November 2024 - Pharo-users

EXIF / JPEG metadata
by Alistair Grant Nov. 30, 2025

Nov. 30, 2025

Hi Everyone, As far as I can tell, JPEGReadWriter in Pharo 7 doesn't read (or write) the image metadata, e.g. title, keywords, exposure time, etc. Is anyone aware of a package that does? Thanks! Alistair

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"Book release: Application Building with Spec 2.0" â New blog post on all: objects all: theTime
by Koen De Hondt Feb. 13, 2025

Feb. 13, 2025

Dear Pharo users and developers, It required an enormous effort to review, rewrite, and extend it, but I am happy to announce that it is finally here: the book on application building in Pharo with Spec 2.0. I wrote a blog post about it <https://all-objects-all-the-time.st/#/blog/posts/9>. Happy reading! Ciao, Koen

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"Evaluation of SUnit" â New blog post on all: objects all: theTime
by Koen De Hondt Jan. 7, 2025

Jan. 7, 2025

Dear Pharo users and developers, I wrote a blog post in which I evaluate SUnit <https://all-objects-all-the-time.st/#/blog/posts/10>. Enjoy reading it! Ciao, Koen

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UKSTUG meeting - Christoph Thiede / Guille Amaral - Wed 27 Nov @ 7pm GMT
by UK Smalltalk Nov. 24, 2024

Nov. 24, 2024

1. *SemanticText: Improving Exploratory Programming in Squeak with Generative AI* Presenter: *Christoph Thiede *(starts at 7.15pm) >From autocomplete to conversational agents, AI is transforming how we interact with code. Christoph will introduce SemanticText, a framework that integrates large language models (LLMs) into Squeak/Smalltalk, enabling conversational agents, semantic search tools, and retrieval-augmented generation workflows. He will showcase experimental integrations with Squeakâs tools and present the concept of a semantic exploratory programming system for debugging and exploring systems using natural language. Bio: Christoph Thiede is a member of *HPI*âs Software Architecture Group and a core developer of Squeak/Smalltalk, with a focus on enhancing developer productivity and tools. 2. *Webside*: A Unified HTTP API for Smalltalk Presenter: *Guillermo Amaral* (starts at 8.30pm) Guillermo will discuss Webside, an API that standardizes communication with Smalltalk systems via HTTP and introduces its application as a fully operational IDE. He will highlight recent improvements in its extensibility and functionality. Bio: Guillermo Amaral is the creator of Webside and has been a passionate Smalltalk user and advocate for over 20 years, leveraging it throughout his academic and professional journey. Donât miss this opportunity to explore groundbreaking ideas and engage in discussions on the future of Smalltalk development! [:kind | 'Regards from ', kind ] value: 'The UK Smalltalk User Group'. PS: the videos from last month presentation are now available https://vimeo.com/ukstug/marianollm (Mariano Guerra on LLMs) https://vimeo.com/ukstug/tudorllm (Tudor Girba on LLMs)

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Pharo News of the Week 47/2024
by Marcus Denker Nov. 22, 2024

Nov. 22, 2024

# Pharo News of the Week 47/2024 - The Soil Database has now an entry in HAL https://hal.science/hal-04726251 and is archived by https://www.softwareheritage.org/ # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Features - Introduce New Finder #17420 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17420 - Add Load/Export feature to the New Settings Browser #899 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/899 # Fixes - Multiple FileBrowser directory handling fixes for Windows #882 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/882 - UnixResolverTest should check for platform #17387 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17387 # Improvements - 17409-Improving-FFI-Marshalling-of-Constants #17410 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17410 - Use default instead of StartupPreferencesLoader new #17404 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17404 - Better API for tools unregistration. remove: was lame. #17390 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17390\ # VM - Enhancement(versionning): Extract full semantic version from git #870 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/870 # GIT / Iceberg - Branch: CommandRepoBrowser1841, Fixes # 1841 #1855 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1855 - Fixes #1851 Update RemoteChangingIssue #1859 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1859 # NewTools - Remove undefined file double-click action. #907 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/907 - Removing Smalltalk tools! #905 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/905 - New Finder integration #909 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/909 - Add a registration API for tool: for now delegate to ToolsRegistry #903 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/903 - Make playgrounds refresh styling after removing bindings #902 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/902 - Configure Setting Browser initialization properties #901 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/901 - Add package âNewTools-DebugPointsBrowser-Testsâ with a subclass of SpSmokeTest for DebugPointBrowserPresenter #900 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/900 - fix pharo issue 17323 #893 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/893 # Spec - Adapt whenNumberChangedDo: to use two argument block #1662 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1662 - Fix the 17373 issue on Pharo (initial focus on text in refactor rename protocol) #1660 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1660 - less extension. #1656 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1656 - Factor out #refreshStyling from #evaluate:onCompileError:onError: on SpCodePresenter #1655 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1655 - Add tests in SpSliderAdapterTest #1652 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1652 - fixes https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/issues/879 #1643 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1643 # Cleanups - Cleaning spurious reference to Smalltalk #17407 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17407 - Simplify Calypso environment #17412 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17412 - Remove ClyClassChange #17411 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17411

