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Re: [Pharo-users] [Newbies] Stackoverflow - for raising mindshare?
by Sebastian Nozzi Dec. 3, 2012

Dec. 3, 2012

So far the reactions have been positive. I am (positively) surprised :-) I want to cross-post (squeak/pharo) these in particular. 2012/12/3 Camillo Bruni: > yes!! very important! smalltalk has too little presence in the web! Yes, unfortunately. But we can change that ;-) > mailinglists won't help with that fact, as they act almost as closed communities. > Also it happens way too often that questions are re-asked and reposted, whereas they > could be answered on stackoverflow. 2012/12/3 H. Hirzel: > Yes, I think cross-posting is a good idea. > And I suggest that you post to Stackoverflow first and then invite > people from the Squeak list to contribute. Good idea. > The answers on stackoverflow are indexed in a better way than in this > mailing list. > Note aside: good keywords in mailing lists posts also help to identify > an answer in the archive. Didn't think of that, good point. I tend to write too much rather than too little anyway :-) Thanks all of you for your feedback, Sebastian

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Stackoverflow - for raising mindshare?
by Sebastian Nozzi Dec. 3, 2012

Dec. 3, 2012

Hello fellow Squeak/Pharo users, at work I find stack-overflow a quite valuable resource whenever I get stuck with something (Java, Ruby, Unix, etc.). What do you think about the idea of using it more, so that: - people starting with Smalltalk can find answers there apart from digging in the mailing-lists - raising the awareness/mind-share about open-source Smalltalk in the "outside world"? I for one will try to double-post my questions both in the corresponding mailing lists and stack-overflow, and whenever I find good information that might be helpful for newcomers, I'll try to post it there also. It might help attracting more people to open-source Smalltalk and gain more acceptance in the industry. Best regards, Sebastian

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git support for Monticello?
by Sebastian Nozzi Dec. 3, 2012

Dec. 3, 2012

Hello List, sorry if this was asked before. I think git/github support for Monticello is quite new (?). How to get started? Are there some pointers/documentation somewhere? How to make Monticello git/github aware? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13681510/how-to-get-started-with-git-git… Thanks! Sebastian

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Process-specific variables
by Sebastian Nozzi Dec. 3, 2012

Dec. 3, 2012

Hello Pharoers, I was trying to load a package apparently written for an earlier version of Pharo (Ratpack, from http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/RatPack.html into Pharo 1.4). There I got deprecation warnings about `environmentAt:put:` not being supported for `Project`. The way to go, according to the documentation, is to use `ProcessSpecificVariable`. My questions are: - How do I use them? - How to port older code to this new system? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13682917/what-are-process-specific-varia… Thanks in advance! Sebastian

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Pharo Association
by Marcus Denker Dec. 3, 2012

Dec. 3, 2012

Hello, We are happy to announce the Pharo User Association: http://association.pharo.org The goal of the Pharo User Association is to support Pharo development and promotion. There are two individual memberships - Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 40 Euros - Golden Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 99 Euros You will get - reduction access to pharo conferences, - reduction for training and access to teaching material, - be part of the pharoAssociation-individual-members mailing-list, - an account at the pharo association web site. This Association is complementary to the Pharo consortium managed by INRIA. The Consortium is for entities such as companies, research teams, or institutes. For more information, see: http://www.pharo-project.org/community/consortium The funds collected by the Association will be used in coordination with the Consortium to support the development of Pharo. The Pharo Board and Pharo Core Team.

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Passing options to JS function with Amber
by Milan Mimica Dec. 2, 2012

Dec. 2, 2012

Hello I know it's not a Pharo question, but I hope you don't mind. The question is here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13667918/passing-options-to-js-function-… Pretty basic stuff but just can't figure out. -- Milan Mimica http://sparklet.sf.net

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Better replacement for EntryFieldMorph in pharo1.4
by irfankhan1 Nov. 29, 2012

Nov. 29, 2012

Hi i want to know which class would be a better option i can use in pharo 1.4 in order to display and update text as class EntryFieldMorph is no more. -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Better-replacement-for-EntryFieldMorph-in-pharo1-4-tp… Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Connecting to a C++ dll
by Shanu Kalra Nov. 28, 2012

Nov. 28, 2012

Hi, I am new to smalltalk and I have just started using Pharo. I am trying to read a C++ function from a dll and then display output in pharo. I tried using FFI , but I am unable to implement it in this scenario. Can anyone please help me with this? Regards Shanu

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VAST-style Compile-time constants
by Bob Hartwig Nov. 27, 2012

Nov. 27, 2012

Hi all, I'm investigating the feasibility of porting a large VAST application to Pharo, so I may have some questions in the coming days. Here's my first question: VAST has the concept of compile-time constants, using the ##() syntax. Whatever is in the parentheses is evaluated at compile time, and the result is stored, so the evaluation does not need to happen again when the method is sent later. E.g., when this method is sent: printTheNumberToTheTranscript Transcript nextPutAll: ##( 10 factorial asString ) . no calculation or string conversion is necessary, because 10 factorial asString was evaluated at compile time and the answer was stored. Please note that this is different from array literals, which is how Pharo seems to treat this syntax. As far as I can tell, Pharo does not have this feature (certainly not with that syntax), but I would love to be proved wrong. Am I? Does anyone else have words of wisdom regarding porting a VAST app to Pharo? Any other language features that are missing? I'm not too concerned about Pragmas, and this app has no GUI, so I'm not concerned about UI framework differences. Thanks, Bob Hartwig

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CollectionExtensions missing in Pharo 2.0
by Usman Bhatti Nov. 23, 2012

Nov. 23, 2012

Hello all, I remarked that the package CollectionExtensions is missing in Pharo 2.0. We are using a useful method provided by the package on strings that provides character intervals for line numbers in a string. Here is the code from 1.4: intervalOfLine: aLineNumber "Answer an interval spanning between the first and the last character of the line from aLineNumber" | lineIndex | lineIndex := 0. self lineIndicesDo: [ :start :endWithoutDelimiters :end | lineIndex := lineIndex + 1. lineIndex = aLineNumber ifTrue: [ ^ start to: end ] ]. ^ 0 to: 0 Now, this method is missing in Pharo 2.0. Is there a particular reason for omitting the package? Is there a replacement for the pckage? tx, Usman

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