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Generate latex from Pharo

by Julien Delplanque

Hi everyone, Is there any framework to generate latex code from Pharo? I would like to give a latex representation to some objects so I can export the latex code to a file I would include to my latex main file (for example). For example for a matrix I would like to do something like: fileStream nextPutAll: myMatrix asLatex. to have something like: \begin{pmatrix} 1& 2\\ 3& 4 \end{pmatrix} in the file. I used to do it with pylatex in Python and I wonder if something equivalent already exists in Pharo? Regards, Julien

May 16, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Alt-tab between windows

by Sean P. DeNigris

Avdi Grimm wrote > Messing around, I've gotten the impression that Morphic doesn't really > have > the concept of a window manager. Hee hee. Like most things in Smalltalk, there is much more here than meets the eye! While pharo's main window looks like a desktop with windows, it is actually a world of living objects. Morphic is in fact a simulation framework based on the values of liveness and directness [1], which we are using to simulate a window system :) Two quick initial explorations: Create a morph: 1. DoIt: Morph new openInWorld 2. Click on the Morph while pressing (on Mac) shift+alt to bring up the Morph's "halo" (like a circular menu). From here, clicking the wrench (right side, second from the top) and then "inspect morph" will open an inspector on the object, and you can manipulate it like any other object. For example, `self color: Color white` immediately turns it white. As this doesn't seems to be your first rodeo, I'm sure you can quickly imagine the power of having all one's live UI objects immediately responsive on the same level as any other object without any context switch. Treat a window as a Morph: Repeat #2 above to get the same halos around the window. This is especially cool when hacking on the IDE because you can bring up the halos on a button, see what it's action is, and duplicate/modify it. One of the easiest cool demos, which is actually so easy that it's extremely hard to grok the implications of it, is to bring up the World menu, hover over a deeply nested item, bring up the halos on the item, pick it up [2], drop it in the world, and then click it. Of course it continues to work as if you had clicked it right in the menu. [1] http://web.media.mit.edu/~jmaloney/papers/DirectnessAndLivenessInMorphic.pdf [2] black button, middle-top, looks like a picker arm in one of those toy grabbing games they have at diners ----- Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Alt-tab-between-windows-tp4826593p4826731.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

May 16, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Quuve in action

by Mariano Martinez Peck

On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 5:34 AM, phil(a)highoctane.be <phil(a)highoctane.be> wrote: > Nice. > > What lib are you using for the charts? HighCharts? > Yes: http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~Mercap/HighchartsSt/ Cheers, > > Phil > > On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 12:52 AM, Cameron Sanders via Pharo-users < > pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: > >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Cameron Sanders <camsanders(a)aol.com> >> To: Any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> >> Cc: >> Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 18:17:17 -0400 >> Subject: Quuve in action >> We are just starting to get some videos made to demonstrate Quuve in >> action. Here is the first... >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA7O8bUtd0o. [views best in Chrome >> directly, not via gmail] >> >> We will be making more and will start posting them to our website. >> >> -Cam >> >> > > > -- > -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

May 16, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Alt-tab between windows

by Laurent

Hi Avdi, you may be interested in http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~LaurentLaffont/TilingWindowManager that offers more keyboard control (Emacs inspired) on window management. Regards, Laurent Laffont Le sam. 16 mai 2015 Ã 0:52, Avdi Grimm <avdi(a)avdi.org> a Ã©crit : > Hey folks! I've dabbled with smalltalk here and there over the years, > but recently I've settled in to learn Pharo in earnest. A few of you > might have seen the videos I've been putting up; they seem to be > making the rounds on Twitter. I just want to say I've felt really > welcomed by all the people who have commented with helpful tips, or > offered to help with my exploration :-) > > I've run into my first big blocker as a newcomer. Like many > programmers I'm a fan of keeping my hands on the keyboard. Now, I'm > more flexible on this than some. I recognize that Pharo is a visual > environment, and it makes sense to explore it with a mouse. And some > interactions just make more sense with a mouse. > > That said, no matter what windowing environment I'm in, I find the > ability to quickly cycle between windows without leaving the keyboard > pretty crucial. One Windows or Ubuntu I would normally do this with > Alt-Tab or Super-Tab. On MacOS it's Cmd-Tab. > > I've been trying to figure out how to do this in Pharo. I've looked > for answers with Google, SO, and on IRC, and I've come up blank. I'm > starting to think it can't be done. > > So, I've come here for your help. Is there a way to cycle between > windows? Or is anyone working on it? Or, perhaps, am I missing an > element of the Pharo programming workflow which renders it unneeded? > > Many thanks, > > -- > Avdi

