[Newbies] Monticello -- where is it?
Hello May be a silly question. The are about hundred classes in Monticello-xxx categories. But how to use it? What is Monticello browser and how to run it? Good luck. Aleksej ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
RE: [Newbies] Monticello -- where is it?
Hello Aleksej, I think it is a very good question. I would encourage all newbies to start with Monticello and learn about how to organize their work before starting of to change the world. There are a few things to understand about Monticello first. The most important thing about Monticello is that it is a code version manager. It's job is to store versions, retrieve the latest version, find conflicts (when two programmers change the same source), and to show history and code branches. What it does not do is organize your code, solve conflicts (thought it does provide tools for you to do it), save your code for you (don't laugh ENVY does!), or replace proper workflow. There are different types of repositories. For this discussion let's just talk about package-cache and http. Package-cache is created for you and is updated when you load new packages, (like from squeakmap), or automatically when you save Monticello packages. It is file based and you can find it in your squeak directory on your computer. Http repositories are like www.squeaksource.com . It is a shared area where you can define projects, store your code, share it with others if you want and post to squeakmap. How-to! On the world menu select open.. Monticello browser. This opens up the Monticello browser. What you will see is packages that are already added to your browser. There are many packages added by default. For each package on the left you will see repositories on the right. Packages can be in multiple repositories. If you think of code branches this makes sense. To add a package from an Http repository you should unclick the package on the left, then press the +Repository button. Now select the Http type repository. This brings up a string that looks like this: MCHttpRepository location: 'http://foo.com/bar' user: 'squeak' password: 'squeak' you should replace the foo.com/bar with the repository you are interested in. For example MCHttpRepository location: 'http://www.squeaksource.com/Cryptography' user: '' password: '' if you have a user name and password on squeaksource then you can add them to the string. After accepting your new repository definition you can hit the open button. This will show you packages that live inside the repository. In the repository browser you will see packages on the left and version on the right. You can select one of the package versions and browse it, or view a history, or see changes, or load it, and other things too but that's a good starting point. When you are make a change to a package, back on the regular Monticello browser you will see an asterisk (*) before the package name. If you want to update the repository with your new version, you need to save it. Select the package and the repository you want to save too and press save. You should always type in some notes as to what change you made then accept it. There is more, like working in a clean image, upgrading images, using Monticello configurations, running your own squeaksource image, version numbering, or how to handle conflicts. There is good documentation about these things available on-line but we could talk about those if anyone is interested. Hope that helps, Happy coding Ron Teitelbaum President / Principal Software Engineer US Medical Record Specialists [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:beginners- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aleksej Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Newbies] Monticello -- where is it? Hello May be a silly question. The are about hundred classes in Monticello-xxx categories. But how to use it? What is Monticello browser and how to run it? Good luck. Aleksej ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
[Newbies] Tsunami error in squeak
I'm trying to load into Squeak 3.8 the latest Tsnuami from Monticello (after successfully loading PackageInfo-Base-avi.20). I get: Error: key not found (apparently from SystemDictionary not containing #MCPostscriptDefinition) Any idea what I may be doing wrong? Thanks! ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
[Newbies] [interceptingCmdKeys]
Hi All I've been trying to intercept command key shortcuts. I was able to do it in TextMorph by changing the method handler in ParagraphEditor -- I was not able to change the key binding with a new method name however. Is there an easier way -- for Morph in general. Thanks in advance. Steve ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
Re: [Newbies] [interceptingCmdKeys]
Steve Moffitt wrote: Hi All I've been trying to intercept command key shortcuts. I was able to do it in TextMorph by changing the method handler in ParagraphEditor -- I was not able to change the key binding with a new method name however. Is there an easier way -- for Morph in general. Thanks in advance. Steve ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners Steve, On SqueakMap you'll find the Keymapping and KeyBinder packages. You'll find the Keymapping allows you to specify per morph (instance or class) key bindings. It includes a horribly ugly UI and a fair amount of documentation by way of examples. You can use to accomplish the goal you stated, overriding keymaps for text morphs (and the World, and other morphs as well). I have not tested it under Squeak3.9 but if there are any problems I will fix them promptly. KeyBinder seems have gained popularity, and appears to be cleaner than Keymapping. I'd recommend you try each of them separately in test images to see which one you like. David ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
Re: [Newbies] Monticello -- where is it?
Thank you so much for this write-up, Ron! I've used Monticello a few times just to get other people's published packages, yet everytime I need to get into it I get a bit of a sinking feeling :-( I really like what the tool does under the covers, but don't find the UI intuitive (for an irregular user like me) and have to stop and re-think what I learned each time. May I suggest this go on http://www.wiresong.ca/Monticello/ ? Hope the UI in a future version can be made a bit less intimidating to newbie users. Thanks. - Original Message - From: Ron Teitelbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Aleksej' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questionsaboutSqueak.' beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 11:52 AM Subject: RE: [Newbies] Monticello -- where is it? Hello Aleksej, I think it is a very good question. I would encourage all newbies to start with Monticello and learn about how to organize their work before starting of to change the world. There are a few things to understand about Monticello first. The most important thing about Monticello is that it is a code version manager. It's job is to store versions, retrieve the latest version, find conflicts (when two programmers change the same source), and to show history and code branches. What it does not do is organize your code, solve conflicts (thought it does provide tools for you to do it), save your code for you (don't laugh ENVY does!), or replace proper workflow. There are different types of repositories. For this discussion let's just talk about package-cache and http. Package-cache is created for you and is updated when you load new packages, (like from squeakmap), or automatically when you save Monticello packages. It is file based and you can find it in your squeak directory on your computer. Http repositories are like www.squeaksource.com . It is a shared area where you can define projects, store your code, share it with others if you want and post to squeakmap. How-to! On the world menu select open.. Monticello browser. This opens up the Monticello browser. What you will see is packages that are already added to your browser. There are many packages added by default. For each package on the left you will see repositories on the right. Packages can be in multiple repositories. If you think of code branches this makes sense. To add a package from an Http repository you should unclick the package on the left, then press the +Repository button. Now select the Http type repository. This brings up a string that looks like this: MCHttpRepository location: 'http://foo.com/bar' user: 'squeak' password: 'squeak' you should replace the foo.com/bar with the repository you are interested in. For example MCHttpRepository location: 'http://www.squeaksource.com/Cryptography' user: '' password: '' if you have a user name and password on squeaksource then you can add them to the string. After accepting your new repository definition you can hit the open button. This will show you packages that live inside the repository. In the repository browser you will see packages on the left and version on the right. You can select one of the package versions and browse it, or view a history, or see changes, or load it, and other things too but that's a good starting point. When you are make a change to a package, back on the regular Monticello browser you will see an asterisk (*) before the package name. If you want to update the repository with your new version, you need to save it. Select the package and the repository you want to save too and press save. You should always type in some notes as to what change you made then accept it. There is more, like working in a clean image, upgrading images, using Monticello configurations, running your own squeaksource image, version numbering, or how to handle conflicts. There is good documentation about these things available on-line but we could talk about those if anyone is interested. Hope that helps, Happy coding Ron Teitelbaum President / Principal Software Engineer US Medical Record Specialists [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:beginners- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aleksej Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Newbies] Monticello -- where is it? Hello May be a silly question. The are about hundred classes in Monticello-xxx categories. But how to use it? What is Monticello browser and how to run it? Good luck. Aleksej ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
[Newbies] [interceptingCmdKeys]
Thanks David -- that was what I needed -- a good place to start. I'll look at it and let you know. Again thanks. Steve ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
