[squeak-dev] Help > Terse Guide to Squeak

Chris Cunningham cunningham.cb at gmail.com
Wed Apr 13 22:14:32 UTC 2016


That would be interesting, although it would seem to stretch the 'terse'
name.  Maybe not - just terse, but not short.

For what it is worth, I think the Resource Bundles are for Mac only - I
know I always start off by purging them when I unpack the all-in-one (I'm
on Windows).

-cbc

On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 3:03 PM, ReliableRobots.com <
reliablerobots at gmail.com> wrote:

> i suggest a Terse Guide to Squeak distinct from the existing Terse Guide
> to Smalltalk.
> this should include everything in the All-In-One not in the Terse Guide
> including;
> 1) What the Resources bundles are; why and how to use them
> 2) How to use common peripherals like internet, Webcam, Audio, printer
> 3) How to write .Windows dll's and Linux equivalents to interact with
> Squeak
> 4) How to use Squeak on a network with multiple computers and cores
> 5) How to package an application for deployment i.e. without Halos etc.
> 6) Interacting with other software and their file formats like .dxf, .pdf,
> docx
> 7) Advanced topics like moving from interpreted Smalltalk to.exe Smalltalk
> for size and speed.
>
> Although forum availability of answers is appreciated, it is a lid on
> productivity compared to having 90% of the answers in a Terse Guide.  It
> would improve the existing Terse Guide to make it possible to copy examples
> to try out instead of just showing them.
>
> My interest is currently developing a robot controller in Squeak, which
> will require much of the above.  i am aware there are at least two complete
> robot systems online in C++ and a toy robot system in Squeak but I'd prefer
> to do a real robot with Squeak as my robot operating system. But i need
> real access to code such as a tutorial on hooking up OpenCV or how to write
> my own video contour program to attempt video object identification and a
> like tutorial on working with Audio to recognize speech, which most
> software still does not do well.
>
> I'll need a balance system that can do this.  It may cross the line
> between a toy robot and a real robot.
> https://www.facebook.com/ScientificCuriosities/videos/1211415568924654/
>
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