May 16, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Alt-tab between windows

by Esteban Lorenzano

my answer on stackoverflow: well... you hit one of our weaker spots :) Keybindings are not in his best shape, but: - Actually, alt+tab is already set to "switch window" activity. The problem is that does not work all the time (for example, it does not work on Playground). - This is because there are some hardcoded logic there, who we are removing slowly from the system (some of those parts have more than 15yrs since they come from before Pharo has born). - Someone (probably in a failed attempt to fix the playground, or the hardcodes) forget a halt in the method who creates a new preview window... so even if you reach that part of the system, you will have a debugger. Of course, you will be able to restore correct behaviour by just removing the breakpoint, but that will not correct the fact "switch windows" will not be available everywhere. - I opened a bug entry for it: https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/15546, in case you want to follow the issue (you will need an account there, I'm sorry for that). In any case, we are moving out this hardcode stuff, and you can check all currently available settings going to **World Menu/System/Keymap Browser** (they are a lot, we are also playing with ideas on how to show better this combinations... emacs style, popup notifications, etc.) Esteban ps: I will like to have a solution for this, if anyone can help a bit in this areaâ¦ but it has to be a solution using the keybindings framework. I will deny integration to any hardcoded solution :) > On 16 May 2015, at 10:59, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.alios(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > does not work for me in macos. Ctrl+left/right is reserved by MACOS for switching workspaces but even other key combinations i tried do not work at all. Alt+Tab is also reserved in macos. > > On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 9:14 AM Carlo <snoobabk(a)gmail.com <mailto:snoobabk@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi > > See my earlier email was bounced. > ... > > Ok, hacked and debugged my pharo 4 image and I've got ctrl- left or right working on my mac. > > Two changes needed > > TaskListMorph>>keyStroke: event needs to change as per below to add the ctrl left or right. > > TaskListMorph>>keyStroke: event > "Process keys to switch task." > event keyCharacter = Character escape ifTrue: [^self delete]. > event anyModifierKeyPressed ifFalse: [^self done]. > > event keyString = '<Ctrl-left>' ifTrue: [^self selectPreviousTask]. > event keyString = '<Ctrl-right>' ifTrue: [^self selectNextTask]. > > event keyString = '<Opt-Shift-tab>' ifTrue: [^self selectPreviousTask]. > event keyString = '<Opt-tab>' ifTrue: [^self selectNextTask] > > Then TaskListMorph>>isNavigationEvent: aKeyboardEvent needs to change as per below: > > isNavigationEvent: aKeyboardEvent > | validCombos | > validCombos := Array with: Character tab alt with: Character tab alt shift with: Character arrowLeft ctrl with: Character arrowRight ctrl . > ^ validCombos contains: [:each | each = aKeyboardEvent asKeyCombination]. > > Ctrl-left or Ctrl-right works, and again you need to press any key to select the window on preview. > > Cheers > Carlo > On 16 May 2015, at 1:32 AM, Avdi Grimm <avdi(a)avdi.org <mailto:avdi@avdi.org>> wrote: > > I'd be totally cool with Alt-Left/Right. I just want *something* so I don't have to lift my hand just to switch from e.g. Browser to Playground and back. > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 7:23 PM Nicolai Hess <nicolaihess(a)web.de <mailto:nicolaihess@web.de>> wrote: > 2015-05-16 1:11 GMT+02:00 Carlo <snoobabk(a)gmail.com <mailto:snoobabk@gmail.com>>: > On my > > Pharo4.0 > Latest update: #40609 > > Pressing Alt-Tab brings up a debugger. Debugging the method shows: > > But this does not work for Pharo on Windows . On windows alt+tab always switches between active applications. > There was some code on older versions of pharo, that uses alt+left arrow/right arrow instead of alt+tab for > the windows vm > > newPreviewMorph > "Answer a new preview holder." > self halt. > ^ Morph new > color: Color transparent; > extent: self defaultPreviewExtent; > yourself. > > > On 16 May 2015, at 1:09 AM, Avdi G<Screenshot 2015:05:16, 1:11 AM.png>rimm <avdi(a)avdi.org <mailto:avdi@avdi.org>> wrote: > > > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 7:06 PM Carlo <snoobabk(a)gmail.com <mailto:snoobabk@gmail.com>> wrote: > Removing the 'self halt' still works though. > > Can you give me a little more detail about where to find this? Thanks! >

