[Newbies] Squeak installation

2009-11-09 Thread michael rice
Hi, I'm on a Linux(Fedora)/PC platform. I downloaded the following to a folder I created named Squeak: Squeak-3.10-1  (a folder containing i686-pc-linux-gnu, config.guess, and INSTALL) Squeak3.10.2-7179-basic.changes Squeak3.10.2-7179-basic.image SqueakV39.sources Not sure how to proceed from

Re: [Newbies] Squeak installation

2009-11-09 Thread michael rice
-basic.image SqueakV39.sources and from the command line run squeak Squeak3.10.2-7179-basic.image On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:51 PM, michael rice nowg...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I'm on a Linux(Fedora)/PC platform. I downloaded the following to a folder I created named Squeak: Squeak-3.10-1

Re: [Newbies] Squeak Download/Installation

2011-02-28 Thread michael rice
. Subramaniam kksubbu...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Newbies] Squeak Download/Installation To: beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Cc: michael rice nowg...@yahoo.com Date: Monday, February 28, 2011, 10:43 PM On Tuesday 01 Mar 2011 6:40:50 am michael rice wrote: I just downloaded the All-in-One package

[Newbies] Connectors?

2011-03-22 Thread michael rice
Where can I download the Connectors package. I've been here: http://www.squeaksource.com/Connectors/ but am not sure what I should download and fileIn. I'm working on Squeak version 4.2. Michael ___ Beginners mailing list

Re: [Newbies] Connectors?

2011-03-22 Thread michael rice
the version selection off to show everything available too. Also check the Squeak Distribution, scroll down in the bottom left pane, if set to Croquet, it won't let Connectors show. The bottom left pane sets filters that restrict what is shown in the top pane. Ken At 12:43 PM -0700 3/22/11, michael rice

Re: [Newbies] Connectors?

2011-03-22 Thread michael rice
.    Ken At 1:35 PM -0700 3/22/11, michael rice apparently wrote: Success. I unchecked all the check boxes in the top left view menu and got the package list. Just installed the Connectors package, apparently successfully. Thanks for your patient assistance, Ken. Michael --- On Tue, 3/22/11, Ken G

Re: [Newbies] Connectors?

2011-03-22 Thread michael rice
...@freudenbergs.de Subject: Re: [Newbies] Connectors? To: A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions about Squeak. beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 5:35 PM On 22.03.2011, at 22:15, michael rice wrote: One last question. I tried loading a project

Re: [Newbies] Connectors?

2011-03-22 Thread michael rice
...@freudenbergs.de wrote: From: Bert Freudenberg b...@freudenbergs.de Subject: Re: [Newbies] Connectors? To: A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions about Squeak. beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 5:35 PM On 22.03.2011, at 22:15, michael

[Newbies] Plumbin'

2011-03-28 Thread michael rice
Is there a working version of the old Plumbin' app (in Morphic) lurking around somewhere? Michael ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

[Newbies] Randomness

2011-04-04 Thread michael rice
I just noticed that when I load a morphic project I get the same stream of random numbers each time. Is there a simple way to install a new different random seed each time the project is loaded? Michael ___ Beginners mailing list

Re: [Newbies] Randomness

2011-04-04 Thread michael rice
questions about Squeak. beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Date: Monday, April 4, 2011, 8:08 PM On Mon, 4 Apr 2011, michael rice wrote: I just noticed that when I load a morphic project I get the same stream of random numbers each time. Is there a simple way to install a new different

Re: [Newbies] Randomness

2011-04-04 Thread michael rice
the most basic questions about Squeak. beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Date: Monday, April 4, 2011, 8:32 PM On Mon, 4 Apr 2011, michael rice wrote: I forgot to mention, I'm using the random number tile and scripting. Does that make it more difficult? Not really, RandomNumberTile uses

Re: [Newbies] Randomness

2011-04-06 Thread michael rice
wrote: On 05.04.2011, at 02:32, Levente Uzonyi wrote: On Mon, 4 Apr 2011, michael rice wrote: I forgot to mention, I'm using the random number tile and scripting. Does that make it more difficult? Not really, RandomNumberTile uses the global random number generator of Collection

