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Unicode in Pharo1.1
by qpogo Dec. 19, 2010

Dec. 19, 2010

Hi all, I'm a real newbie in Pharo and Smalltalk. I want to type in Cyrillic and Hebrew. However I get question marks. I tried to change fonts, but I have only to available fonts: * Accuny * Bitmap DejaVu Sans Which don't have Unicode glyphs. When I try to update fonts from the system, I don't see any result. Thank you. Alex -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Unicode-in-Pharo1-1-tp3092706p3092706.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Installing Morphic UI designer in Pharo 1.1
by Charles Monteiro Dec. 19, 2010

Dec. 19, 2010

Pardon the newbie question but I yet don't have a grip how Squeaker's load packages , it seems that there are many, many ways of doing so. In anycase, to my immediate need I would like to check out Morphic Designer. I've tried following the instructions on their web site which are: (Installer mc http: 'http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/hirschfeld/squeaksource/') project: 'MetacelloRepository'; install: 'ConfigurationOfDesigner'. ConfigurationOfDesigner load. However, on the Pharo 1.1. image under Cog VM, there is no such animal as an "Installer", I tried using the Monticello Browser and went fishing for the package but to no avail. thanks in advance Charles www.nycsmalltalk.org -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Installing-Morphic-UI-designer-in-Pharo-1-1-tp3093047… Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Cassandra Database access question
by StÃ©phane Ducasse Dec. 14, 2010

Dec. 14, 2010

Begin forwarded message: > From: nithiya nithiya <spnithi.87(a)gmail.com> > Date: December 13, 2010 11:33:59 AM GMT+01:00 > To: pharo-project-owner(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > Subject: Help me > > Sir, > > I follow the web link http://miguel.leugim.com.mx/index.php/tag/pharo/. > > > > I installed the Pharo smalltalk for Accessing Cassandra Database. > > > > PharoCore images and thrift0.4.0,cassandra0.6.6 are downloaded. > > Can you please help me ,how to load the cassandra.st,thrift.st images in the pharo. > > > > > > > Regards, > > Nithya.S

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"Making ToolSet more flexible", any taker?
by Mariano Martinez Peck Dec. 14, 2010

Dec. 14, 2010

Hi guys. I am out of time, but if someone wants to do a nice and not so difficult contribution to Pharo, is to improve the ToolSet support. Issue is here: http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=1915 And discussion is here: http://forum.world.st/Questions-about-ToolSet-td1460544.html Cheers Mariano

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DBXPlatform on Pharo
by flebber Dec. 13, 2010

Dec. 13, 2010

Sorry this is a newbie question. I am trying to install squeakdbx on pharo 1.1. I have evaluated Gofer new squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository'; package: 'ConfigurationOfFFI'; load. and Gofer new squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository'; package: 'ConfigurationOfSqueakDBX'; load. from the pharo page http://www.squeakdbx.org/news http://www.squeakdbx.org/news it says to evaluate DBXPlatform disableAutomaticConnectionReleaseOnGC However evaluating this gives me an error. unknown Variable DBXplatform. What am I doing wrong. -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/DBXPlatform-on-Pharo-tp3085025p3085025.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Keyboard shortcuts
by Daniel Klein Dec. 12, 2010

Dec. 12, 2010

I have discovered a bunch of keyboard shortcuts on my own but is there someplace I can find a full list? A specific shortcut that would really be convenient is to be able to switch between Pharo 'morphs', like how I do with alt+tab on Windows. For example, I'm always switching between a workspace and the system browser. I'd like not to have to reach for the mouse each time. Is there such a beast? Dan

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SandstoneDB and SortedCollection
by David Zmick Dec. 11, 2010

Dec. 11, 2010

I have a User that hold a Collection of decisions. Each decision holds a sorted collection of candidates and a sorted collection of objectives. User is a subclass of SDActiveRecord. I have class side code to create and example user with an example decision. this code fails with "Error: This message is not appropriate for this object" u := User example. u save This is what is at the very top of the debugging output: SortedCollection(Object)>>error: SortedCollection(Object)>>shouldNotImplement SortedCollection>>at:put: [] in SortedCollection(SequenceableCollection)>>sandstoneDeepCopyVisits: I am not sure where to go from here. Thank you for any help you might have! David Zmick /dz0004455\

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Feature requests
by andres Dec. 10, 2010

Dec. 10, 2010

Ok, so here goes an attempt of defining how I think feature requests could be handled and why I think that the meritocracy is not always the best choice. UserVoice and similar sites The idea is to let people ask for features they want in a quick way. I think my question about native window support could be a good example: someone ask if a feature exists. If it doesn't, he can just go and record somewhere "hey, I would like X". If other people also want X they can put a vote (or more than one) into the feature. Since votes are finite per user you have to think where are you putting your vote. Generally the product owner would choose some of the top ranked requests and decide to implement them. How many requests are selected per release or what is the criteria for choosing them is up to the product owner (e.g. you may choose #1 and #3 in the ranking, since #2 may be too complex for a given release). I guess that as long as the rules are clear (e.g. choose at least 1 feature request from the top five or whatever the dev team feels is ok for them) things would run smooth. Of course you can consider alternatives, like giving contributors more votes to encourage participation, get an extra vote for each bug you found, etc. Advantages: Its easy, it welcomes newcomers, it allows to re-think your vote or change it if you see that someone posted a feature that you also require, it allows the dev team to measure the user's expectations. Disadvantages: if you don't have enough population the requests may not reflect the real community needs, as a dev team you may end up implementing something you don't consider relevant. About Meritocracy While I understand the idea behind "first do something, then ask for something" I don't think it is always the best choice. For someone to commit to do something he must feel he is inside a community, and that takes some time. Of course I'm not saying that someone who just downloaded Pharo should dictate what will be included in the next release, I'm just saying that his voice shouldn't be banned because he hasn't yet contributed. And I am convinced that it is more likely to have a newcomer commited to a cause if you listen to him rather than if you say "first do something, then I may listen to your requests". But what concerned me the most was this: The only influence we deeply understand is ***Contributions*** with either videos, pdf, ads, promotion actions or ST code. So if you want something to happen for real in pharo then you should consider how you can make this happens. So how do you measure someone's contribution and the rights he has? Talking about pharo at my university counts for changing a line of code, writing some slides for a method, creating a bunch of screencasts for some classes? Also, contributing to Smalltalk in general counts as a contribution to Pharo? Up to what extent? And if I contributed and you never knew? Should I present my credentials asking for your reconsideration? My point is that, while contributions are fine and I also like for people to give in return for what they received, it is sometimes hard to measure and be fair to everybody. As you explained it seems that the decision rests in the subjective view of the core developers. That model is of course a valid one, I just consider it is not how healthy communities are built. Best regards, AndrÃ©s

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IRC meeting notes
by Adrian Lienhard Dec. 7, 2010

Dec. 7, 2010

This evening the announced IRC meeting took place. I've published the notes as a blog post on our website: http://pharo-project.org/news?article=irc-meeting-notes Cheers, Adrian ___________________ http://www.adrian-lienhard.ch/

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Native Windows in Pharo
by andres Dec. 7, 2010

Dec. 7, 2010

Hi list! I think I finally can start a small in-house project in Pharo, which makes me quite happy since I've been willing to do so for some time now. I have however to solve an issue before: is there a way of using native windows instead of the emulated ones? The app I have to work on is pretty much based on having different independent windows floating around :( . I saw the Native Windows thread that dates back to 2009 and couldn't find more information on the subject, so any pointers are much appreciated. Thanks in advance! AndrÃ©s

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