Beginners January 2018

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One more week to VOTE!
by Ron Teitelbaum 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

HI All, The Squeak Oversight Board election is on. For more information about the election see http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6590. You should have received a ballot if you are on our voters' list. If you have not voted, please take the time to find your ballot and vote. Please go to your email client and look for an email: Poll: The Squeak Oversight Board 2018 from: Ron Teitelbaum (CIVS poll supervisor) <civs(a)cs.cornell.edu> Also, you may need to check your SPAM or JUNK folder! Let me know if you can't find your ballot and I'll resend it to you! All the best, Ron Teitelbaum

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Did you VOTE?
by Ron Teitelbaum 26 Jan '18

26 Jan '18

Hi all, I know it seems like there is a lot of time left to vote but it goes fast and it becomes harder and harder to find your ballot if you wait much longer! Please take the time to find your ballot and vote for the Squeak Oversight Board 2018. Please let me know if you can't find your ballot. I am happy to resend it to you! For everyone that has voted so far THANK YOU! It's a great way to show your support for the board! All the best, Ron Teitelbaum

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EventHandler "value parameters are passed as first of 3 arguments" ?
by John-Reed Maffeo 25 Jan '18

25 Jan '18

#EventHandler halts with this warning from the method #on:send:to:withValue: How does this work? I can't find an example. I am trying to learn how to use TextMorph in an application. My simple test case is a morph containing two TextMorphs. I want the second morph to contain the contents of the first morph when that morph loses focus. start ------------------- |borMor tMor1 tMor2 | borMor := BorderedMorph new. borMor color: Color white. borMor width: 44. tMor1 := TextMorph new. tMor1 contents: 'Hello World!'. tMor2 := TextMorph new. tMor2 contents: '?????'. tMor1 addDependent: tMor2. borMor layoutPolicy: TableLayout new; listDirection: #leftToRight; wrapCentering: #topLeft; hResizing: #spaceFill; vResizing: #spaceFill; layoutInset: 2; rubberBandCells: true. borMor addMorph: tMor1. tMor1 addDependent: tMor2. borMor addMorph: tMor2. tMor1 on: #mouseLeave send: #contents: to: tMore2 withValue: #(tMor1 contents nil). borMor openInWorld. end ----------------- This may not be the best way to approach the problem, but I would like to know how to use the method in any case. Thanks, jrm

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Squeak Oversight Board 2018 - Time to vote!!
by Ron Teitelbaum 23 Jan '18

23 Jan '18

Hi all, It is time to vote. Please go to your email client and look for an email: Poll: The Squeak Oversight Board 2018 from: Ron Teitelbaum (CIVS poll supervisor) <civs(a)cs.cornell.edu> The VOTER EMAIL could be in your SPAM or JUNK folder please look there! Take the time now to go find your ballot and vote! Description of poll: It's that time again. Time to VOTE for the Squeak Oversight Board. Please take the time to vote!!! The 7 highest ranked odd number of candidates from the list will comprise the Squeak Oversight Board starting from the end of the voting period until the next Board is elected. Remember that your vote is considered as a ranking of all candidates. Voting for "None of the Below" allows you to vote for the people you want most without having to vote for candidates that you do not prefer. Candidates that get fewer votes than "None of the Below" ARE NOT elected to the board. In the case that "None of the Below" is chosen above the 7 candidates needed, the board will have fewer than 7 members for the year. If you don't have a preference between two candidates rank the users with the same rank. Ranking "None of the Below" above other members indicates your desire to vote against the remaining candidates. Select a lower rank than "None of the Below" too! vote against them. Please contact voters(a)squeak.org if you have any questions or for more information. Your question and answer will be posted to squeak-dev. For more information and details, see the official 2018 elections page at http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6590 There are some great candidates. Please VOTE!! All the best, Ron Teitelbaum

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Squeak Oversight Board Election 2018
by Ron Teitelbaum 19 Jan '18