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Pharo News of the Week 46
by Marcus Denker Nov. 18, 2024

Nov. 18, 2024

# News of the Week 46 - [Ann] v10.4.0 pillar https://pharo.org/news/2024-11-15-Pillar.html - ESUG2024 day 4 Videos (and thus all talks of the main track) are now in the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ5nSnWzQXi-uyYOZIVgXg1up_bclQc7e - Phausto (https://github.com/lucretiomsp/phausto) Presentation at the Audio Developer Conference 2024 (3 daily poster sessions in the virtual venue, and at the open-mic session (https://youtu.be/fVw80P_8RMs) # This week (46/2024) on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Fixes - Fixes CI to have it green again on unix #17377 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17377 - Super call missing in initialization #17353 #17354 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17354 - Add ~/.local/share/fonts/ to the unix font directories #17326 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17326 - Changing "add method" to "create method" in the debugger method creator #892 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/892 - fix: #884 Renamed TStPresenter into StTPresener #887 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/887 - Fixed linux terminal command, unified method for Windows #876' https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/876 - Fix MetaBrowserPresenter filtering #868 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/868 - fix pharo issue 17323 (spec side) #1651 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1651 - Fix RegexSyntaxError: no terminating "]" in SpSearchInputFieldOptionsâ¦ #1635 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1635 # Settings - Use StPharoApplication instead of custom settings application #877 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/877 - Restore Settings Browser missing custom styles #897 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/897 - Prevent settings reset to their defaults upon new Setting Browser tab selection #895 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/895 # VM - Improving Forwarders in the PermSpace #861 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/861 - use pharo file server @ inria #868 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/868 - use pharo file server @ inria #867 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/867 - compatible with FreeBSD mmap() #863 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/pull/863 # Improvements - Add helper method to setup the filtering list header title #1639 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1639 - Register new File Browser in tools registry #885 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/885 - Add a new SettingUpdated event for Epicea Monitor. #17350 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17350 - Use a setting declaration's typeClass to get default values #17342 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17342 - Deprecate explicitRequirement #17276 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17276 # files.pharo.org - use file server @ inria #17375 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17375 - use pharo file server @ inria #17336 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17336 - use files.pharo.org for upload #17371 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17371 # Refactoring Engine - Refactoring of rename temp and extract method while mutation testing #17340 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17340 # Documentation - Better class comments for refactorings #17357 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17357 - add news server #81 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-website/pull/81 # Cleanup - Make sure that StFinder uses application for inform: #883 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/883 - A little clean #889 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/889 - Repackage #asFileName #17351 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17351 - Clean tools registration #17365 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17365 - Adding some helpers in BaselineOf so that we can clean baselines #17363 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17363 - Cleaning initialize protocol #17359 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17359 - Fedup to have around this initialize-release? Let us get rid of it! #17358 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17358

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[Ann] v10.4.0 pillar
by stephane ducasse Nov. 15, 2024

