Hi milan

> 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?

soon I hope. I'm waiting for the final reviews and hope to get finished 
soon after.
I will have to redo a lot of screenshots. But I want tot go fast so 
early spring.

This is book is then written for you a programmer with kids :) (no in 
fact for my wife :)))
I suggest you to take the previous pdf which contains exercises with 
the turtle. There is a presentation of the
Squeak object model. Part of this book (the OOP for novices) will be 
cut and put in another book.

There is also a quickref (syntax) for other programmers 
http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/Web/Books/Syntax.pdf


>
> 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 ...

Sure please do!!!. I'm planning to have a wiki only for the book and 
exchange of ideas between
readers and teachers.
My wife started a wiki at 
http://scgwiki.iam.unibe.ch:8080/TurtleGallery/608 in french.
I'm currently creating a new one at 
http://kilana.unibe.ch:9090/CaroAndBot/


> 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
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