May 16, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Alt-tab between windows

by Dimitris Chloupis

does not work for me in macos. Ctrl+left/right is reserved by MACOS for switching workspaces but even other key combinations i tried do not work at all. Alt+Tab is also reserved in macos. On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 9:14 AM Carlo <snoobabk(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > See my earlier email was bounced. > ... > > Ok, hacked and debugged my pharo 4 image and I've got ctrl- left or right > working on my mac. > > Two changes needed > > TaskListMorph>>keyStroke: event needs to change as per below to add the > ctrl left or right. > > TaskListMorph>>keyStroke: event > "Process keys to switch task." > event keyCharacter = Character escape ifTrue: [^self delete]. > event anyModifierKeyPressed ifFalse: [^self done]. > > event keyString = '<Ctrl-left>' ifTrue: [^self selectPreviousTask]. > event keyString = '<Ctrl-right>' ifTrue: [^self selectNextTask]. > event keyString = '<Opt-Shift-tab>' ifTrue: [^self selectPreviousTask]. > event keyString = '<Opt-tab>' ifTrue: [^self selectNextTask] > > Then TaskListMorph>>isNavigationEvent: aKeyboardEvent needs to change as > per below: > > isNavigationEvent: aKeyboardEvent > | validCombos | > validCombos := Array with: Character tab alt with: Character tab alt shift > with: Character arrowLeft ctrl with: Character arrowRight ctrl . > ^ validCombos contains: [:each | each = aKeyboardEvent asKeyCombination]. > > Ctrl-left or Ctrl-right works, and again you need to press any key to > select the window on preview. > > Cheers > Carlo > On 16 May 2015, at 1:32 AM, Avdi Grimm <avdi(a)avdi.org> wrote: > > I'd be totally cool with Alt-Left/Right. I just want *something* so I > don't have to lift my hand just to switch from e.g. Browser to Playground > and back. > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 7:23 PM Nicolai Hess <nicolaihess(a)web.de> wrote: > >> 2015-05-16 1:11 GMT+02:00 Carlo <snoobabk(a)gmail.com>: >> >>> On my >>> >>> Pharo4.0 >>> Latest update: #40609 >>> >>> Pressing Alt-Tab brings up a debugger. Debugging the method shows: >>> >> >> But this does not work for Pharo on Windows . On windows alt+tab always >> switches between active applications. >> There was some code on older versions of pharo, that uses alt+left >> arrow/right arrow instead of alt+tab for >> the windows vm >> > >>> newPreviewMorph >>> "Answer a new preview holder." >>> self halt. >>> ^ Morph new >>> color: Color transparent; >>> extent: self defaultPreviewExtent; >>> yourself. >>> >> >>> >>> On 16 May 2015, at 1:09 AM, Avdi G<Screenshot 2015:05:16, 1:11 AM.png>rimm >>> <avdi(a)avdi.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 7:06 PM Carlo <snoobabk(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Removing the 'self halt' still works though. >>>> >>> >>> Can you give me a little more detail about where to find this? Thanks! >>> >>>

