Beginners November 2011

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Installing squeak and such?
by Joshua Miller 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Ok i've started to try and learn squeak so maybe i can help with open cobalt and such. But i'm a little lost in trying to learn it.... when following Lawson(one of the devs for the project) youtube vids i've gotten stuck on the CroquetOpenGL part, and squeak by example seems very confusing when trying to use the all-in-one package...so is there a proper guide on how to set it up so that i can start learning it? and some better book as well would be nice....

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How to Find and Install FlashPlayerMorph
by Joseph D. Kulisics 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

I'm using the Squeak4.2-10966 image with the Squeak 4.4.7.2357 VM and the V41 sources file. I cannot find a FlashPlayerMorph on the system, and I cannot find any online repository with a package. Does anyone know how to find and install the appropriate package? Thanks. _____________________________________________________ In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers. Moby Dick, Herman Melville HOME PAGE URL: http://www.overthetransom.net/kulisics/ Joseph D. Kulisics Јосиф Кулишић

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Confused about how to get everything set up
by Matt Chelen 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Hey everyone, Currently, I'm looking into Squeak due to its dynamic environment that allows things to change at runtime, and its strong cross-platform support. One of the things I'd need to do is set up a database plugin, which I've been looking into. The seemingly most developed one I could find was SqueakDBX ( http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6052 ...if there's a better one, I'm all ears :) ), but the Wiki there is apparently deprecated, and both of the sites listed there seem to not be available. Reading the list of requirements, I'd need OpenDBX (of which, from the provided instructions, I must admit I was confused on how to set up...do I need the Unix-like packages for a Win32 system?), FFI (which can be installed through universes, apparently, but the latest universe package, 3.10, seems to have been released several years ago, and the FFI packages are probably outdated? I also looked at FFI's source page and was not sure what I needed to download to get it set up on a Win32 system. Do I need the Kernel AND the Win32 package? Just the Win32 package?), and SqueakDBX core (I THINK the latest package, listed here ( http://www.squeaksource.com/SqueakDBX/ ) is version 283, but there are a ton of other packages listed there that I don't know if I need or not...). Then assuming I've got all that sorted out, and assuming SqueakDBX is the way to go, I'm not entirely sure how to install packages/plugins. Is there anything else I'd need? Thanks in advance guys, and apologies for so many questions and confusion all in one. :) -- Matt C

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Re: Confused about how to get everything set up
by Matt Chelen 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

The main draw to SqueakDBX was the support for a wide variety of databases, whereas Seaside only seems to support a database called SandstoneDB which does not allow concurrent access, it looks like. In particular, I was looking into using PostgreSQL for the database. I also didn't see anything mentioning if various aspects of Seaside could be used for non-web-oriented applications. Getting started in learning Squeak, I also noticed that the main way to share programs involves sending a code file in some form or another. Is there any way to set a program to not be open-source? -- Matt

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Canceling a PipeableOSProcess
by Sean P. DeNigris 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

How do I cancel a running PipeableOSProcess that is taking a long time, like ctrl-c at the command line? Thanks. Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Canceling-a-PipeableOSProcess-tp3991640p3991640.html Sent from the Squeak - Beginners mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Is there a tandard way to attach context menus
by Herbert König 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Hello all, is there a standard way to attach a context menu to a morph? It's fairly easy to do by checking for yellowButtonPressed and manually firing up a MenuMorph. But it is sufficient to implement #addCustomMenuItems:hand: to get an enhanced Halo menu while #addYellowButtonMenuItemsTo:event: and #hasYellowButtonMenu don't help. So is there a predefined way without everybody doing his own? Thanks, Herbert mailto:herbertkoenig@gmx.net

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[ANN] Squeak Beginner Screencasts
by Michael Perscheid 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Hi all, as we teach Squeak as part of our software engineering lectures, we have prepared several Squeak/Smalltalk-related screencasts that should help our students to get started. Now, I'd like to announce that we make these videos available for the community. https://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/hirschfeld/trac/SqueakCommunityProjects/wiki… Moreover, I'd like to acknowledge our student assistants, Eric Seckler, Robin Schreiber, and Partick Rein for all their help with these screencasts. We will complete the list of available screencasts step by step. If you have any wishes for new videos and feedback to existing ones, please let us know. Best regards, Michael

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