On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:46 PM, tgc05
<thomas@costick.net> wrote:
Hi Mariano. �Thanks for this. �I'm new to Pharo and have been away from
Smalltalk for several years (way too long), so right now I am not ready to
start debugging the code; perhaps I will return to this when I have
recovered my "Smalltalk legs" :) � I had hoped someone more in touch with
the Pharo project would be able to fix this.
Don't worry. I lack of time :(� (and probably of knoweldege too)
�
Meanwhile, the point I want to emphasise is that this error shows up for
anyone working through the Pharo By Example book. �Right from the start, the
book advises the reader to use a different image file from the quick start
one provided with Pharo. �Doing this, the reader will immediately run into
the "Error:invalid utf8 input detected." problem.
This could be enough to put some people off the idea of learning Smalltalk,
which I am sure we all want to avoid. �Even if they persevere, the
impression this gives if that either Pharo is a bit flakey or the PBE book
is at fault, or the PBE.image file is bad. �Or all of these!
As an aside, I would very much like to be able to contribute errata notices
and suggestions for improved wording for the PBE book. �I have ordered the
hard-copy from Lulu.com and will markup any errors and clarifications as I
progress through the book. �Does anyone know if I can log errata etc online
somewhere?
--Thomas.
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