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Fwd: Morphic Designer for Pharo
by Hubert Wagner Sept. 28, 2012

Sept. 28, 2012

Hello : I've just received this from Prof Hirschfeld at Potsdam U. Regards : Hubert Wagner Begin forwarded message: > From: Robert Hirschfeld <hirschfeld(a)hpi.uni-potsdam.de> > Subject: Re: Morphic Designer for Pharo > Date: 28 septembre 2012 08:47:33 HAEC > To: Hubert Wagner <hdmw(a)sukiya.fr> > > Dear Hubert Wagner -- > > I'm not familiar with the Pharo environment. But you can ask questions > like that on the Pharo mailing list: > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > We at HPI use Squeak for most of the projects, which is available from here: > > http://www.squeak.org > > Best, > Robert Hirschfeld

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simulating has and belongs to many (HABTM)
by sergio_101 Sept. 27, 2012

Sept. 27, 2012

i just want to make sure that i am thinking about this the seaside/smalltalk way.. i would like to build a 'has and belongs to many' relation where i can drill down on my data from either side. say i have a movie, and a theater. a movie can be shown in many theaters, and a theater can show many movies. i would want to be able to ask a theater what movies it's showing, or a movie which theaters it is showing in. my initial thought would be to create a 'showing' model, where it would have a movie and a theater attached.. then i could query showing for either movie or theater.. or, i could have a theaters Collection on movies and a movies Collection on on theaters, and contain that information in only two models.. any suggestions? thanks! -- ---- peace, sergio photographer, journalist, visionary http://www.ThoseOptimizeGuys.com http://www.CodingForHire.com http://www.coffee-black.com http://www.painlessfrugality.com http://www.twitter.com/sergio_101 http://www.facebook.com/sergio101

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Loading and using Designer
by Hubert Wagner Sept. 27, 2012

Sept. 27, 2012

Hello List : I'm a Mac OSX user new to SmallTalk and Pharo. I'd like to experiment with Designer but cannot work out how to load the package and open in Pharo. The instructions here : https://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/hirschfeld/trac/SqueakCommunityProjects/wiki… produce the error below. > Using Metacello, just run the following code in your workspace: > >> (Installer mc http: 'http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/hirschfeld/squeaksource/') >> project: 'MetacelloRepository'; >> install: 'ConfigurationOfDesigner'. >> (Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfDesigner) load. Errors : Unknown variable Installer Note : Further, I'm unsure what is implied by the instruction, "Using Metacelloâ¦" unless this merely refers to the second line of the script. May I request a set of instructions one might characterize as "designed for a nine year old" ! Regards : Hubert Wagner France

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Re: [Pharo-users] Pharo-users Digest, Vol 33, Issue 53
by Hubert Wagner Sept. 27, 2012

Sept. 27, 2012

Hello Cami : On 27 sept. 2012, at 20:25, pharo-users-request(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr wrote: > once you loaded ConfigurationOfDesigner check the instance-side methods, > > ConfigurationOfDesigner browse > there should be plenty of versions :), Yes > then you can do > > (ConfigurationOfDesigner project version: 'FoundVersionString') load Every attempt produces an error : > Version <versionname> is not defined in ConfigurationOfDesigner I attach a screen show showing the setup. Someone completely new to Pharo and SmallTalk likely is wasting the time of those who are routine practitioners. A separate list for newcomers might be a good idea. Regards : Hubert Wagner

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GUI Painter
by Hubert Wagner Sept. 27, 2012

Sept. 27, 2012

Hello Stephane : Thank you for the welcome message. > Second: our goal is to create an ecosystem around pharo...if you have...needs for business or anything else just let us know. I'm a Mac OSX user and newcomer to SmallTalk and to Pharo. I have an uncomfortable feeling my question may entirely miss some significant point, whatever that is. I'm puzzled why the only SmallTalk I've found which runs on the Mac, namely VisualWorks, has a GUI painter. However, compared to Xcode or even RealBasic (or Hypercard for that matter), the GUI painter seems remarkably primitive, given the length of time VisualWorks and SmallTalk, in general, have been under development. An up-to-date GUI builder with well designed, native widgets seems to me to be a prerequisite for a working software development application. Being required, for example, to program a button from scratch takes one back to the early days of personal computing. What is preventing the various SmallTalks from offering a modern GUI painter? My Best Wishes for Pharo and SmallTalk : Hubert Wagner, France

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Re: [Pharo-users] Welcome to newcomers
by Ginny Hendry Sept. 27, 2012

