February 2022 - Pharo-users

[ANN] Stargate v7.0.1 [v7.0.1] released!
by Buenos Aires Smalltalk Feb. 18, 2022

Feb. 18, 2022

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[ANN] Stargate-Consul v3.0.1 [v3.0.1] released!
by Buenos Aires Smalltalk Feb. 18, 2022

Feb. 18, 2022

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[Issue tracker] Please check your older issues
by Marcus Denker Feb. 15, 2022

Feb. 15, 2022

Hi, We are seeing lots of issue that are still open, but already fixed or just not valid anymore. e.g. - the fix that was merged but the issue was not closed (sometimes GitHub has problems doing that) - Bug was fixed independent of the issue - The issue is just not relevant anymore It is often quite time consuming to even find out that an issue is already fixedâ¦ It would be nice if everyone could check the issues that - you submitted yourself - that are assigned to you - [Bonus] where you were part of some discussion https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/issues Marcus

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Spec border widths of 0 are showing as lines?
by Stewart MacLean Feb. 11, 2022

Feb. 11, 2022

Hi all, I have set the border widths of SpBoxLayout to 0, but there are still lines showing between the various components. Please see attached. As a work around, I thought to set the color of the border to the background color of each panel, but SpBoxLayout doesn't have a borderColor: method. How do I get borders to not show so that adjacent panels blend? And how do I set the color of borders? I am using SpRoassalPresenters and have tried setting the borderColor against them to no effect. Thanks, Stewart

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What is "Fluid"?
by contactme＠kathe.in Feb. 11, 2022

Feb. 11, 2022

I have attached 2 cropped screen-captures of the same class displayed in the class browser; class-smalltalk.png is the regular class syntax, class-fluid.png is the same class but with the "Fluid" checkbox selected, and shows a different syntax. May I know what that is all about? There's a different terminology too, something called "slot", which I have faint memories of being quite like that in "Self" environments. Thank you, ~Kathe Â

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What am I doing wrong with Spec2 in Pharo 9?
by Robert Briggs Feb. 10, 2022

Feb. 10, 2022

I haveÂ a subclass of SpTablePresenter which correctly displays a list of items.Â It is set up to activateOnDoubleClick as I want to open another SpPresenter I have created on the selected table row using the value in the first column to complete the presenter.Â My SpTablePresenter headed Element Attributes is shown bottom left in the attached screenshot. The class method top right reports that valueAtColumn:row: is sent but not implemented and yet it clearly is implemented by the superclass of my presenter (and I have used the method elsewhere in my project (NB: this method is just an instrument at the moment so that I can check what is happening. Double clicking a table row executes the method openAttributeEditorOn:Â but the debugger reports instance of my presenter class did not understand valueAtColumn:row: So what am I doing wrong here? Advice please. Regards Bob Briggs

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Sharing and publishing Pharo powered data stories
by Offray Vladimir Luna CÃ¡rdenas Feb. 10, 2022

Feb. 10, 2022

Hi, We are combining Markdeep and STON in a light format to share and publish Pharo powered data stories and visualizations written/crafted in Glamorous Toolkit's Lepiter. In this link you can find a demo of the published output, that, of course can be imported back to Lepiter: https://mutabit.com/repos.fossil/malleable-systems/doc/trunk/wiki/en/mallea… And below you can find a preview of this data story. Our light format have some differential values over other popular data stories publishing formats, like Jupyter Notebook: a) Its human and browser readable, in contrast IPynb JSON and Python exports are readable by one, but not the other. b) it only requires (3mb) Fossil + (350K) Markdeep to be stored, versioned, shared and published. Other DVCS, web folders can be used and is a big contrast with complicated and/or oligopolistic support to make a format (Ipynb) web renderable. c) The same published document can be imported back to Lepiter. When a Jupyter document is published as HTML, it can not be imported back from there to Jupyter (I imagine something similar happens with RStudio or OrgMode, but I have not experienced data workflows on the last tools by myself). And here is the respective Nitter/Twitter thread with details and alternative narrative: https://nitter.net/offrayLC/status/1490130769603444742#m <https://nitter.net/offrayLC/status/1490130769603444742#m> Cheers, Offray https://i.imgur.com/GhbaSZc.png

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grants Master Internship / offres de stage Master
by Pierre Bommel Feb. 10, 2022

