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Re-2: [Newbies] Stef, BotsInc problem...
by Frank Urbach 27 Jan '07

27 Jan '07

Hi David, I was digging a little bit in the code of the MicroWorkspace. I saw that Stef changed the behavior of the execution for the content of this Workspace by clicking on the button. Every execution is bounded with the execution of a block. This block forks. So I didn't see the behavior of stepping in this morph but this would explain why the script is still running after a halt. I do not know enough to see why Stef did it in this way. And after all I guess that the programming environment is not the goal of the book and BotsInc. Cheers, Frank -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Newbies] Stef, BotsInc problem... (24-Jan-2007 5:19) From: David Mitchell <david.mitchell(a)gmail.com> To: frank.urbach(a)schmees.com > I downloaded the ReadyPC image from the SCGSmallWiki site and I am able > to repeat the problem. > > I think it is something wrong with the Bot Workspace. I am able to > repeat your bug if I click the Do It or Do It All buttons in the Bot > Workspace. > > The good news is you can workaround the problem (by not using the > buttons). Instead, press Alt+D or (Command+D on Mac) to invoke the do it > command. This is what I normally do and explains why I didn't notice the > problem when working through the book. > > The Bot Workspace was added for the book. I bet the buttons worked at > one point and a code change broke them. Went unnoticed because a lot of > Squeakers already use the right-click context menus or the keyboard > shortcuts. > > I'm running windows. Can someone test on Mac and/or Linux? > > I downloaded the ReadyPC image from > > Blake wrote: > > > On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:19:55 -0800, David Mitchell > > <david.mitchell(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> That's true enough, but the stack you are debugging shouldn't continue. > >> > >> Unfortunately, I can't think what might be wrong. I've gone through > >> Bots Inc without hitting this one. > > > > > > I haven't had a chance to try this out but if it doesn't > > work...reinstall? > > _______________________________________________ > > Beginners mailing list > > Beginners(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org > > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beginners mailing list > Beginners(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

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Re: [Newbies] Translating Morphic/Squeak
by Frank Urbach 26 Jan '07

26 Jan '07

Hi Jens, what do you mean with translating.? Cheers, Frank -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Newbies] Translating Morphic/Squeak (26-Jan-2007 7:54) From: Jens Pall <jens(a)axonspace.com> To: frank.urbach(a)schmees.com > Hi > > What is the best way to translate Morphic? > > How about squeak in general? > > Thanks, > JP > _______________________________________________ > Beginners mailing list > Beginners(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

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Translating Morphic/Squeak
by Jens Pall 26 Jan '07

26 Jan '07

Hi What is the best way to translate Morphic? How about squeak in general? Thanks, JP

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Re: Scrolling Text setCharacters
by Jerome Peace 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

[Newbies] Scrolling Text setCharacters Hi Steve. The variable scroll is indeed a undefined in the method you used. To get the results you wanted I tried this. >From objects pull out a press me button. Get the halo and press the unmarked light green button. That got a "button" tile scirpt. >From objects>text get a scrollingText. Using halos get viewer for the scrolling text. (At this point you can name the scrolling text whatever you want I made it say "Scroll".) Pull the tiles that says "Scroll characters <-" onto the button tile script. Now change the button tile script to text using the check box. You will see : Scroll setCharacters: '' paste the working part of your script before that. And change the argument from '' to data. Giving: button | stream data | Transcript show: 'hello'. "Read file into a string" stream _ FileStream fileNamed: 'test.txt'. data _ stream contentsOfEntireFile. stream close. Transcript show: data. Scroll setCharacters: data . Place the mouse over the box that says normal and from the menu pick the action you want to trigger the script (say mouse up for example ) press and release the button. And you get your text in the transcript and the scrolling text. The ritual we did with the tiles insured that Scroll refered to the desired object namely your text morph. There are probably other ways to insert the reference but this was the one I tried first because I figured it would work. Yours in service, --Jerome Peace > >Stephen Rowley stever1975 at gmail.com >Wed Jan 24 20:21:39 UTC 2007 wrote: > > >Just learning smalltalk & squeak. One of the first things I wanted to try >was to load text into a scroll morph at the press of a button. > >I renamed the Scrolling Text morph scroll. >And I put the following code underneath button. >Everything seems fine but the last line > >The error I get back is that scroll is an unknown variable. > >So my question is am I referencing the scroll morph correctly in the button >script? > >button > | stream data | > Transcript show: 'hello'. > >"Read file into a string" > stream _ FileStream fileNamed: 'test.txt'. > data _ stream contentsOfEntireFile. > stream close. > Transcript show: data. > scroll setCharacters: data. > > > >Thanks in advance > >Steve > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097

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Re: Training courses
by andy.burnett＠knowinnovation.com 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

@ Todd - I am based in Cambridge UK @ everyone else., thank you I will try the videos and I will definitely download the Cincom stuff.

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Scrolling Text setCharacters
by Stephen Rowley 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

Just learning smalltalk & squeak. One of the first things I wanted to try was to load text into a scroll morph at the press of a button. I renamed the Scrolling Text morph scroll. And I put the following code underneath button. Everything seems fine but the last line The error I get back is that scroll is an unknown variable. So my question is am I referencing the scroll morph correctly in the button script? button | stream data | Transcript show: 'hello'. "Read file into a string" stream _ FileStream fileNamed: 'test.txt'. data _ stream contentsOfEntireFile. stream close. Transcript show: data. scroll setCharacters: data. Thanks in advance Steve

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Re: Rome (Cairo) installation problems
by Sebasstian Nozzi 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

Hello Bert, >> Error: subscript is out of bounds: 0 >> (I don't know how to transcript the whole stack) > > It is logged to SqueakDebug.log in your image directory - please attach. Gerne ;-) I attached 3 logs, for these files: - Rome-Demo-bf.32.mcz - Rome-FontManager-JMM.54.mcz - Rome-Plugin-be.33.mcz As a sidenote I wanted to thank you and all the people that make Squeak possible. It's a terrific development environment and now with antialiased vector graphics would be like a dream come true. Best regards, Sebastian

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Error "All SqueakMap master servers are down"
by jerryw 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

Just this week I have installed Squeak3.9-final-7076.image from the www.squeak.org website. It starts fine but whenever I evaluate "SMLoader open", I see a an alert box pop-up saying "All SqueakMap master servers are down" 'map.squeak.org' 'map1.squealfoundation.org' map2.squeakfoundation.org' - however I can ping them all from my server (which is behind a Squid proxy but is otherwise able to contact any other http-based server running on any port. I'm being offered an option to debug this but I don't know where to start, can anyone advise please? -- Jerry Webb, LogicaCMG UK -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Error-%22All-SqueakMap-master-servers-are-down%22-tf3… Sent from the Squeak - Beginners mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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I want my old adult Squeak back
by Henry Lenzi 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

Hi all -- My old adult Squeak has gone! My niece has been fooling around with it. I'd like to have my flap with all the standard adult smalltalk tools in it. Even my World menu looks different. Any ideas? TIA. Henry

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Thank you for all your training/learning thoughts
by andy.burnett＠knowinnovation.com 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

I think what I really need to do is to get over the initial 'hump' of building squeak applications. I need to go beyond the normal 'bank account' example so that I can see how to put together something more complex. I will try the books. What about taking a training course in another dialect e.g Cincom Smalltalk. How transferable would that be? Thanks AB

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