Sept. 27, 2012

Stef- Thanks for the welcome and for all the work you and others have done to make Pharo available. I just started using it this week. The documentation is very good and I'm enjoying SmallTalk programming but one very important and basic thing I haven't been able to find anywhere is: How do I deploy an app to users? I can send them the one-click image with my code in it, but I really don't want to tell the users that they have to open a workspace and type LOGame new openInWorld command-d to start the app. How do I set the image to run that when the .app or .sh is run? It seems to me instructions for this should be linked to from the Documentation section on the pharo-project.org home page so new developers can get their apps out to users quickly. Thanks. -Ginny --- stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr wrote: From: StÃ©phane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr> To: "Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr Development" <Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr>, A friendly place where any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr> Subject: [Pharo-users] Welcome to newcomers Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:22:51 +0200 Hi guys Since there are regularly new comers, here is a little ad-hoc welcome message :). First: Welcome! welcome and welcome Second: our goal is to create an ecosystem around pharo: if you need material to teach, if you have idea or needs for business or anything else just let us know. Our goal is to be able to reinvent our system and at the same time make sure that we can all create wealth at all levels. Third: we are working hard to get our vision: a nice, little and powerful reflective system. If you want to understand what we are doing please read the document Pharo vision on http://www.pharo-project.org/community/consortium You will understand our current effort. Four: you can get an impact on Pharo :) There are a lot of different ways to contribute. - feedback - bugs idea for enhancements see http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/list - book participation (we are working on deep into pharo http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/pbe2/ - translation - adding comments - building great stuff - using packagesâ¦. So welcome. Stef PS: Pharo is not the end, Pharo is the mean to create a powerful clean, lean system with a great community.

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Re: [Pharo-users] Pharo-users Digest, Vol 33, Issue 52
by Hubert Wagner Sept. 27, 2012

Sept. 27, 2012

Hello Cami : Thank you for your suggestion. I've already attempted the approach suggested at the URL quoted. The "getInstaller" script doesn't work for me. So, of course, the original script still doesn't work. However, this time I tried using Gofer to reinstall Metacello. (I couldn't find any reference to it in my image). That worked. Gofer new squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository'; package: 'ConfigurationOfMetacello'; load. (Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfMetacello) perform: #loadLatestVersion. So I tried this : Gofer new squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository'; package: 'ConfigurationOfDesigner'; load. (Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfDesigner) perform: #loadLatestVersion. Error : ConfigurationOfDesigner class object > doesnotunderstand #loadLatestVersion What now? I have Pharo 1.4. Should I try this with 2.0? Regards : Hubert Wagner On 27 sept. 2012, at 18:41, pharo-users-request(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr wrote: >> I'd like to experiment with Designer but cannot work out how to load the package and open in Pharo. > > Looks like this project was built for Squeak (see Environment on the right side of the website). > > Follow the instruction in this thread to install it in pharo > > http://forum.world.st/Installing-Morphic-UI-designer-in-Pharo-1-1-td3093047… > > You can try it out in a newer version of pharo but no guarantee it will work :)

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Sept. 27, 2012

Hi guys Since there are regularly new comers, here is a little ad-hoc welcome message :). First: Welcome! welcome and welcome Second: our goal is to create an ecosystem around pharo: if you need material to teach, if you have idea or needs for business or anything else just let us know. Our goal is to be able to reinvent our system and at the same time make sure that we can all create wealth at all levels. Third: we are working hard to get our vision: a nice, little and powerful reflective system. If you want to understand what we are doing please read the document Pharo vision on http://www.pharo-project.org/community/consortium You will understand our current effort. Four: you can get an impact on Pharo :) There are a lot of different ways to contribute. - feedback - bugs idea for enhancements see http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/list - book participation (we are working on deep into pharo http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/pbe2/ - translation - adding comments - building great stuff - using packagesâ¦. So welcome. Stef PS: Pharo is not the end, Pharo is the mean to create a powerful clean, lean system with a great community.

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how to find 'knownName'?
by Peter K.H. Gragert Sept. 27, 2012

Sept. 27, 2012

Hallo, Trying to implement the Laser-Game to Pharo I am at the moment stuck at [code]findLaserPathCounter ^ self allMorphs detect: [:t1 | t1 knownName = 'laserPath'] ifNone: [] [/code] It works in Squeak (1.4) My question is: How do I find the definition of knownName in Squeak ( to fileout and transfer to Pharo)??? It seems to be a method for Morphs but I think I need to know how to question Smalltalk to find a definition of a method with the help of a 'Systembrowser' ? Greets Peter

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Problems with a Morph that accepts File Dropping in Pharo 1.3+
by Helene Bilbo Sept. 27, 2012

Sept. 27, 2012

Hi, i still have problems with a Morph that should accept files from the OS dragged and dropped onto it. I found out it works in Pharo 1.2 and in Squeak 4.3 but not in Pharo 1.3 and 1.4. Try this class: Morph subclass: #DropZone instanceVariableNames: '' classVariableNames: '' poolDictionaries: '' category: 'DragAndDrop'! !DropZone methodsFor: 'as yet unclassified' stamp: 'HeleneBilbo 9/21/2012 20:53'! dropFiles: evt self color: Color blue.! ! !DropZone methodsFor: 'as yet unclassified' stamp: 'HeleneBilbo 9/21/2012 20:41'! initialize super initialize. color := Color red. bounds := 0 @ 0 extent: 200 @ 200! ! !DropZone methodsFor: 'as yet unclassified' stamp: 'HeleneBilbo 9/21/2012 20:53'! wantsDropFiles: anEvent ^ true! ! In Pharo 1.3 and 1.4 the DropZone Morph does only in some rare cases catch the dropped file, in most cases it's the PastUpMorph behind, that get's to handle the dropped file. In Pharo 1.2 and in Squeak (4.3) it works as it should, i.e. the DropZone always get's to handle the file dropped onto it. Perhaps someone has an idea what changed between 1.2 and 1.3 that could cause this behavior? Best regards, Helene. -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Problems-with-a-Morph-that-accepts-File-Dropping-in-P… Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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