Feb. 10, 2022

(sorry for redundancies) Hello, Bonjour, Hola, We are looking for a Master internship to work on Cormas, a simulation platform (https://github.com/cormas/cormas , or see here for our presentation at ESUG: https://hackmd.iscpif.fr/GGwvzBFqRASE5zCzlRwArQ?view) Nous recherchons un stagiaire de Master pour travailler sur Cormas, une plateforme de simulation (https://github.com/cormas/cormas , cf. notre prÃ©sentation Ã ESUG: https://hackmd.iscpif.fr/GGwvzBFqRASE5zCzlRwArQ?view) Estamos buscando un estudiante de MaestrÃa para trabajar en Cormas. Voici l'annonce en franÃ§ais (in English below) : https://www.hdigitag.fr/fr/les-offres-de-stage-digitag/ *Simulation participative de la gestion des ressources renouvelables dans des environnements hybrides* *Mots-clÃ©*: Simulation participative, Computer Vision , Smalltalk, Cormas * *DurÃ©e souhaitÃ©e du stageÂ (nombre de mois):*8 * *Date de dÃ©but du stage*: 1/02/2021 * *UnitÃ© de recherche*: Green, Cirad * *Contact*: Bommel Pierre : bommel(a)cirad.fr * *#DigitAg*: Axe 2 : Innovations en agriculture numÃ©rique, Axe 6 : ModÃ©lisation et simulation (systÃ¨mes de production agricole) / Challenge 1 :Â Le challenge agroÃ©cologique, Challenge 2 :Â Le phÃ©notypage rapide, Challenge 6 :Â La gestion des territoires agricoles, Challenge 7 :Â IntÃ©gration de lâagriculture dans les chaÃ®nes de valeur, Challenge 8 : DÃ©veloppement agricole au Sud Lâambition dâÃ©liminer les interfaces physiques qui permettent lâinteraction avec les machines est une idÃ©e ancienne dans le monde de lâinformatique qui a pris plusieurs directions. La plus emblÃ©matique pour le grand public a Ã©mergÃ© en 2005 sous le nom de âprojet Natalâ repris et dÃ©mocratisÃ© par Microsoft dans sa derniÃ¨re version baptisÃ©e âAzure Kinectâ (2019). Ce capteur dÃ©tecte les mouvements et les objets dans le champ de vision de lâutilisateur pour produire des rÃ©sultats dans un logiciel. Il a Ã©tÃ© abondamment dÃ©tournÃ© et enrichi depuis ses dÃ©buts grand public pour permettre de nouvelles maniÃ¨res dâinteragir avec les machines. Par ailleurs, le groupe de chercheurs Ã lâorigine de la crÃ©ation dâune plateforme de modÃ©lisation Ã base dâagents baptisÃ©e Cormas [1] fait actuellement face Ã des besoins accrus dâinteractivitÃ©s dans les simulations participatives. BasÃ©e sur le langage Smalltalk, Cormas est dÃ©veloppÃ©e depuis la fin des annÃ©es 1990 par une Ã©quipe fortement interdisciplinaire. Au-delÃ des usages traditionnels de la modÃ©lisation agents, Cormas se dÃ©marque des autres plateformes par des processus originaux de modÃ©lisation : lâapproche ComMod (pour Companion Modeling : modÃ©lisation dâaccompagnement [2]), qui vise Ã proposer des outils permettant de participer activement Ã la conception dâun modÃ¨le, mais aussi de sâimmerger dans des situations de jeux interactifs. Le jeu (de plateau ou informatisÃ©) sert alors de support pour Ã©changer sur une situation vÃ©cue. En 2012, pour la premiÃ¨re fois, lâÃ©quipe utilisait un video-projecteur Ã ultra-courte focale pour projeter sur une table un plateau de jeu. Ce simple changement a induit des comportements radicalement diffÃ©rents leur permettant une interaction beaucoup plus naturelle avec les simulations informatisÃ©es. En outre, la configuration spatiale des acteurs favorise les interactions sociales. Mais jusquâÃ aujourdâhui, la saisie manuelle par lâanimateur des dÃ©cisions prises par les joueurs reste nÃ©cessaire ce qui rÃ©duit la fluiditÃ© et la spontanÃ©itÃ© des interactions. LâÃ©quipe en charge du dÃ©veloppement de Cormas souhaite investiguer les possibilitÃ©s offertes par les nouvelles applications liÃ©es Ã la dÃ©tection dâobjets et de mouvements en portant un prototype de simulation participative dans le champ de la simulation hybride entre modÃ¨le informatique et jeu physique. Ce travail de preuve de concept appliquÃ© au modÃ¨le ReHab (modÃ¨le Ã©cole de ComMod) nÃ©cessitera de mettre au point des mÃ©thodes de dÃ©tection fiables dâobjets physiques pour Ãªtre intÃ©grÃ©es dans le calcul du nouvel Ã©tat simulÃ©. Aujourdâhui, Cormas sâappuie sur Pharo (Smalltalk open-source). Cette solution est dÃ©veloppÃ©e par lâINRIA et par un consortium de chercheurs et dâindustriels. La communautÃ© dynamique propose un ensemble de packages permettant de mutualiser le dÃ©veloppement de fonctionnalitÃ©s qui pourraient Ãªtre mobilisÃ©es pour proposer un prototype pour des simulation participative et la dÃ©tection dâobjets *English* : https://www.hdigitag.fr/en/digitag-master2-internship-offers/ *Participatory simulation of renewable resource management in hybrid environments* * *Keywords*: Participatory simulation, Computer Vision , Smalltalk, Cormas * *Duration*: 8 months * *Desired start date*: 1/02/2021 * *Research Unit*: Green, Cirad * *Contact*: Bommel Pierre â bommel(a)cirad.fr * *#DigitAg*: Axe 2,Axe 6 â Challenge 1,Challenge 2 ,Challenge 6 ,Challenge 7, Challenge 8 The ambition to remove the physical interfaces that allow interactions with computers is an old idea in the IT world that took several directions. The most emblematic one for the general public emerged in 2005 under the name of âProject Natalâ taken up and democratized by Microsoft in its latest version called âAzure Kinectâ (2019). This sensor detects movements and objects in the userâs field of vision to produce results in softwares.Â It has been abundantly diverted and enriched since its beginnings for the general public to allow new ways of interacting with computers. In addition, the group of researchers behind the development of an agent-based modeling platform called Cormas [1] is currently facing increased needs for interactivity in participatory simulations. Based on the Smalltalk language, Cormas has been developed since the late 1990s by a highly interdisciplinary team. Beyond the traditional uses of agent modeling, Cormas differs from other platforms by innovative modeling processes: the ComMod approach (Companion Modeling [2]), which aims to provide tools to actively participate in the design of a model, but also to immerse oneself in interactive game situations.Â The game (board or computer game) is then used as a support to exchange on a real-life situation. In 2012, for the first time, the team used an ultra-short focal projector to project a game board on a table. This simple change induced radically different behaviors of the actors allowing them to interact more naturally with computer simulations. In addition, the spatial configuration of the actors favors social interactions.Â But until today, manual input by the facilitator of the decisions taken by the players remains necessary, which reduces the fluidity and spontaneity of interactions. The team in charge of Cormasâ development wishes to investigate the possibilities offered by new opportunities related to the detection of objects and movements by bringing a prototype of participatory simulation in the field of hybrid simulation between computer model and physical game.This proof of concept work applied to the ReHab model (ComModâs school model) will require the development of reliable detection methods for physical objects to be integrated into the calculation of the new simulated state. Today, Cormas relies on Pharo (an open-source Smalltalk).Â This solution is implemented by INRIA and a consortium of researchers and industrialists. The dynamic community proposes a set of packages allowing to mutualize the development of functionalities that could be mobilized to propose a prototype for participative simulation and object detection

