NBHelp in Squeak (Re: [squeak-dev] Re: Why FFI is not included with latest squeak ?)

Igor Stasenko siguctua at gmail.com
Wed Aug 22 00:56:20 UTC 2012


On 22 August 2012 02:11, Levente Uzonyi <leves at elte.hu> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>
>> On 22 August 2012 00:04, Levente Uzonyi <leves at elte.hu> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2012, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 21 August 2012 23:20, dimitris chloupis <thekilon at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah thank you , I had version 1 and now version 4 is installed together
>>>>> with
>>>>> all dependencies. Any idea how I use NB-help ?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i don't know how you can do it in squeak image, in pharo image just
>>>> open help browser
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It uses too many "pharoisms", so it won't work in Squeak out of the box:
>>> - Gofer
>>> - LogicalFont
>>> - StandardFonts
>>> - pragma-based "registration" for HelpSystem
>>>
>>> The first can be loaded, the lines containing the next two can be
>>> replaced
>>> with "TextStyle defaultFont" and then you can open the HelpBrowser with:
>>> HelpBrowser openOn: NBHelp asHelpTopic.
>>>
>>> Btw, green text for source code doesn't look very nice and it would be
>>> better to use the Metacello API to load PP.
>>>
>>
>> I never tried it on squeak, so sure thing it may not work.
>
>
> Sure.
>
>
>> I have two questions:
>> - why LogicalFont considered pharoism?
>> (StandardFonts is, but LogicalFont?)
>
>
> Because it doesn't exist in Squeak.
>
>
>> and
>> - what is the metacello API you mentioned. I don't know much about
>> metacello beyond the way how to create and manage own configs. Any
>> pointers?
>
>
> https://github.com/dalehenrich/metacello-work/blob/master/docs/MetacelloUserGuide.md
>
>
>>
>> how i can use it, if metacello is not installed by default in image?
>
>
> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2012-August/165199.html
>
>
>> (well, of course, by all logic people will load NB anyways, so i can
>> safely assume it already in image)
>
>
> Um, a few mails before you wrote that NBHelp can be loaded without NB, so
> that was what I did. :)
>
So, i repeating my question, how you can use Metacello API to load
something, if it not in image?

>
> Levente
>
>
>>
>>>
>>> Levente
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Igor Stasenko.
>>
>>
>



-- 
Best regards,
Igor Stasenko.


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