Re: [Newbies] Randomness

2011-04-07 Thread michael rice
. beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 6:19 AM The new behavior is that you get a different stream of random numbers each time you start the image. Or at least it's really really unlikely you get the same sequence again.  - Bert - On 07.04.2011, at 02:54, michael rice

[Newbies] Plumbin'

2011-04-07 Thread michael rice
I managed to get Ward Cunningham's Plumbin' app running in MVC (v4.2). The source (PlumbinSrc.zip) can be downloaded from: http://c2.com/doc/plumbin/index.html but be aware of proper order of fileIns, Plumbin-Framework.st MUST be first. I don't think order is important for the rest of the

[Newbies] Re: Randomness + Pause/Delay?

2011-04-07 Thread michael rice
I ported my morphic app to Etoys and it does indeed work differently (randomly) now each time I bring it up.. The app simulates a simple game with two players taking turns putting their colored blocks (blue and red) upon one of two towers, randomly selected. The game ends when both towers are

Re: [Newbies] Re: Randomness + Pause/Delay?

2011-04-08 Thread michael rice
Squeak. beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Date: Friday, April 8, 2011, 2:01 PM On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 michael rice  wrote: But the two scripts, blueAction and redAction, in sequence, appear to happen simultaneously. Is there a delay mechanism, like a marktime tile, that could separate two

Re: [Newbies] Re: Randomness + Pause/Delay?

2011-04-10 Thread michael rice
if it was eaten. So if you could let us know, in high-level terms, what the intended behavior is, we might be able to come up with ideas how to do that in Etoys. - Bert - On 08.04.2011, at 21:40, michael rice wrote: Thanks. One forgets it's not a real-time simulation. Michael --- On Fri, 4/8/11

Re: [Newbies] Re: Randomness + Pause/Delay?

2011-04-10 Thread michael rice
would be trivial, just have a textual script with something like (Delay forSeconds: 1) wait. But that would not be a substitute for a real wait tile. It does not just stop the script it is in, but *every* script in the whole system. - Bert - On 10.04.2011, at 16:34, michael rice wrote: Delay can

Re: [Newbies] Re: Randomness + Pause/Delay?

2011-04-11 Thread michael rice
, 4/11/11, Bert Freudenberg b...@freudenbergs.de wrote: From: Bert Freudenberg b...@freudenbergs.de Subject: Re: [Newbies] Re: Randomness + Pause/Delay? To: michael rice nowg...@yahoo.com Cc: A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions about Squeak. beginners

[Newbies] AllPlayers tile

2011-04-13 Thread michael rice
Where do I get an AllPlayers tile? Michael ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

Re: [Newbies] AllPlayers tile

2011-04-13 Thread michael rice
Belay that last message. I found it. Michael --- On Wed, 4/13/11, michael rice nowg...@yahoo.com wrote: From: michael rice nowg...@yahoo.com Subject: [Newbies] AllPlayers tile To: beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 12:23 PM Where do I get an AllPlayers tile

[Newbies] Using text morph to save characters

2011-04-24 Thread michael rice
This may not be an appropriate way to save characters in the order they are generated. This isn't working. Perhaps there's a better way? Two scripts: (1) clear1: empties out a TextMorph (2) addChar: inserts an 'a' or a 'b' at cursor position. Advances cursor position. Michael attachment:

Re: [Newbies] Using text morph to save characters

2011-04-26 Thread michael rice
questions about Squeak. beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 6:24 AM On 24.04.2011, at 17:53, michael rice wrote: This may not be an appropriate way to save characters in the order they are generated. This isn't working. Perhaps there's a better way? Two scripts

Re: [Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2?

2011-04-26 Thread michael rice
Look in the Tools flap (on the left margin), fourth from the top. Michael --- On Tue, 4/26/11, Sharon Tuttle sharon.tut...@humboldt.edu wrote: From: Sharon Tuttle sharon.tut...@humboldt.edu Subject: [Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2? To: beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Cc:

Re: [Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2?

