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

Igor Stasenko siguctua at gmail.com
Wed Aug 22 01:09:33 UTC 2012


On 22 August 2012 03:05, Levente Uzonyi <leves at elte.hu> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
>
> You can't. But the idea is that it will be present in all base images.
>
Yeah.. i would wellcome that.
So it can wait till this become true :)
Thanks, Levente.

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



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Best regards,
Igor Stasenko.


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