Hi Stef,

Thanks for your book link. I downloaded the "May2003Bot.pdf" version, it does 
not seem to have pages after pg. 82 which may be intentional (by the index  
pg 99-111 has the Teacher's Corner) . From a quick overview, I REALLY like 
the book. I am a Java/C guy and never did any Samlltalk or Squeak coding so I 
am interested in buying the book - when is it going to be published? 

My girls (both 12 now) and I are playing with Squeak as a toy and tool to do 
things they would normally do in other applications (not trying to force any 
coding upon them so far :-) ) Perhaps we should be describing our experiences 
in a blog somewhere ... 

Milan

On November 16, 2003 04:15 am, ducasse wrote:
> Hi milan
>
> I do not know if this is adequate for you but a draft of my forthcoming
> book is available at
> http://scgwiki.iam.unibe.ch:8080/StephaneDucasseWiki/4
>
> The idea is to have father writing with their kids small programs and
> learn this way how to program
> and have fun.
>
>
>
> Stef
>
>
> On Dimanche, nov 16, 2003, at 11:04 Europe/Zurich, Milan Zimmermann
>
> wrote:
> > Bert,
> >
> > Thanks, I am definitely going to try this - I have never done any
> > Smalltalk or
> > Squeak coding, so this is a good chance. Will let you know a
> > success/failure,
> >
> > Milan
> >
> > On November 15, 2003 11:35 am, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> >> Milan Zimmermann wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I'd like to setup my kid's PC (Linux w. KDE) for them to be able to
> >>> open
> >>> images with Squeak from the file manager. The idea is that by
> >>> clicking on
> >>> a "my-graphics.jpeg" file in the OS File Manager, squeak would start
> >>> and
> >>> open the image using the Paint, ideally in a new project. (I guess
> >>> similarly what "Find + View" would do.)
> >>>
> >>> I am not asking about how to define the file type association, rather
> >>> whether it's possible to execute Squeak with a set of options to
> >>> start
> >>> Squeak, run Paint and edit the image, I am thinking something like:
> >>>
> >>> # squeak  image  script-which-opens-paint  my-graphics.jpeg
> >>>
> >>> Is something like this possible? I guess it would be usefull to have
> >>> squeak acting as "viewer/editor" for any file types that squeak can
> >>> handle ..
> >>
> >> The script could look like this:
> >> 	| stream filename image sketch |
> >>
> >> 	filename := Smalltalk getSystemAttribute: 3.
> >> 	stream := FileStream readOnlyFileNamed: filename.
> >> 	[image := Form fromBinaryStream: stream] ensure: [stream close].
> >> 	sketch := SketchMorph withForm: image.
> >> 	sketch openInWorld
> >>
> >> and would be called like this:
> >>
> >> squeak /full/path/to/my.image /full/path/to/script.st
> >> /full/path/to/image.jpeg