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Error when running OSUnixSubprocess - posix_spawn() error
by bajger＠gmail.com Feb. 9, 2022

Feb. 9, 2022

Greetings Pharoers! I have following problem when using OSSubprocess library. If I run a method that uses code below, it fails: Error: Error: posix_spawn(), code: 9, description: Bad file descriptor Any thoughts, hints are welcome! My code redirects stdout, stdin in order to catch system outputs from inside of Pharo. ``` Subprocess code does following: OSUnixSubprocess>>runAndWaitWithStdOutput ``` ``` self ``` ``` redirectStdout; ``` ``` redirectStderr; ``` ``` runAndWaitOnExitDo: [ :termProcess :outString :errString | ``` ``` termProcess isSuccess ``` ``` ifTrue: [ ^ outString ] ``` ``` ifFalse: [ "commands to handle ex message here" ] ] ``` ``` Now if I run, it fails: Error: Error: posix_spawn(), code: 9, description: Bad file descriptor OSSUnixSystemAccessor(Object)>>error: OSSUnixSystemAccessor>>strerror:message: OSSUnixSubprocess>>internalRun [ self internalRun ] in OSSUnixSubprocess>>run in Block: [ self internalRun ] BlockClosure>>ensure: OSSUnixSubprocess>>run OSSUnixSubprocess>>runAndWaitOnExitDo: OSSUnixSubprocess>>runAndWaitWithStdOutput ... .. . PhLImageProcessListCliCommand(PhLCliCommand)>>executeOSShellCommand So it seems that OSUnixSubprocess uses some file that remains opened probably in OS? Command that is passed to OSSubprocess is generated by args: ^ Array with: 'echo' with: '-n' with: ('$(pgrep -a -f Pharo | grep ''.image'' | grep -v ''.bash''| grep -v {1})' format: {self currentVMPid asString}) ```

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Pharo GSoC 2022 call for projects
by Sebastian Jordan Montano Feb. 8, 2022

Feb. 8, 2022

Hello to all, We, as Pharo organization, are appliying to the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2022 version. More info in: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ >From GSoC Page: "Google Summer of Code is a global, online program focused on bringing new contributors into open source software development. GSoC Contributors work with an open source organization on a 12+ week programming project under the guidance of mentors." Now we are preparing to postulate. We would like to have the most projects as possible. Like that, we will contribute to Pharo and to Open Source in general. If you have any project and you are willing to be a mentor please send us your proposal! We would be happy to work with you. Yours sincerely, Sebastian Jordan GSoC Program Organizer from Pharo Consortium

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