Dear Squeakers,
welcome to this edition of The WeeklySqueakSummary, an (in principle)
monthly but somewhat traffic-dependent report on what's going on in
the world of Squeak based on the WeeklySqueak blog.
Again, we did not have too many posts during the past four weeks - two
this time.
The big
Dear Squeakers,
welcome to this edition of The WeeklySqueakSummary, an (in principle)
monthly but somewhat traffic-dependent report on what's going on in
the world of Squeak based on the WeeklySqueak blog.
The past month only saw three posts in the blog, but each single one
of them is a
Dear Squeakers,
welcome to this edition of The WeeklySqueakSummary, an irregular
traffic-dependent report on what's going on in the world of Squeak
based on the WeeklySqueak blog.
This time, almost a year has passed since the last edition. Why is
that? Things got off my mind a bit, which I
Chris,
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Chris Cunnington
smalltalktelevis...@gmail.com wrote:
But it seems to be blind spot in my Smalltalk knowledge. I keep trying:
x := 0.
(x 10) whileTrue: [Transcript show: x. x := x + 1]
with [x10] instead of (x10), this works perfectly for me,
Hi Andy,
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Andy Burnett
andy.burn...@knowinnovation.com wrote:
Brilliant, so I was on the right track - sort of! Now for the important
question. Where are the special characters defined? I looked in Smalltalk,
and found a SpecialObjectsArray (along with a
Hi Andrey,
(sorry, I don't have cyrillic characters on my keyboard; I hope the
transliteration of your name is correct)
2009/11/14 Андрей fromarmywithl...@list.ru:
When I try to read distance from NXTRadar sensor its everytime returns 0.
Other sensors works fine. I cant find any documentation
Hi Andrey,
2009/11/15 Андрей fromarmywithl...@list.ru:
I wish to thank you for NXTalk. It's refresh my interest for NXT platform and
Smalltalk.
cool. :-)
Today I downloaded last version NXTalk package(NXTalk-mha.137.mcz). After
that I started NXTRadarTest and it's works!!! Hurrah! But now
Hi Andy,
why would the message have to be binary anyway? If you want the k-th
Fibonacci number, why don't you just send #fib to k?
Regarding symbols vs. not symbols: all selectors are symbols,
internally. I might get something in your e-mail wrong - could you
restate the question?
Best,
Hi again,
having re-read your message, here's the next blob. :-)
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Andy Burnett
andy.burn...@knowinnovation.com wrote:
After a bit of head scratching, I decided that '+' was probably a symbol,
and that binary messages are probably limited to using symbols as
Hi Andy,
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Andy Burnett
andy.burn...@knowinnovation.com wrote:
The specific problem I am having is:
If I define an Integer method such as
*** aNumber
Squeak is quite happy to let me create it. However, if I do something
like fib aNumber, the compiler
Hi Ralf,
first of all, congratulations on your achievements! :-)
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Ralf Folkertsralf.folke...@gmx.de wrote:
So I decided to do it the hard way and to compile for FreeBSD/amd64 on my
own. ... and finally had a seemingly working VM.
Would you be so kind and
Dear Squeakers,
welcome to this edition of The WeeklySqueakSummary, an irregular
traffic-dependent report on what's going on in the world of Squeak
based on the WeeklySqueak blog. Again, too many weeks have passed
since the last issue, but the number of items given below is still
rather small...
Hi Tony,
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Tony Giaccone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
validHands := Set new.
validHands add: Rock new; add Paper new; add Scissors new.
Assume I have a player object which responds to the method throwsAHand with
an instance of Rock Paper or Scissors.
how do I
Hi Matthias,
I don't know. Maybe the question was a bit unspecific, or I was a bit
too tired (never try to answer questions before the first cup of
coffee). Looking at his e-mail again, I think you're right. But he
might pick up something interesting from my gibberish anyway. :-)
Best,
Michael
Hi Sean,
there's AspectS and ContextS. Those two should provide what you need.
Right now, the available release of AspectS is a bit aged, but
accessible from
http://map.squeak.org/package/e640e9db-2f5f-4890-a142-effebda68748. A
ContextS release is in preparation.
Best,
Michael
Hi again,
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Michael Haupt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A ContextS release is in preparation.
no wait. There|s http://www.hirschfeld.org/misc/index.html#code :-)
Best,
Michael
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Hi.
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Mark L. Miller, Ph.D.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know if anyone is doing anything with Squeak and Mindstorms NXT?
apart from the code Lukas mentioned, Martin Beck, a graduate student
at HPI in Potsdam, is developing NXTalk. That's a real Smalltalk
Dear Squeakers,
welcome to this edition of The WeeklySqueakSummary, an irregular
traffic-dependent report on what's going on in the world of Squeak
based on the WeeklySqueak blog. It's been a rather long time since the
last issue because I've been on parental leave for two months...
anyway, here
Hi Felix,
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Felix Dorner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a way to interrupt the currently evaluating statement sequence
(invoked with doIt in a workspace.)?
try Alt-. (dot). Should give you a debugger.
Best,
Michael
Hi,
indeed the online tutorial and book are in sync most of the time. New
material is added to the book, and the LaTeX sources are magically
converted to Seaside code, which in turn forms the online version. :-)
Best,
Michael
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Dear Squeakers,
welcome to this edition of The WeeklySqueakSummary, an irregular
traffic-dependent report on what's going on in the world of Squeak
based on the WeeklySqueak blog. This is, by the way, the first edition
that is also sent to the AIDA mailing list - thanks for the
invitation!