19 Jan '18

Hi All, It's that time again. Time to raise your voices and elect your leaders! Can you believe it's been a year already? It's a time for you to stand up, help your community and volunteer to serve! Squeak wants you! Every year we elect the SOB (Squeak Oversight Board) consisting of seven members from our community. The current board members are: 1. Bert Freudenberg 2. Tim Rowledge 3. Craig Latta 4. David T. Lewis 5. Nicolas Cellier 6. Marcel Taeumel 7. Jecel Assumpcao Jr For more info on the board please see: https://squeakboard.wordpress.com/our-mission/ Everything about the election, including schedule and more, can be tracked here: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6590 Now until Monday 22nd of January 3PM (20.00 UTC): Nominations of SOB members and campaigning! Candidates should nominate themselves and start their campaign on the squeak-dev mailing list. Or if you nominate someone else, make sure that person really wants to run. :) I will not put anyone on the candidate list until that person makes it known on squeak-dev that he/she intends to run. During this period, the candidates should ideally present themselves on squeak-dev, unless they have already done so, and the community can ask questions. I encourage you to reach out to potential candidates, people that are active in the community and represent your views, and ask them to run. Some people will not run without encouragement. Also, I know that some people wait to the last minute to run for the board to see if others will run but please consider getting this year off to a faster start and just jump right in! Schedule: Now until Monday 22nd of January 3PM (20.00 UTC): Nominations of SOB members and campaigning! Monday 22nd of January 2018 3PM (20.00 UTC): Candidate list is finalized. Monday 22nd of January 2018 4PM (21.00 UTC): Online election starts. Tuesday 6th of February 2018 6PM (23.00 UTC): Online election ends. Results will be announced immediately when the election ends.The voting period is one week long and ballots are sent out via email. And how do you end up on the voter list? See below. :) IMPORTANT: New voters will NOT be added once the election is started. You MUST try to get on the voter list before the 22nd of January 2018 or you will NOT be able to vote. If your Email has changed please make sure it is changed on the list of voters before the election starts. -------------------------- If you were invited to vote last year you are already on the voter list, no worries! If you are a new Squeaker and wish to vote you should do ONE of the following: * Get a "known" Squeaker to vouch for you. If a known Squeaker sends an email to voters (at) squeak.org giving me a name and email for you, then I will add you. * Send an email to voters at squeak.org yourself (and CC to squeak-dev if you like) with information/arguments showing me that you are indeed serious about voting and that you are indeed a Squeaker. When the voting period starts all voters will receive an email with instructions and a link to the voting website. If there are any further questions, just reply *in this thread* and I will closely track it - or send email to voters (at) squeak.org which points to me. ...so let's get on with it! All the best, Ron Teitelbaum

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Re: [Newbies] [squeak-dev] Fwd: Squeak Oversight Board Election 2018
by Ron Teitelbaum 15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18

Hello, Thank you to everyone that is running for the 2018 Squeak Oversight Board. We have 8 candidates! Marcel Taeumel Bert Freudenberg Tim Rowledge Eliot Miranda Jecel Assumpcao Jr. David T. Lewis Craig Latta Nicolas Cellier There is still time to add your name to the list! Between now and Monday 22nd of January 3PM (20.00 UTC) you too can run for the board. Consider running if you have been an active member of the community and would like to help! Consider asking members of the community that you admire to step up and run! One week to go before voting starts! Please watch for your ballot next week and VOTE! The time is now to get on the voter list! Another way to show your support for squeak is to VOTE! See http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6590 for more information on how to get on the voter list. Show your board how much you appreciate their work by VOTING! Also, consider going to squeak.org and press that Donate button! All the best, Ron Teitelbaum On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 5:08 PM, Nicolas Cellier < nicolas.cellier.aka.nice(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Squeakers, > I'm glad to announce that I will run again this year. > The board power is limited by the amount of $ that it is handling. > So don't expect big plan$ from myself, I drive a tiny part of my own > manpower, the rest is already sold. > I wish I can continue to support opensmalltalk-vm, but this is in fact > quite independent from board participation. > Nonetheless, I have some ideals that could fit board membership: > - keep our community open and welcoming, > avoid rotting contributions in the inbox, instead provide help, advice > and encouragement > (that could occupy part of board technical discussions) > don't hesitate to elect new core contributors > - support evolution of our image, cleaning / packaging / tooling with a > great care for backward compatibility and smooth evolution > (that's already a good part of board technical discussions) > - build a peaceful relationship with Pharo, like initiated by > opensmalltalk-vm initiative, > if possible, keep Squeak<->Pharo bridges open for code exchange (which > is a bit challenging with git switch) > - keep an interest in Cuis too, Juan still is active and inspired (and not > alone!) > > I've not been the most active member last year, nor am I a natural leader, > but I will be happy to serve again. > Anyway I must run again, so that we have at least 8 candidates for 7 > places! > But there's no reason to stop here, you don't have to wait half a century > or more like some of us did for stepping in :) > The board is warm and friendly. > > Nicolas Cellier > > 2018-01-12 16:45 GMT+01:00 Ron Teitelbaum <ron(a)usmedrec.com>: > >> >> Hi All, >> >> Thank you to everyone that has served on the Squeak Oversight Board in >> the past and for all of you that are running to serve this year. >> >> We currently have 7 candidates for 7 seats. >> >> Marcel Taeumel >> Bert Freudenberg >> Tim Rowledge >> Eliot Miranda >> Jecel Assumpcao Jr. >> David T. Lewis >> Craig Latta >> >> Please don't let this keep you from entering the race. Consider running >> yourself or I would encourage you to continue to find others and encourage >> them to run for the board! >> >> We love having more than 7 candidates! >> >> Now a little about voting. If you are not on the voter list now is the >> time to get on it. If you are part of this community, even if you just >> read the list and use Squeak, you too can vote. Send me a letter telling >> me why you want to vote, or get a Squeaker to contact me and I'll add you. >> Also if your email has changed or if you didn't get a ballot last year >> please let me know. >> >> You can reach me at voters(a)squeak.org or send me a direct email. >> >> All the best, >> >> Ron Teitelbaum >> >> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 4:21 PM, Craig Latta <craig(a)blackpagedigital.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi all-- >>> >>> I'd like to serve on the Squeak Oversight Board again this year. >>> >>> I'm encouraged by livecoding experiments I've done combining Bert's >>> SqueakJS with several web frameworks (see thiscontext.com), and would >>> like to push that further with other interested folks. I think such >>> efforts are useful for navigating and crossing into the development >>> worlds around us, discovering new application areas for us. I'm also >>> excited by the 2018 interests of the other candidates, and would love to >>> join them. >>> >>> >>> thanks, >>> Craig >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >

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Fwd: Squeak Oversight Board Election 2018
by Ron Teitelbaum 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

Hi All, Thank you to everyone that has served on the Squeak Oversight Board in the past and for all of you that are running to serve this year. We currently have 7 candidates for 7 seats. Marcel Taeumel Bert Freudenberg Tim Rowledge Eliot Miranda Jecel Assumpcao Jr. David T. Lewis Craig Latta Please don't let this keep you from entering the race. Consider running yourself or I would encourage you to continue to find others and encourage them to run for the board! We love having more than 7 candidates! Now a little about voting. If you are not on the voter list now is the time to get on it. If you are part of this community, even if you just read the list and use Squeak, you too can vote. Send me a letter telling me why you want to vote, or get a Squeaker to contact me and I'll add you. Also if your email has changed or if you didn't get a ballot last year please let me know. You can reach me at voters(a)squeak.org or send me a direct email. All the best, Ron Teitelbaum On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 4:21 PM, Craig Latta <craig(a)blackpagedigital.com> wrote: > > Hi all-- > > I'd like to serve on the Squeak Oversight Board again this year. > > I'm encouraged by livecoding experiments I've done combining Bert's > SqueakJS with several web frameworks (see thiscontext.com), and would > like to push that further with other interested folks. I think such > efforts are useful for navigating and crossing into the development > worlds around us, discovering new application areas for us. I'm also > excited by the 2018 interests of the other candidates, and would love to > join them. > > > thanks, > Craig > > > >

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by Kirk Fraser 08 Jan '18

08 Jan '18

Squeak just blew it again with its UTF glitch. I copied .pdf content into a Windows notepad .txt file, saved it in ASCII format then ran a fairly simple Squeak method on it and it walked back a UTF error. I have asked the system email list about this and got no help - someone said learn UTF. I need a programming language that works. I can't trust Squeak as it is now even if I write my own front end on top of it. Any suggestions? Thanks. I think a Smalltalk/B for beginners ought to also have precision graphics like Java examples instead of fuzzy Smalltalk graphics. It should also have a browser causes focus on writing apps instead of tweaking the system. Maybe allow reading but not saving into the system code - nothing in there can't be handled in a user object if needed.

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Adding languages to squeak
by sciolizer 04 Jan '18

04 Jan '18

Where can I find good documentation on how to add a language to a squeak environment? It's pretty easy for me to find resources on creating a custom parser, but it's less obvious how I can build a ClassBrowser-equivalent, or where in memory I should store source code written in the new language, or how I can hook into the changeset infrastructure, etc. -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Squeak-Beginners-f107673.html

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