Beginners November 2007

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Is there a tandard way to attach context menus
by Herbert König 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Hello all, is there a standard way to attach a context menu to a morph? It's fairly easy to do by checking for yellowButtonPressed and manually firing up a MenuMorph. But it is sufficient to implement #addCustomMenuItems:hand: to get an enhanced Halo menu while #addYellowButtonMenuItemsTo:event: and #hasYellowButtonMenu don't help. So is there a predefined way without everybody doing his own? Thanks, Herbert mailto:herbertkoenig@gmx.net

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One click setup for 3.9 [win]
by Xinyu Liu 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Hi people, I create a one click setup for newbies. It will do the following things after run: 1. download SqueakVM from ftp.squeak.org 2. download 3.9 images, soruces ftp.squeak.org 3. extract all things 4. create shortcut in desktop and program menu. I found the download process may cost some time, because there is only one download session. The installer can work only in Windows. It can be get from: http://liuxinyu95.googlepages.com/squeak3.9_win_installer.exe I created it with NullSoft installation system scripts. I shared the script code here: http://liuxinyu95.googlepages.com/squeak3.9_win_install.nsi You can change it when 3.9 package updates. Have fun with 3.9! Best regards. Yours, Liu

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how to search for text?
by itsme213 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

How do I search all method bodies for a text string? Thanks!

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Installing Squeak From the Linux Command Line
by Dale Wiles 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

I've just heard of squeak from "FLOSS Weekly" (twit.tv) and it sounds fun, but I had a deuce of a time installing it. I'm installing from the Linux command line (I use Slackware). I couldn't find any instructions, and the instructions in the INSTALL script are bilge, so I wrote my own instructions. If these are correct (someone verify, I'm a squeak newbie) and there isn't a better set out there, feel free to put these on the web page or wiki so others won't have to pull out their hair. Bad installs make a rotten first impression. Dale * INSTALLING SQUEAK FROM THE LINUX COMMAND LINE This describes how to install the "Linux" distribution of Squeak. Down load the "Linux" Virtual Machine and "Basic Image File" from http://www.squeak.org/Download/. In my case the files were Squeak-3.9-8.i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz and Squeak3.9-final-7067.zip respectively. Make a temp directory and copy the tar.gz and zip file into it. > mkdir /tmp/squeak_tmp > cp Squeak-3.9-8.i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz /tmp/squeak > cp Squeak3.9-final-7067.zip /tmp/squeak Change directory into it. > cd /tmp/squeak_tmp Unpack the virtual machine. This makes a directory called Squeak-3.9-8. squeak_tmp> gzip -cd Squeak-3.9-8.i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar xvf - Unzip the platform independent files. This makes the directories Squeak3.9-final-7067 and __MACOSX (we ignore __MACOSX). squeak> unzip Squeak3.9-final-7067.zip Copy the files from Squeak3.9-final-7067 to their proper place in Squeak-3.9-8. squeak_tmp> cp Squeak3.9-final-7067/Squeak3.9-final-7067.image \ Squeak-3.9-8/i686-pc-linux-gnu/usr/local/lib/squeak/ squeak_tmp> cp Squeak3.9-final-7067/Squeak3.9-final-7067.changes \ Squeak-3.9-8/i686-pc-linux-gnu/usr/local/lib/squeak/ squeak_tmp> cp Squeak3.9-final-7067/SqueakV39.sources \ Squeak-3.9-8/i686-pc-linux-gnu/usr/local/lib/squeak/3.9-8/ Just to make setting up projects easier, make a couple of symbolic links. squeak_tmp> cd Squeak-3.9-8/i686-pc-linux-gnu/usr/local/lib/squeak squeak> ln -s Squeak3.9-final-7067.image squeak.image squeak> ln -s Squeak3.9-final-7067.changes squeak.changes Return to /tmp/squeak_tmp/Squeak-3.9-8 squeak> cd ../../../../.. As root, run the install script (but don't read it. It lies.) Note: "sudo" is a command that let's you run one command as root. Squeak-3.9-8> sudo ./INSTALL If all went well, your install is done. If you do a "man squeak", it mentions the program "inisqueak". Don't waste your time looking for it. It's not there. * HOW TO START A NEW PROJECT Make a directory to hold the project. Say project "foo" in your home directory. > mkdir ~/foo Change directory in to it. > cd ~/foo Copy the Squeak "image" and "changes" files into the project directory. foo> cp /usr/local/lib/squeak/squeak.image . foo> cp /usr/local/lib/squeak/squeak.changes . Run the squeak command: foo> squeak You should be good to go!