May 16, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Garage and SQLite file databases, general project structure

by Pierce Ng

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 08:35:23PM +0200, Torsten Bergmann wrote: > Also I do not understand: while "Garage-Postgres" uses the Postgres > project PostgresV2 as a backend the "Garage-Sqlite3" does not use > NBSqlite3 or SQlite3 projects as backend. > > So "GASqlite3FFI" copies many methods of the original NBSQLite3 project from > Pierce and myself and is therefore like an own fork now. Yes, I agree this is not the best approach. I've just added support for SQLite's online backup API to NBSQLite3. (See my blog.) Garage's forking means it does not directly benefit from improvements to NBSQLite3. Now, this being Smalltalk, I reckon that some metaprogramming magic will allow me to add the new stuff in NBSQLite3 to Garage, but overtime as the code bases diverge this gets difficult. Pierce

May 16, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Quuve in action

by phil＠highoctane.be

Nice. What lib are you using for the charts? HighCharts? Phil On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 12:52 AM, Cameron Sanders via Pharo-users < pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Cameron Sanders <camsanders(a)aol.com> > To: Any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> > Cc: > Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 18:17:17 -0400 > Subject: Quuve in action > We are just starting to get some videos made to demonstrate Quuve in > action. Here is the first... > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA7O8bUtd0o. [views best in Chrome > directly, not via gmail] > > We will be making more and will start posting them to our website. > > -Cam > > --

May 16, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Alt-tab between windows

by Carlo

Hi I see my earlier email was bounced again... Ok, hacked and debugged my pharo 4 image and I've got ctrl- left or right working on my mac. Two changes needed TaskListMorph>>keyStroke: event needs to change as per below to add the ctrl left or right. TaskListMorph>>keyStroke: event "Process keys to switch task." event keyCharacter = Character escape ifTrue: [^self delete]. event anyModifierKeyPressed ifFalse: [^self done]. event keyString = '<Ctrl-left>' ifTrue: [^self selectPreviousTask]. event keyString = '<Ctrl-right>' ifTrue: [^self selectNextTask]. event keyString = '<Opt-Shift-tab>' ifTrue: [^self selectPreviousTask]. event keyString = '<Opt-tab>' ifTrue: [^self selectNextTask] Then TaskListMorph>>isNavigationEvent: aKeyboardEvent needs to change as per below: isNavigationEvent: aKeyboardEvent | validCombos | validCombos := Array with: Character tab alt with: Character tab alt shift with: Character arrowLeft ctrl with: Character arrowRight ctrl . ^ validCombos contains: [:each | each = aKeyboardEvent asKeyCombination]. Ctrl-left or Ctrl-right works, and again you need to press any key to select the window on preview. Cheers Carlo On 16 May 2015, at 1:05 AM, Avdi Grimm <avdi(a)avdi.org> wrote: Messing around, I've gotten the impression that Morphic doesn't really have the concept of a window manager. I've even played with the "Tiling Window Manager", but it isn't really a *manager* in the usual sense, it's more of a collection of shortcuts for manually resizing windows. Without having dove into the implementation yet, it feels like Morphic is more a system where each window paints itself where it wants to be, and there isn't a centralized controller or manager of windows. Is that accurate? On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 6:58 PM Nicolai Hess <nicolaihess(a)web.de <mailto:nicolaihess@web.de>> wrote: 2015-05-16 0:52 GMT+02:00 Avdi Grimm <avdi(a)avdi.org <mailto:avdi@avdi.org>>: Hey folks! I've dabbled with smalltalk here and there over the years, but recently I've settled in to learn Pharo in earnest. A few of you might have seen the videos I've been putting up; they seem to be making the rounds on Twitter. I just want to say I've felt really welcomed by all the people who have commented with helpful tips, or offered to help with my exploration :-) I've run into my first big blocker as a newcomer. Like many programmers I'm a fan of keeping my hands on the keyboard. Now, I'm more flexible on this than some. I recognize that Pharo is a visual environment, and it makes sense to explore it with a mouse. And some interactions just make more sense with a mouse. That said, no matter what windowing environment I'm in, I find the ability to quickly cycle between windows without leaving the keyboard pretty crucial. One Windows or Ubuntu I would normally do this with Alt-Tab or Super-Tab. On MacOS it's Cmd-Tab. I've been trying to figure out how to do this in Pharo. I've looked for answers with Google, SO, and on IRC, and I've come up blank. I'm starting to think it can't be done. So, I've come here for your help. Is there a way to cycle between windows? Or is anyone working on it? Or, perhaps, am I missing an element of the Pharo programming workflow which renders it unneeded? Many thanks, -- Avdi I miss this too. This worked in Pharo 1.4 (alt + left arrow / alt+right arrow). I don't know why this was removed. I often wanted to look at this and try to bring it back, but didn't find the time. nicolai