Miguel,
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Miguel Enrique Cobá Martínez
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does this means that the book version and the web version have no longer
the same content?
the online tutorial was updated to match the book contents.
Best,
Michael
Hi,
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:29 AM, kennellgr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I see what you mean about simplifying it - I'll do that. You said that this
method is a message and needs to be sent to an object - which I understand -
but now my question is which object? what object do I need to
Hi,
I wonder why no one has recommended the excellent Squeak by Example
book yet... to get a hang of what programming in Squeak looks (and
feels) like, you *really* ought to work your way through this book.
It's available as a free PDF download: http://www.squeakbyexample.org/
Now, on to your
Marcus,
is it really absolutely impossible to factor out some of the
functionality in another method? A block that size sounds like a huge
piece of functionality - it is relatively rare that such things are
really necessary. Of course, I haven't seen your code, so I can only
guess.
Best,
Hi Offray,
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can I translate Weekly Squeak Summary and post the translation in our
free/libre software/culture community Wiki? It's a worthy source on
information and is a shame to have it only in English.
Dear Squeakers,
welcome to the Easter edition of The WeeklySqueakSummary, an irregular
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based on the WeeklySqueak blog.
Highlights of the past weeks:
There is a whole bunch of very interesting (not just software)
releases...
Dear Squeakers,
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Highlights of the past weeks:
The one topic that has gotten most coverage on the Weekly Squeak blog
Dear Squeakers,
welcome to the The Weekly Squeak Summary, an irregular
traffic-dependent report on what's going on in the world of Squeak
based on the Weekly Squeak blog.
Highlights of the past weeks:
Squeak's documentation base has seen two significant improvements.
There now is a detailed
Hi,
On 8/17/07, Edgar J. De Cleene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
El 8/16/07 6:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
escribió:
A.) I've tried to submit a question to Beginners mailing list but I did not
succeed. I have subscribed to the Beginners list but despite this I get the
following
Dear Squeakers,
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report on what's going on in the world of Squeak based on the
WeeklySqueak blog.
Highlights of the past weeks:
Two software releases can be celebrated: Croquet 1.0 is there [2],
and Plopp [3] is available
Dear Squeakers,
welcome to the The WeeklySqueakSummary, an irregular traffic-dependent
report on what's going on in the world of Squeak based on the
WeeklySqueak blog.
Highlights of the past weeks:
First of all, the new Squeak Foundation Board has been elected [8].
Congratulations to all
Dear Squeakers,
welcome to the The WeeklySqueakSummary, an irregular traffic-dependent
report on what's going on in the world of Squeak based on the
WeeklySqueak blog.
Highlights of the past weeks:
Squeak board elections are due! [4]
Eliot Miranda and Vassili Bykov have left Cincom to work
Dear Squeakers,
welcome to the The WeeklySqueakSummary, a irregular traffic-dependent
report on what's going on in the world of Squeak based on the
WeeklySqueak blog.
Highlights of the past weeks:
Scratch [5] is a programming language for creating multimedia content
developed at MIT Media Lab;
Dear Squeakers,
welcome to the The WeeklySqueakSummary, a weekly report on what's
going on in the world of Squeak based on the WeeklySqueak blog.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
It's been quite a while since the last summary, for various reasons.
Several low-traffic weeks didn't make
Hi Stephen,
On 11/16/06, Stephen Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How can I make the window smaller?
As far as I know on my mac there isn't a window resize apart from
dragging the bottom right corner, which I can't get to
one click on the green blob in the top left corner of the window
Hi Warakom,
On 11/13/06, Warakorn Paphrawat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sadly enough the possibility of Multiple Inheritance in Squeak would greatly
benefit me in my current Squeak project ?
what exactly is the characteristic in your project that imposes this
requirement on it? Why do you need
Hi,
On 11/12/06, Another Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let's say you're totally lost, and want to exit Squeak without saving
anything from the mess you've just made.
Wouldn't you click World quit, then answer 'No' to 'Save changes before
quitting'?
My Squeak 3.9g still saves everything for
Hi Mike,
On 11/8/06, Michael Kohout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, this is what I was referring to. Hotswapping is sort of there
for the jvm. When I use Eclipse, it tries to hotswap. Sometimes it
fails. Sometimes it doesn't.
the HotSwap features of the JVM are fairly constrained when
Dear Squeakers,
welcome to the The Weekly Squeak Summary, a weekly report on what's
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This issue is assembled by a not-yet jetlagged Michael who is looking
forward to meeting some Smalltalkers at OOPSLA in Portland, Oregon.
Dear Squeakers,
welcome to the The Weekly Squeak Summary, a weekly report on what's
going on in the world of Squeak based on the Weekly Squeak blog.
Highlights of the week:
For their bi-weekly meetings, the Squeak Foundation board are calling
for agenda item suggestions [3]. Suggestions can be
Dear Squeakers,
welcome to the The Weekly Squeak Summary, a weekly report on what's
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Highlights of the week:
The open source release of the Strongtalk VM is causing quite a stir
in the Squeak community, having already spawned
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