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traits button in system browser
by itsme213 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

What does it do? When does it appear? Thanks - Sophie

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Ideas for SqueakJam?
by Bryan Berry 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

We are going to hold a "mini" OLPC Game Jam on Saturday, December 15th. It will be a mini-game jam because it will only be a one day event, not three. It will focus on developing games using Squeak. Each participant will have her own computer. For this event we want each person to learn how to use Squeak, whether she is a programmer, teacher or artist. We hope to build up to a full-fledged game jam within several months, complete w/ organized teams, prizes, and media coverage. Any ideas anyone has for the event would be great http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Game_Jam_Kathmandu_December_2007 Serendipitously, Bert Freudenberg will be here for the event. He will be in Kathmandu helping us speed up activity development w/ Squeak and better integrate our activities w/ the XO. -- Bryan W. Berry External Relations Manager OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org

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Re: [Newbies] Magma tutorial or examples
by ina tube 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Thanks! This is very helpful. Paul > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Mitchell" <david.mitchell(a)gmail.com> > To: "A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions about Squeak." <beginners(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org> > Subject: Re: [Newbies] Magma tutorial or examples > Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:56:39 -0600 > > > Download one of the Gjallar distros. There is one for windows with the > VM. If you're on something else, get your VM for your platform and > download the image. > > It starts up and has scripts for building the Magma database. > > If you are looking for examples of how the app interacts with Magma, > look at Q2Session. > > Q2MockMagma session is also interesting as it shows all of the > messages that are stubbed out to _not_ connect to Magma. > > OODBs in general and Magma in particular are pretty transparent, so > you don't see a lot of Magma code throughout the application. > > Another example would be the work going into a magma tutorial for the > seaside tutorial: > > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/magma/2007-November/000899.html > -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://mail.doramail.com Powered by Outblaze

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How do I find out the maximum extent that a morph can be set to, without this impacting the current extent of its owner morph?
by Jerome Peace 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

[Newbies] How do I find out the maximum extent that a morph can be set to, without this impacting the current extent of its owner morph? Hi Alexandre, My first guess would be: maxBounds := myMorph owner bounds myMorph bounds: maxBounds. and my second guess would be: necessaryInset := 1 maxBounds := maxBounds insetBy: necessaryInset . and try for a third guess: necessaryInset := necessaryInset + 1 . etc. And I would use a squeak workspace to find out what I needed to know. And then I would know it. (Report back here you results) Cheers. Yours in curiosity and service, --Jerome Peace *** > >Alexandre Rousseau alexr at mailsnare.net >Wed Nov 28 05:27:28 UTC 2007 > >Hi all > >Question: How do I find out the maximum extent that a morph can be >set to, without this impacting the current extent of its owner morph? >Context: trying to set the extent of a sticky note's summary label to >the maximum possible width, and such that the note's window (isKindOf >PasteUpMorph) will not be resized. > >Thanks in advance >Alex > >== >Alexandre Rousseau >E: alexr at mailsnare.net >NinerPaint: http://www.ninerpaint.com *** ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Newbies] Magma tutorial or examples
by ina tube 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Is there a particular class or set of classes that I can look at for Magma examples? That website has a good idea of information about their bug tracking system, but no particular illustration of using Magam that I can find. Paul > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Mitchell" <david.mitchell(a)gmail.com> > To: "A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions about Squeak." <beginners(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org> > Subject: Re: [Newbies] Magma tutorial or examples > Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:37:24 -0600 > > > http://www.gjallar.se/ > -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://mail.doramail.com Powered by Outblaze

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PostgresV2 and bulk resultsets
by Petr Fischer 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Hi, if I call: conn execute: 'select * from one_milion_table' it seems that all table rows are loaded into memory - right? Is there an easy way to only iterate (do:) result set records without internal loading bulky resultset into some sort of internal arrays? Thanks, pf

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