2011-04-26 Thread michael rice
Oops, I meant on the right. I'm sinistrally challenged. Michael --- On Tue, 4/26/11, michael rice nowg...@yahoo.com wrote: From: michael rice nowg...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Newbies] Where is Method Finder in Squeak 4.2? To: A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions about

Re: [Newbies] Beginner wants to start graphic windows in Smalltalk 80 - need help

2014-11-26 Thread Michael Rice
I was just browsing FormEditor. A lot has changed since the original MVC, some to make it compatible with Morphic, e.g., the instance method 'edit' of Form edit Open a form editor on this form. Project current formEdit: self As you can see, the current project has some responsibilities.

Re: [Newbies] What do you suppose about this ?

2014-12-11 Thread Michael Rice
Hello Hans, Even dwarves started small. I've attached a small counter program, condensed from the counter example given here: https://www.lri.fr/~mbl/ENS/FONDIHM/2013/papers/Krasner-JOOP88.pdf The best way to use MVC in Morphic is to have both an MVC project and a Morphic project. Do your

[Newbies] Saving a project...kaput?

2014-12-13 Thread Michael Rice
Haven't Squeaked in a while, refreshing my memory I tried creating a simple example script: 1) drag a line morph into the playfield 2) open a view on it 3) drag a new script from the line view to the playfield 4) drag a turn script from the line view to the new line script 5) name the new line

Re: [Newbies] Saving a project...kaput?

2014-12-13 Thread Michael Rice
I loaded an old etoys project (attached pic) and it worked fine. Thanks! What would I use Squeak for? Michael On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Bert Freudenberg b...@freudenbergs.de wrote: On 13.12.2014, at 17:51, Michael Rice limitc...@gmail.com wrote: Haven't Squeaked in a while

Re: [Newbies] Saving a project...kaput?

2014-12-13 Thread Michael Rice
Thanks, Herbert. If it's not too much trouble, please send me a simple example of your code along side graphics. Sounds interesting. Michael On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Herbert König herbertkoe...@gmx.net wrote: Hi Michael, Squeak is the Smalltalk programming environment which has been

[Newbies] Etoys bouncing ball animation

2014-12-15 Thread Michael Rice
See attachment. Michael BouncingBallAnimation.012.pr Description: Binary data ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

[Newbies] What is an Etoys *.xo file?

2014-12-17 Thread Michael Rice
Looking around the web I see some *.xo files. What are they? I thought Etoys saves in *.pr files. Michael ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

Re: [Newbies] squeak and 3D graphics

2014-12-20 Thread Michael Rice
Here's a good video about transformations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD70ZIDjL7g Michael On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Michael Rice limitc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Chuck, You're probably not getting much in the way of responses because it seems you're going to need a lot of hand

Re: [Newbies] How do I start Squeak on Raspberry Pi ?

2015-02-16 Thread Michael Rice
, Michael Rice limitc...@gmail.com wrote: First things first. Every file has three permissions, read, write, and execute, for three groups: user, group, and all. Do you have execute permission for squeak.sh? ls -l squeak.sh -rw*x*rwxr-x. 1 mrice mrice 63 Oct 11 18:49 squeak.sh ^ If you show

Re: [Newbies] How do I start Squeak on Raspberry Pi ?

2015-02-16 Thread Michael Rice
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Re: [Newbies] How do I start Squeak on Raspberry Pi ?

2015-02-16 Thread Michael Rice
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Re: [Newbies] How do I start Squeak on Raspberry Pi ?

2015-02-16 Thread Michael Rice
First things first. Every file has three permissions, read, write, and execute, for three groups: user, group, and all. Do you have execute permission for squeak.sh? ls -l squeak.sh -rw*x*rwxr-x. 1 mrice mrice 63 Oct 11 18:49 squeak.sh ^ If you show an x in column 4 (as above) then you have

Re: [Newbies] Read RasPi GPIO

2015-01-28 Thread Michael Rice
Is there a StandardFileStreamreset? Michael On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Herbert König herbertkoe...@gmx.net wrote: Hi, I can successfully read a GPIO Pin on the RasPi if I do it like: |value| dataFile ensureOpen. value := dataFile upToEnd. dataFile close. ^value dataFile is the

Re: [Newbies] Beginner's List Question

2015-01-25 Thread Michael Rice
That being said, double-clicking the squeak.sh in the extracted all-in-one folder should get everything running, or give you error messages that Google could help with. Double-clicking doesn't work in my Fedora 19 Linux. Must do this instead: 1) Find the icon that looks like a terminal; open it

