Beginners October 2008

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Editing MIDI files
by Charles Bacon 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

I have just installed Squeak on my FreeBSD box, a bit more capable than the limited OLPC in which I discovered it as a part of Etoys. Problem is that Squeak gives no clue how to address a Midi file so that it can be edited. I am not a developer, just a hopeful user. Ideas? Chuck Bacon -- crtb(a)cape.com ABHOR SECRECY -- DEFEND PRIVACY

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Squeak plugin Firefox Windows Error
by Candido Aramburu 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi, I have installed Squeak3.10.2-7179-win32.zip in Windows XP and when I open a *.pr squeak project the ERROR message is: ERROR LOADING ............... Firefox 3.0.3 version PLUGIN File name: NPSqueak.dll NPSqueak Type MIME application/x-Squeak-Source Description Squeak Source Files Suffix sts Enabled yes ¿Te suffix *.sts is correct ? ¿ and what about *.pr? Thanks

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RE: following inheritance in Browser
by Jerome Peace 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

[Newbies] following inheritance in Browser *** >Mark Volkmann mark at ociweb.com >Wed Oct 29 01:30:25 UTC 2008 > > >When I'm browsing a class and want to examine details of its >superclass, I highlight the superclass name and press ctrl-b to view >it in a new Browser. Is there a way to make it browse the superclass >in the same Browser instead of opening a new one? > I can't speak for the omnibrowser. I don't use it. The regular browser has a "inheritance" button on the menu bar. It brings up a hierarchical browser. The inheritance chain is in the class list. The other useful thing for seeing the hierarchy is to press the ? button up to three times. That button is between the instance and class button in the class pane. The ? button cycles thru the class comment, class definition, and a rather useful display of the hierarchy. It lists the ivars that come with each class. Yours in service and curiosity, --Jerome Peace PS. If we ever collect the answers to all your questions I think 80% of our documentation chores will be accomplished. Keep up the good work. Cheers --Jer

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Alternative input devices, like wiimote?
by Rick van der Zwet 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

Dear Squeakkers *, Been searching around the archives about the use of alternative input devices to navigate around in Squeak and interact with the objects apart from the mouse, but could not find much details information on the mailing lists apart from some old 2004 posts on the UI list and some partially working joystick interpretation. Before diving into the code, could some-one give a clue where to look for or give me some hint whether it is going to be possible or not? :-) Interest is founded due the fact I am a Computer Science student doing a Human Computer Interaction course/project at LIACS Leiden University. We would like to build an alternative way on navigating trough 2d/3d, based on a Wii Remote (wiimote) and Wii Balance Board. We are in our particular evaluating Croquet, which is based on Squeak. But as input device handling seems a more 'low level', the squeak beginners list should be the right place to start :-) Thanks in advance! /Rick * correct me if I am wrong, but I could not find a Squeak people group nickname anywhere. -- http://rickvanderzwet.nl

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Drawing non-fuzzy text on a Form
by stephan＠stack.nl 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

How am I supposed to draw text on a Form(Canvas) without it looking all blurred? I've installed Freetype and Polymorph (the pharo image with both), but it's unclear how to get a font that draws correctly. The non-truetype fonts give much beter results, but are still blurred. Stephan

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following inheritance in Browser
by Mark Volkmann 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

When I'm browsing a class and want to examine details of its superclass, I highlight the superclass name and press ctrl-b to view it in a new Browser. Is there a way to make it browse the superclass in the same Browser instead of opening a new one? --- Mark Volkmann

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UI not threaded?
by Greg Buchholz 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

I notice that the system isn't responsive when something else is running (for example, while starting up an application like SqueakMap). Can anyone point me in the direction of a document describing Squeak's theory of operation when it comes to threads and/or the user interface? Is Squeak a cooperative multi-tasking system, or is the UI single threaded, or...? Thanks, Greg Buchholz

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This is an interesting bit of history
by Marcin Tustin 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

http://www.loriner.co.uk/history1.html On my walk to work I pass a site marked as the site of the Loriner's trade in times past. Their history includes (apparently) forced amalgamations, and pitched battles in the streets of london.

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image with Scamper?
by Greg Buchholz 26 Oct '08

26 Oct '08

The last time I toyed with Squeak (about 2 years ago), it came with a web browser. When I just downloaded the latest Squeak release from squeak.org, it didn't come with a browser, so I tried using SqueakMap to install Scamper. It warned me about not being compatible, but I went ahead and continued with the installation. Of course it didn't work, complaining about a missing "parse" method. So I'm wondering if anyone has an easy fix for getting Scamper (or another internal) web browser to work with the latest Squeak, or if someone knows where an older image resides with Scamper on it. I couldn't find older images on squeak.org, is there a repository of previous squeak releases that I've overlooked? Thanks, Greg Buchholz

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accessing the filesystem/ssh
by sergio 25 Oct '08

25 Oct '08

i would like to start rewriting some ruby scripts i have that does the following.. takes a HUGE directory.. copies the files to another directory, with DVD sized subdirectories called Disk1, Disk2,... it then makes ISO's out of each of them, plus logfiles for each disk.. is this amount of fiddling with the native filesystem even possible? some of the files reside on another server, and are gathered with ssh.. thanks! ___ peace, sergio photographer, journalist, visionary www.village-buzz.com

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