About HyperCard ( was Re: [squeak-dev] Getting rid of coloured code)

Eliot Miranda eliot.miranda at gmail.com
Thu Feb 28 13:39:00 UTC 2013



On Feb 27, 2013, at 4:31 PM, Casey Ransberger <casey.obrien.r at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ted Kaehler has done two implementations of DBJr AFAIK, one in Squeak and one in Javascript.
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> Here's the javascript version (for Lively Kernel)
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> http://forum.world.st/Try-DBJr-HyperCard-like-stacks-in-Lively-Kernel-td4599466.html
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> I had to dig to find the Moshi image, but here's an actual Squeak image -- and I think this was the right image -- note that this was a prototype and that some things (e.g. saving) aren't implemented. Also, I can't get it to open anymore, but I think that might be because I don't have a non-Cog VM now? Not sure which .sources file you want but I'm betting it's V3. The file of interest is "Text Field for LObject.zip"
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> http://tinlizzie.org/lesserphic2/
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> I was really fascinated with both the approach and the presentation he did here. Active essays are cool.
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> Meantime I have to figure out why I can't open the image. I thought Cog could open older images, but interpreters can't open Cog images. Hmmm.

Depends on how old.  Cog (& StackVM) can only run closure images.
Eliot (phone)


> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:12 AM, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Etoys image also have a stack morph
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>> Karl
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>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. <jecel at merlintec.com> wrote:
>>> While the DynaBookJr (I always misread "DBJr" as "DataBase Jr") is
>>> indeed a good modern replacement for HyperCard, isn't the normal
>>> BookMorph already available in Squeak a reasonable approximation?
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>>> -- Jecel
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> -- 
> Casey Ransberger
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