I've got access to the SVN for PBE2 and read about all of the content.

My LaTeX skills are rusty at best. I am more of a DocBook guy :-)

Anyway, learning that as well since I noticed quite a number of missing
bits about TextMorph, MorphTreeMorph (this one's a beast) and maybe some of
my investigations may prove useful material.

KR
Phil

2012/4/22 Mariano Martinez Peck <[email protected]>

>
>
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:03 PM, [email protected] 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Ok, thanks.
>>
>> I'll give it another shot then. I've no big problem grasping Metacello
>> concepts: I've modularized a 400 KSLOC Java source tree with Maven POM,
>> including parent POMs,
>>
>
> I know the effor for that, since I have also experiened quite large java
> projects with complex maven configurations.
>
>
>>  Maven Proxy repository and associated visualizations. (Shameless plug:
>> http://philippeback.eu/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=3)
>>
>>
> well, not that much ;)  btw... looks like you own a nice company :)
>
>
>> The key to all this is to invest time (lots) so that everything falls
>> together nicely (remove dupes, run a ton of tests etc).
>>
>>
> Exactlly. And it is not only to make it work, but you really need to
> understand the tool.  For Maven I remember reading abook about it. For
> Metacello you can read the chapter we wrote with Stef.
>
>
>>  Your imagebuilder idea provides an additional level: the ability to
>> load everything from start to finish in a starting point. This evokes make
>> clean; make; make install to me. Which is good: build everything in an
>> automated step.
>>
>
> Exactly. In my slides of the talk you can see my own motivations behind
> it:
> http://www.slideshare.net/MarianoMartinezPeck/building-you-own-images-with-metacello-smalltalks-2011
>
>
>>
>> The Pharo team scores quite well on the Joel Test if you ask me:
>> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html
>>
>>
> Interesting.
>
>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
>> 2012/4/22 Mariano Martinez Peck <[email protected]>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 8:40 PM, [email protected] 
>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> There is a comment on your blog article asking for details :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yes, I answerd it. But I think over another post (sorry, mistake)
>>> Here is the answer:
>>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/nautilus-the-reborn-of-the-systembrowser/#comment-373
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2012/4/22 Mariano Martinez Peck <[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 8:28 PM, [email protected] <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Not forgotten :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW, This Builder thing of yours deserves a chapter in PBE2.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I think the idea is really really cool. However, after several months
>>>>> I noticed Metacello is not ready for that :(
>>>>> See: http://forum.world.st/WTF-td4557982.html
>>>>> Dale says that next version of Metacello may help for that...so maybe
>>>>> we are lucky.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>  I volunteer to help once I'll get a simple thing working on my side.
>>>>>> Which I failed to get so far.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> That would be nice. Let me know if I can help you with the failure.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Phil
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2012/4/22 Mariano Martinez Peck <[email protected]>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Esteban Lorenzano <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> for having a search bar, you can give Spotlight a try.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gofer it
>>>>>>>> squeaksource: 'Spotlight';
>>>>>>>> package: 'ConfigurationOfSpotlight';
>>>>>>>>  load.
>>>>>>>> (ConfigurationOfSpotlight project version: #bleedingEdge) load.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> then, just press shift+enter :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> is not finished (because nobody is using it but me, he)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do not forget me ;)
>>>>>>> In fact, I vote for including Spotlight in Pharo 2.0 (and remove it
>>>>>>> from #cleanUpForProduction)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> , but it is useful... it is just a OCompletion bar resembling
>>>>>>>> spotlight from macs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> best,
>>>>>>>> Esteban
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Apr 22, 2012, at 8:15 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, Nautilus is ubernice. Especially given the forthcoming search
>>>>>>>> bar :-p
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The help panel cutting the bottom pane in two is all right but
>>>>>>>> then, could we have it with a smaller font? I drives me nuts to have to
>>>>>>>> scroll down there.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Phil
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2012/4/22 Sean P. DeNigris <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Wow, Nautilus is *really* fun to use! I have quite a few ideas for
>>>>>>>>> plugins...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A few suggestions...
>>>>>>>>> * Hierarchical package list - also, since with Metacello the
>>>>>>>>> convention is
>>>>>>>>> (e.g. P-Core, P-UI, P-Tests) with no overarching package, it
>>>>>>>>> should group
>>>>>>>>> all packages matching P-*, even if they are technically separate
>>>>>>>>> packages
>>>>>>>>> * I miss the search bar from OB where I could just start typing as
>>>>>>>>> soon as I
>>>>>>>>> opened the window. It seems that Nautilus doesn't set the keyboard
>>>>>>>>> focus
>>>>>>>>> anywhere useful. Options:
>>>>>>>>>  - search bar
>>>>>>>>>  - typing brings up the class search dialog
>>>>>>>>>  - give keyboard focus to the package list so I can use the
>>>>>>>>> shortcuts right
>>>>>>>>> away. This may be the best one because I have access to 3 options:
>>>>>>>>>    - cmd-F to search packages
>>>>>>>>>    - cmd-f to search classes
>>>>>>>>>    - start typing to do a basic package search
>>>>>>>>> * creating new methods - when you click a protocol name, the
>>>>>>>>> "messageSelectorAndArgumentNames" template is displayed in the
>>>>>>>>> code pane,
>>>>>>>>> and is pre-selected. I found this very confusing as a newbie
>>>>>>>>> because the
>>>>>>>>> selection made me think that I could start typing to replace the
>>>>>>>>> template,
>>>>>>>>> but the keyboard focus is not on the template. It's also useless
>>>>>>>>> because
>>>>>>>>> when you click on the code pane, it unselects, so you have to
>>>>>>>>> double-click
>>>>>>>>> anyway. Two suggestions
>>>>>>>>>  - from the class pane, protocol pane, or both, have an "add
>>>>>>>>> method" menu
>>>>>>>>> item that transfers focus to the preselected template
>>>>>>>>>  - when just clicking on a protocol, don't pre-select the template
>>>>>>>>> * back/forward buttons for history navigation?
>>>>>>>>> * a centralized place to put/list plugins so we can share them
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Many thanks to Benjamin. This was sorely needed!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>> Sean
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> View this message in context:
>>>>>>>>> http://forum.world.st/Nautilus-first-impression-tp4578301p4578301.html
>>>>>>>>> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Mariano
>>>>>>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Philippe Back
>>>>>> "Helping you hit the top 3 outcomes you really want to achieve"
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> 1301 Bierges
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Mariano
>>>>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Philippe Back
>>>> "Helping you hit the top 3 outcomes you really want to achieve"
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mariano
>>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Philippe Back
>> "Helping you hit the top 3 outcomes you really want to achieve"
>>
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>> 1301 Bierges
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Mariano
> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
>
>


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