Re: [Newbies] Squeak 4.4 run error

2015-01-10 Thread Michael Rice
http://www.squeak.org/Downloads I selected the Squeak All-In-One, right there at the top, under the Beginner heading. Michael On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Levente Uzonyi le...@elte.hu wrote: On Sat, 10 Jan 2015, Michael Rice wrote: Yes, the 32-bit libraries are installed. I was using

Re: [Newbies] Squeak 4.4 run error

2015-01-10 Thread Michael Rice
Pharo 3.0 runs fine. Also, with 4.5 I wasn't getting any error messages or warnings when I ran it. Michael On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Michael Rice limitc...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, the 32-bit libraries are installed. I was using 4.5 and it worked fine, except Morphic scripts stopped

Re: [Newbies] Squeak 4.4 run error

2015-01-10 Thread Michael Rice
I screwed up. I just noticed a 4.5 zip file I missed earlier. Let me try to get it going and I'll reply back. Downloaded today. Michael. On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Michael Rice limitc...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.squeak.org/Downloads I selected the Squeak All-In-One, right

Re: [Newbies] Squeak 4.4 run error

2015-01-10 Thread Michael Rice
Yes, the 32-bit libraries are installed. I was using 4.5 and it worked fine, except Morphic scripts stopped taking instructions. Download from Squeak.org. On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Levente Uzonyi le...@elte.hu wrote: On Sat, 10 Jan 2015, Michael Rice wrote: I'm experiencing this when

Re: [Newbies] Squeak 4.4 run error

2015-01-10 Thread Michael Rice
on top on the new script tile. Tell me, could Etoys have this kind of negative effect on Squeak, breaking this aspect of scripting? Or Pharo? Could that also be why 4.4 hangs when I try to run it? Michael On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Michael Rice limitc...@gmail.com wrote: I screwed up. I just

Re: [Newbies] Is there a preference setting to block automatic parentheses?

2015-02-20 Thread Michael Rice
A better way to have, or not have, it is to use a key combination. Mathematica uses SHIFT-ALT ( , [ , or { to get (), [], or {}, otherwise you get the single character. Michael On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Levente Uzonyi le...@elte.hu wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2015, David T. Lewis wrote:

[Newbies] How does one create an array of points?

2016-06-20 Thread Michael Rice
I've been trying to create an array of points (in Squeak 5) but am failing badly. See below: first part => what I get when I exec "print it" on the first part. Guidance please. #(1@1 2@2) => #(1 #@ 1 2 #@ 2) #((Point x: 1 y: 1) (Point x: 2 y: 2)) => #(#(#Point #x: 1 #y: 1) #(#Point #x: 2 #y:

Re: [Newbies] How does one create an array of points?

2016-06-20 Thread Michael Rice
t; > > {Point x:1 y:1. Point x:2 y:2.} > > > > It’s not obvious! Notice the periods after the end of each element. > > > > All the best, > > > > Ron Teitelbaum > > > > *From:* beginners-boun...@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto: > beginners

Re: [Newbies] Subclassing PasteUpMorph

2016-05-06 Thread Michael Rice
A morph is a morph, of course, of course Unless the morph is an Etoys morph Got it. Thanks! On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Bert Freudenberg <b...@freudenbergs.de> wrote: > On 04.05.2016, at 19:48, Michael Rice <limitc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm exp

[Newbies] Subclassing PasteUpMorph

2016-05-04 Thread Michael Rice
I'm experimenting with subclassing PasteUpMorph to get some additional behavior. One thing I want to do is have my subclass open with a CircleMorph at 0@0. I already get that behavior, the CircleMorph in the upper left corner, but want my subclass' origin to be at its center, and the CircleMorph

Re: [Newbies] Re: General Questions to the Squeak Community

2016-08-03 Thread Michael Rice
Back in the late '80 everyone was waiting for Smalltalk, the exemplar object-programming language. If you want to know "what happened to Smalltalk" then google the preceding quoted text. But that was then This is now: the programming community has moved on to yet another panacea -- functional