Nov. 15, 2024

Hello Pharoers Iâm regularly improving Microdown and Pillar. Iâm happy to announce the release of Pillar v10.4.1 https://github.com/pillar-markup/pillar/releases/tag/v10.4.1 Uses Microdown V2.7.1: introduces new elements to support Foliage and web generation. It improves the document checker. Now the following analyses are reported: duplicated anchors, references to unexisting anchors, unreferenced figures, missing figure files, and missing input files. https://github.com/pillar-markup/Microdown/releases/tag/v2.7.1 Cleaned archetypes New documentation inside the bod-book template with the full syntax explained. Support for slides as header e.g. # a nice title Conversion of slides from pillar to Microdown Nicer support for extension e.g. {!comment|contents=sd thinks there is something fishy!} now can be expressed as {!comment|sd thinks there is something fishy!}` Two new archetypes are proposed: microdown-mooc and microdown-headerformat-mooc. Support for github actions with LaTeX. You can see all the books in Pillar https://github.com/SquareBracketAssociates/BookBuilderDashboard/blob/master… StÃ©phane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr 06 30 93 66 73 "If you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do differently? ....ESPECIALLY if, by doing something different, today might not be your last day on earth.â Calvin & Hobbes

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News of the Week 45
by Marcus Denker Nov. 15, 2024

Nov. 15, 2024

# News of the Week 45 With some delay, the news of Week 45 (last week) - ESUG2024 day 2/3 Videos are now in the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ5nSnWzQXi-uyYOZIVgXg1up_bclQc7e - [ANN] Book release: Application Building with Spec 2.0 https://all-objects-all-the-time.st/#/blog/posts/9 - [ANN] Server update: Next Wednesday, November, 13th, from 8am to 11am UTC: https://files.pharo.org/ will not be available! https://pharo.org/news/2024-11-08-FilesPharo.html # This week (45/2024) on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Features - Introduce SystemBuildInfo #17345 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17345 - Replay of Open Shortcuts Editor from Settings Browser #17344 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17344 - Add search feature Settings Browser #873 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/873 # Iceberg (Git) - Forward port Pharo12 changes to Pharo13 #1843 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1843 # Fixes - missing methods from last fix: re-add code presenter missing actions #1642 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1642 - re-add code presenter missing actions. #1641 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1641 # Cleanup - move towards removing morphic dependencies #1640 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1640 - Replay of Remove FreeType2 dialog morphic usage #17346 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17346 - Cleaning up BaselineOfIDE. Just factoring logic! #17343 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17343 - Try to load the document browser only once #17339 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17339

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Server update: files.pharo.org on November, 13th
by Christophe Demarey Nov. 7, 2024

Nov. 7, 2024

Hi, We would like to inform you that we are currently setting up a new server to host Pharo files. Indeed, our current server reached its maximal storage capacity (500 GB) and we need to move it to another provider. The Pharo file server is used: - to publish new Pharo images and Virtual machines, - host Pharo Launcher files, - deliver Pharo images and Virtual machines for Pharo Launcher and zero-conf scripts, - and some other use cases. Next Wednesday, November, 13th, from 8am to 11am UTC: https://files.pharo.org will not be available! This shutdown is needed so that we can change the DNS to point to the new server, issue a new SSL certificate for this new server and some other actions. The new server may be put on line earlier if possible. Regards, The Pharo team.

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This week (43/2024) on the Pharo Issue Tracker
by Marcus Denker Nov. 4, 2024

Nov. 4, 2024

# News of the Week 43 [ANN] MICRODOWN V2.7.1 https://pharoweekly.wordpress.com/2024/11/03/ann-microdown-v2-7-1/ # This week (43/2024) on the Pharo Issue Tracker This is for last week, a bit later due to holidays # Fixes - Prevent raising an Error in updateSettingNode: during image start #17321 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17321 - Fix typo: change "The cyclomatic complexity is heigh" to "The cyclomatic complexity is high" #17317 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17317 - fix wrong initialization of DebugPointTablePresenter #874 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/874 - Correct message in example of SpApplication class comment #1634 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1634 # Improvements - Add method history browser context menu item for browsing the selected commit in the repository browser #1846 https://github.com/pharo-vcs/iceberg/pull/1846 - Add a few helpers to the notebook presenter #1636 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1636 - fix #16799: Better api for beReadOnlyObject #16831 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/16831 - Major update of the Keymap Descriptions to a Shortcuts Editor #17311 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/17311

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