May 16, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Alt-tab between windows

by Carlo

Hi See my earlier email was bounced. ... Ok, hacked and debugged my pharo 4 image and I've got ctrl- left or right working on my mac. Two changes needed TaskListMorph>>keyStroke: event needs to change as per below to add the ctrl left or right. TaskListMorph>>keyStroke: event "Process keys to switch task." event keyCharacter = Character escape ifTrue: [^self delete]. event anyModifierKeyPressed ifFalse: [^self done]. event keyString = '<Ctrl-left>' ifTrue: [^self selectPreviousTask]. event keyString = '<Ctrl-right>' ifTrue: [^self selectNextTask]. event keyString = '<Opt-Shift-tab>' ifTrue: [^self selectPreviousTask]. event keyString = '<Opt-tab>' ifTrue: [^self selectNextTask] Then TaskListMorph>>isNavigationEvent: aKeyboardEvent needs to change as per below: isNavigationEvent: aKeyboardEvent | validCombos | validCombos := Array with: Character tab alt with: Character tab alt shift with: Character arrowLeft ctrl with: Character arrowRight ctrl . ^ validCombos contains: [:each | each = aKeyboardEvent asKeyCombination]. Ctrl-left or Ctrl-right works, and again you need to press any key to select the window on preview. Cheers Carlo On 16 May 2015, at 1:32 AM, Avdi Grimm <avdi(a)avdi.org> wrote: I'd be totally cool with Alt-Left/Right. I just want *something* so I don't have to lift my hand just to switch from e.g. Browser to Playground and back. On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 7:23 PM Nicolai Hess <nicolaihess(a)web.de <mailto:nicolaihess@web.de>> wrote: 2015-05-16 1:11 GMT+02:00 Carlo <snoobabk(a)gmail.com <mailto:snoobabk@gmail.com>>: On my Pharo4.0 Latest update: #40609 Pressing Alt-Tab brings up a debugger. Debugging the method shows: But this does not work for Pharo on Windows . On windows alt+tab always switches between active applications. There was some code on older versions of pharo, that uses alt+left arrow/right arrow instead of alt+tab for the windows vm newPreviewMorph "Answer a new preview holder." self halt. ^ Morph new color: Color transparent; extent: self defaultPreviewExtent; yourself. On 16 May 2015, at 1:09 AM, Avdi G<Screenshot 2015:05:16, 1:11 AM.png>rimm <avdi(a)avdi.org <mailto:avdi@avdi.org>> wrote: On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 7:06 PM Carlo <snoobabk(a)gmail.com <mailto:snoobabk@gmail.com>> wrote: Removing the 'self halt' still works though. Can you give me a little more detail about where to find this? Thanks!

May 16, 2015