NBHelp in Squeak (Re: [squeak-dev] Re: Why FFI is not included with latest squeak ?)

Igor Stasenko siguctua at gmail.com
Sat Aug 25 15:30:02 UTC 2012


On 25 August 2012 16:16, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com> wrote:
> I got it working the way Igor intended it it. With PetitParser and
> Markdown syntax in the help files.
>
> If somebody is interested I can post the instructions how to do it....
>
just send me the changeset and i will integrate it with package.

> --Hannes
>
> On 8/22/12, Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 22 August 2012 03:05, Levente Uzonyi <leves at elte.hu> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 22 August 2012 02:11, Levente Uzonyi <leves at elte.hu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 22 August 2012 00:04, Levente Uzonyi <leves at elte.hu> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2012, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 21 August 2012 23:20, dimitris chloupis <thekilon at yahoo.co.uk>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ah thank you , I had version 1 and now version 4 is installed
>>>>>>>>> together
>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>> all dependencies. Any idea how I use NB-help ?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> i don't know how you can do it in squeak image, in pharo image just
>>>>>>>> open help browser
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It uses too many "pharoisms", so it won't work in Squeak out of the
>>>>>>> box:
>>>>>>> - Gofer
>>>>>>> - LogicalFont
>>>>>>> - StandardFonts
>>>>>>> - pragma-based "registration" for HelpSystem
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The first can be loaded, the lines containing the next two can be
>>>>>>> replaced
>>>>>>> with "TextStyle defaultFont" and then you can open the HelpBrowser
>>>>>>> with:
>>>>>>> HelpBrowser openOn: NBHelp asHelpTopic.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Btw, green text for source code doesn't look very nice and it would
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> better to use the Metacello API to load PP.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I never tried it on squeak, so sure thing it may not work.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sure.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have two questions:
>>>>>> - why LogicalFont considered pharoism?
>>>>>> (StandardFonts is, but LogicalFont?)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Because it doesn't exist in Squeak.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> - what is the metacello API you mentioned. I don't know much about
>>>>>> metacello beyond the way how to create and manage own configs. Any
>>>>>> pointers?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://github.com/dalehenrich/metacello-work/blob/master/docs/MetacelloUserGuide.md
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> how i can use it, if metacello is not installed by default in image?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2012-August/165199.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> (well, of course, by all logic people will load NB anyways, so i can
>>>>>> safely assume it already in image)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Um, a few mails before you wrote that NBHelp can be loaded without NB,
>>>>> so
>>>>> that was what I did. :)
>>>>>
>>>> So, i repeating my question, how you can use Metacello API to load
>>>> something, if it not in image?
>>>
>>>
>>> You can't. But the idea is that it will be present in all base images.
>>>
>> Yeah.. i would wellcome that.
>> So it can wait till this become true :)
>> Thanks, Levente.
>>
>>>
>>> Levente
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Levente
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Levente
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Igor Stasenko.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Igor Stasenko.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Igor Stasenko.
>>
>>
>
>
>



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Best regards,
Igor Stasenko.


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