[Pharo-project] cog vm for iOS

2011-05-25 Thread Steve Wirts
Hi All, Sorry if this topic has been covered in a previous email, I couldn't find anything conclusive so I'm posting it for my own clarity. I am a smalltalk programmer at heart but have been working in java at a java shop for sometime. Recently there's been a very strong directive from

Re: [Pharo-project] cog vm for iOS

2011-05-25 Thread Steve Wirts
support any speed improvements that help in that direction. We are planning to clean event handling and other in that perspective. Stef On May 25, 2011, at 4:22 PM, Steve Wirts wrote: Hi All, Sorry if this topic has been covered in a previous email, I couldn't find anything conclusive so I'm

Re: [Pharo-project] Making GUI'S

2009-06-19 Thread Steve Wirts
Value Models, TypeConverter library, SubCanvas support(super powerful idea here), etc... some really wonderful idioms long lost in OO guis. VisualWorks had some really nice frameworks that were discarded due to them being undervalued. I hope to eventually re-introduce some of these fun frameworks

[Pharo-project] multiple native windows

2009-06-11 Thread Steve Wirts
Besides programming effort, is there a reason why squeak/pharo shouldn't consider going to a GUI model that includes real multiple native windows? I'm not a c/c++ programmer and wouldn't know where to begin with that piece, but inside of smalltalk it seems it wouldn't be all that difficult of a

Re: [Pharo-project] multiple native windows

2009-06-11 Thread Steve Wirts
with the rest of the present alternatives. For example, *squeakgtk* I think there is a lot of people that wants native windows so that being able to create desktop applications. Cheers, Mariano 2009/6/11 Steve Wirts stevewi...@gmail.com If the primitives existed in pharo that would allow

Re: [Pharo-project] multiple native windows

2009-06-11 Thread Steve Wirts
things. Interesting. Cheers, Alexandre On 11 Jun 2009, at 10:58, Steve Wirts wrote: If the primitives existed in pharo that would allow someone to create and control native windows, I would be more than happy to take the time to try and massage morphic into working cleanly/ elegantly

Re: [Pharo-project] multiple native windows

2009-06-11 Thread Steve Wirts
. As the discussion on save and quit testified, people have radically different habits when programming. Even for simple things. Interesting. Cheers, Alexandre On 11 Jun 2009, at 10:58, Steve Wirts wrote: If the primitives existed in pharo that would allow someone to create and control native

Re: [Pharo-project] an odd bug

2009-06-04 Thread Steve Wirts
That's the Null Object Pattern! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Object_pattern 2009/6/4 Hernan Wilkinson hernan.wilkin...@gmail.com I was going to suggest exactly that.As a rule, I never use nil because if you do it you will have to check for it somewhere... nil is the root of most of the

Re: [Pharo-project] FreeType?

2009-06-02 Thread Steve Wirts
I think so Pharo stays in sync with whatever new fonts you may have installed/removed from your computer. 2009/6/2 Mariano Martinez Peck marianop...@gmail.com Can someone explain me why is that update? 2009/6/2 Steve Wirts stevewi...@gmail.com If the font reloading is taking longer than you

[Pharo-project] java has yet another strike against it now

2009-05-29 Thread Steve Wirts
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/05/29/1711203/Java-Gets-New-Garbage-Collector-But-Only-If-You-Buy-Support?art_pos=2 ___ Pharo-project mailing list Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project

Re: [Pharo-project] Categorizing methods

2009-05-26 Thread Steve Wirts
try drag and drop On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Schwab,Wilhelm K bsch...@anest.ufl.eduwrote: Damien, I have classes in Alexandria-BibTeX and Alexandria-Seaside. One class in the BibTeX world is BibTeXDatabase. It has Magritte #description methods that I would like to classify as part

Re: [Pharo-project] call for hypercool fonts configuration

2009-05-22 Thread Steve Wirts
I like Arial, and I think it's a very common font available on most platforms. | aStandardFont aBoldFont | aStandardFont := LogicalFont familyName: 'Arial' pointSize: 9 stretchValue: 5 weightValue: 400 slantValue: 0. aBoldFont := LogicalFont familyName: 'Arial' pointSize: 9

[Pharo-project] morph view hierarchy explorer

2009-05-22 Thread Steve Wirts
I've enhanced a few things to make use of existing tools as per an early thread. Is there any chance this simple enhancement can get integrated into the main stream of developement? It really is quite usefull in understanding a complex morph composition. ViewHierarchyExplorer.st Description:

Re: [Pharo-project] morph view hierarchy explorer

2009-05-22 Thread Steve Wirts
On May 22, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Steve Wirts wrote: I've enhanced a few things to make use of existing tools as per an early thread. Is there any chance this simple enhancement can get integrated into the main stream of developement? It really is quite usefull in understanding

Re: [Pharo-project] morph view hierarchy explorer

2009-05-22 Thread Steve Wirts
from it so far I had to read the cs file to see that you changed the debug menu and But for example I do not see how I can get one particular object to flash On May 22, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Steve Wirts wrote: I've enhanced a few things to make use of existing tools as per an early thread

Re: [Pharo-project] morph view hierarchy explorer

2009-05-22 Thread Steve Wirts
, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Steve Wirts wrote: Stef, I've renamed a few methods for clarity, utilized MorphflashBounds method for flashing, added a class comment, and 2 examples. is it at least a C- instead of D+ now? :) let me know what else I should do? On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:27 AM

Re: [Pharo-project] vw inspired gui tool

2009-05-19 Thread Steve Wirts
:) Stef On May 15, 2009, at 10:17 PM, Steve Wirts wrote: Stef, Only submorphs, the gui hierarchy are shown, this is a really useful capability when trying to understand deeply nested complex gui structures. I suppose we could put a toggle button on a menu option on explorer to turn

[Pharo-project] vm exits unexpectedly

2009-05-19 Thread Steve Wirts
My VM has been exiting frequently just recently. I'm on ubuntu 9.04, using the latest image available. It looks like the root cause is whenever a timestamp needs to be created. Anybody else have this issue? try this in a workspace... UUID new. It seems to be from the primitive call within

Re: [Pharo-project] vm exits unexpectedly

2009-05-19 Thread Steve Wirts
; 2009/5/19 Mariano Martinez Peck marianop...@gmail.com What exact VM are you using ? 2009/5/19 Steve Wirts stevewi...@gmail.com My VM has been exiting frequently just recently. I'm on ubuntu 9.04, using the latest image available. It looks like the root cause is whenever a timestamp needs

Re: [Pharo-project] vw inspired gui tool

2009-05-16 Thread Steve Wirts
hierarchy. I'm sure I could figure something out and getting it working but probably wouldn't do it properly the first go round. Any hints at where to start would be usefull. Thanks. steve On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Dale Henrichs dale.henri...@gemstone.comwrote: - Steve Wirts stevewi

[Pharo-project] vw inspired gui tool

2009-05-15 Thread Steve Wirts
Folks, Attached is a very simple gui tool inspired from a tool that used to exist in VW smalltalk years ago. I suspect it could be rewritten as a single function. Please incorporate into Pharo if you think it's useful. Steve ViewExplorer.st Description: Binary data

Re: [Pharo-project] vw inspired gui tool

2009-05-15 Thread Steve Wirts
that. thanks steve On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Stéphane Ducasse stephane.duca...@inria.fr wrote: Hi steve what is the difference with the explorer. If you want to have flash just send us a new menu for explorer? Stef On May 15, 2009, at 8:46 PM, Steve Wirts wrote: Folks

[Pharo-project] accessors

2009-05-14 Thread Steve Wirts
Hi Folks, Would it be inappropriate to request that an effort be made at some point to try to provide accessors for all instance/class instance variables, and try to get rid of inappropriate direct variable accessing where possible? The chasing variables function is handy but seems more

Re: [Pharo-project] accessors

2009-05-14 Thread Steve Wirts
people start using them! And then your model interfaces is constrained. ? or am i just talking trash ? On May 14, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Steve Wirts wrote: Hi Folks, Would it be inappropriate to request that an effort be made at some point to try to provide accessors for all instance/class

Re: [Pharo-project] accessors

2009-05-14 Thread Steve Wirts
using them! And then your model interfaces is constrained. ? or am i just talking trash ? On May 14, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Steve Wirts wrote: Hi Folks, Would it be inappropriate to request that an effort be made at some point to try to provide accessors for all instance/class instance

Re: [Pharo-project] windows xp theme

2009-04-20 Thread Steve Wirts
, Steve Wirts wrote: Is there any chance a windows xp theme might eventually be included in pharo? ___ Pharo-project mailing list Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project

[Pharo-project] windows xp theme

2009-04-17 Thread Steve Wirts
Is there any chance a windows xp theme might eventually be included in pharo? ___ Pharo-project mailing list Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project