[Newbies] Re: Beginners Digest, Vol 54, Issue 3

Sun Oct 10 21:55:35 UTC 2010

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> From: Sayth Renshaw <flebber.crue at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Newbies] Html Parser
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> I was wondering if there was a html parser for squeak. I want to
> capture data from website and then convert these to xml and export
> into an excel program I have.
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> Is this possible in squeak?
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> Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 09:24:46 -0700
> From: Paul C Johnson <abpccpba at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Newbies] Html Parser
> To: "A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions
>        about   Squeak." <beginners at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
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> I have no Idea.
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> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Sayth Renshaw <flebber.crue at gmail.com
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> > I was wondering if there was a html parser for squeak. I want to
> > capture data from website and then convert these to xml and export
> > into an excel program I have.
> >
> > Is this possible in squeak?
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> From: "K. K. Subramaniam" <kksubbu.ml at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Newbies] Html Parser
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> On Saturday 09 Oct 2010 5:37:56 pm Sayth Renshaw wrote:
> > I was wondering if there was a html parser for squeak. I want to
> > capture data from website and then convert these to xml and export
> > into an excel program I have.
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> > Is this possible in squeak?
> Yes. Browse HtmlParser class.
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> A good way to dig out such information is the Message Finder (world-menu-
> >windows->find message names). Or select the string "html" or "parser" and
> press CTRL+SHIFT+W.
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> HTH .. Subbu
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> Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 21:27:44 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Levente Uzonyi <leves at elte.hu>
> Subject: Re: [Newbies] Html Parser
> To: "A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions
>        about   Squeak." <beginners at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
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> On Sat, 9 Oct 2010, Sayth Renshaw wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if there was a html parser for squeak. I want to
> > capture data from website and then convert these to xml and export
> > into an excel program I have.
> >
> > Is this possible in squeak?
>
> Yes it is, we are using Soup (http://www.squeaksource.com/Soup.html ) to
> parse html files. It's pretty good, though not perfect. There are also 2-3
> other html parsers for Squeak. We're using this one because it's designed
> to be able to parse not standard compilant html files (which are very
> common) The tools for xml building are in the Squeak image, look for
> XMLNode and it's subclasses (XMLDocument, XMLNodeWithElements, XMLString,
> etc).
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> Levente
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:21:46 +1100
> From: Sayth Renshaw <flebber.crue at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Newbies] Re: Html Parser
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> I was trying to follow the guide here
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> http://softwareengineering.vazexqi.com/2007/05/26/installing-packages-in-squeak
> to
> install the beautiful soup package. However I cannot locate the Squeakmap
> Package Loader.
>
> I know the menu and interface has been updated since this tutorial(and it
> looks good) but I am looking in the "old desktop menu" but can't locate it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sayth.
>
> Yes it is, we are using Soup (http://www.squeaksource.com/Soup.html ) to
> parse html files. It's pretty good, though not perfect. There are also 2-3
> other html parsers for Squeak. We're using this one because it's designed
> to be able to parse not standard compilant html files (which are very
> common) The tools for xml building are in the Squeak image, look for
> XMLNode and it's subclasses (XMLDocument, XMLNodeWithElements, XMLString,
> etc).
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>
> Levente
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> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 04:58:08 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Levente Uzonyi <leves at elte.hu>
> Subject: Re: [Newbies] Re: Html Parser
> To: "A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions
>        about   Squeak." <beginners at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
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> On Sun, 10 Oct 2010, Sayth Renshaw wrote:
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> > I was trying to follow the guide here
> >
> http://softwareengineering.vazexqi.com/2007/05/26/installing-packages-in-squeak
> > to
> > install the beautiful soup package. However I cannot locate the Squeakmap
> > Package Loader.
> >
> > I know the menu and interface has been updated since this tutorial(and it
> > looks good) but I am looking in the "old desktop menu" but can't locate
> it.
>
> This package (and all packages on squeaksource.com can be installed with
> the Monticello Browser or with Installer. If you're using Squeak 4.1 or
> 4.2 alpha, then you can open Monticello Browser from the Tools menu of the
> Docking Bar (on the top of the screen). If you're using an earlier
> version of Squeak, then open the desktop menu, select Open... then select
> Monticello Browser (btw the SqueakMap Package Loader can also be found in
> this menu).
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> If the Monticello Browser is open, then add the repository of Soup and
> load the latest version. If you never used the Monticello Browser, then
> you'll find this link useful (the images are a bit outdated, but this part
> seems to be ok): http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/43#Opening%20a%20Repository
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> If you want to use Installer to install this package, then evaluate the
> following in a workspace:
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> Installer squeaksource
>        project: 'Soup';
>        install: 'Soup'
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> Levente
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> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Sayth.
> >
> > Yes it is, we are using Soup (http://www.squeaksource.com/Soup.html ) to
> > parse html files. It's pretty good, though not perfect. There are also
> 2-3
> > other html parsers for Squeak. We're using this one because it's designed
> > to be able to parse not standard compilant html files (which are very
> > common) The tools for xml building are in the Squeak image, look for
> > XMLNode and it's subclasses (XMLDocument, XMLNodeWithElements, XMLString,
> > etc).
> >
> >
> > Levente
> >
>
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Thank you I have been able to install beautiful soup thanks to your help.

I also found this great resource which others may enjoy and benefit from, it
features a lot of video tutorials on beginners to advanced topics on squeak
smalltalk.

http://www.smalltalktelevision.com/

<http://www.smalltalktelevision.com/>Thanks

Sayth
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