Hi,
On 11 Jun 2015, at 08:55, Torsten Bergmann <astares@gmx.de> wrote:
Hi,
maybe you already noticed. The latest update for Pharo 5 which is 50103 (see [1]). includes a new tool called "Catalog Browser".
Where to go ===========
You will find it under "Tools" -> "Catalog Browser" and it will display the configs together with the catalog metadata like project description.
this is the most important, so people can actually know what a project is about :) but of course, that depends on you providing information in catalog methods!
The code is managed with a configuration similar to what we have for a few other packages/projects. The tool was written by Esteban Lorenzano with small improvements like spotter integration from my side. Feel free to contribute more features.
The repository can be found on SmalltalkHub [2].
This new tool basically gives you access to all available configurations aggregated at [3]. You can use a small UI to search and load the configs (see world menu -> "Tools" -> "Catalog Browser".
But you can also use Spotter to load a config.
Example on how to load ScriptManager config: ============================================ - open Spotter (SHIFT + ENTER on Windows, ...) - type in "Script" and you will find a spotter category "Catalog Projects" with "ScriptManager" in it - just hit enter and the config is loaded
Same for all others, so try with "Seaside", "MongoTalk", ...
In the short/mid-term this new tool should replace the existing config browser as it gives more informations about the projects.
What to do next: ================ - give feedback - we should update all our configs with catalog descriptions
please, this is vital to have a good entry point to your projects.
- it would be nice if the spotter integration would include also a preview of the project description +1
- ...
If you want to contribute just tell Esteban so he can add you to the project. well no⦠I just made it public access, so anyone can commit changes there⦠:) (And I will move it to PharoExtras team soon, thatâs the correct place once integrated in image⦠but well⦠time is tyrant :P)
Esteban ps: Thanks Torsten to look at it!
Thanks Esteban & Torsten
[1] http://lists.pharo.org/pipermail/pharo-dev_lists.pharo.org/2015-June/110964.... [2] http://www.smalltalkhub.com/#!/~estebanlm/CatalogBrowser [3] http://catalog.pharo.org/catalog/json<catalogBrowser.png>