cc: "Pharo Users Newsgroup" <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org <mailto:pharo-users@lists.pharo.org>> > > > I do not know if it works on Pharo, but XTreams has a XTreams-Parsing section that I am currently working with. The existing Wikitext grammar was my starting point . > > https://github.com/squeak-smalltalk/squeak-ci/blob/master/package-load-scri… <https://github.com/squeak-smalltalk/squeak-ci/blob/master/package-load-scri…> > > the existing Grammar is under: > > XTreams-Parsing -> PEGParser > grammars->grammarWiki > > > Use case is: > > > | wikiGrammar wikiParser output| > Transcript clear. > wikiGrammar := PEGParser grammarWiki reading positioning. > wikiParser := PEGParser parserPEG parse: 'Grammar' stream: wikiGrammar actor: PEGParserParser new. > input := (your string input goes here) > output := wikiParser parse: 'Page' stream: input actor: PEGWikiGenerator new. > output inspect. > > hth > > ---- On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 13:51:31 -0400 Tim Mackinnon <tim(a)testit.works <mailto:tim@testit.works>> wrote ---- > > Hi guys - do we have a simple markdown parser that is reasonably up to date? I did a quick GitHub scan and a few popped out, but I wasnât convinced I had found one the âeveryoneâ uses (albeit, everyone might be a small sample). > > Ideally I donât want to get sucked into writing another one (a project for a future time). > > Tim > > > >

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[ANN] JRMPC Poll
by Richard Kenneth Eng March 26, 2020

March 26, 2020

https://jrmpc.ca/2020/03/20/what-makes-learning-smalltalk-challenging/ FWIW, 95% of respondents pointed to the lack of reference documentation for the class library as the major obstacle to learning Smalltalk/Pharo. Richard

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