What I would like is to extend pillar with a special environment

[[[testable=5
3+ 2
]]]

and also
[[[screenshot: 10@200 named: 'browserOpen'
Browser open
]]]

Now I need help on pillar.

Stef



On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Stephane Ducasse <[email protected]>
wrote:

> What I'm doing is
> - extracting a subset of pillar
> - doc + renderer
> - so that we can use it in the image.
> Now kasper did a first version (in the repository and if people want to
> have a look it will help)
> - now I'm remaving the dependency on magritte.
>
> Stef
>
> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Nice idea.  I've seen vague discussion about getting Pillar into the
>> standard image for documentation.
>> Perhaps it should be raised for consideration for Pharo 7?
>>
>> Actually you stimulate my thoughts that the Help file might be a
>> better place for such snippets,
>> so they are always with the image, and don't need to be retyped.  Any
>> objections?
>>
>> cheers -ben
>>
>> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 4:00 PM, K K Subbu <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Ben,
>> >
>> > I think there is a deeper need here. Writing good document is hard and
>> > keeping it in sync with code is harder still.
>> >
>> > A book/booklet separates content from the code and being frozen in time
>> > faces obsolescence. I would prefer to see a guidebook framework in Pharo
>> > that every package author can use to create a simple narrative on its
>> > features. Package authors and consumers have an incentive to keep the
>> code
>> > and content in sync. If an Object is a recursion on the notion of a
>> > computer, why not provide, say a Note, as a recursive simplification of
>> a
>> > book?
>> >
>> > The framework could be on the lines of Plugins, Tests. E.g.
>> >
>> >    Package-Core
>> >    Package-Plugins
>> >    Package-Tests
>> >    *Package-Guide*
>> >
>> > The guide framework should support active code (say to pop the source
>> code
>> > for a method), active links to guides on which this package depends,
>> > automatic generation of table of contents, index of class references.
>> Most
>> > of features already exists in Pharo but spread all over. They need a
>> home.
>> >
>> > A package could also extend this basic framework with features (e.g. PDF
>> > package could export articles to PDF, Zinc could generate HTML).
>> >
>> > Regards .. Subbu
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thursday 25 May 2017 07:03 AM, Ben Coman wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I've seen a few requests for short bits of code to use in playground
>> for
>> >> a demo presentation.  I wonder if it would be good to have a booklet to
>> >> gather these - seeded with Sven's excellent article...
>> >> https://medium.com/concerning-pharo/elegant-pharo-code-bb590f0856d0
>> >>
>> >> It could include the recent meta-programming scripts like searching for
>> >> all class instance variables starting with a capital letter.
>> >>
>> >> The book might be named "Snippets", in a format presentable to laser
>> >> print on-site - something physical for attendees to take away with them
>> >> to quick demo to others back in their office.
>> >>
>> >> I can take the lead in setting it up.  Anyone remember any relevant
>> >> posts in our archives?
>> >>
>> >> cheers -ben
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>

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