Squeak-dev December 2013

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The new release is hot
by Casey Ransberger 01 Jan '14

01 Jan '14

Forgive my wasting a bit of bandwidth here. I just wanted to say that I'm very pleased with the discussion I've seen around the new release, and the efforts that have gone into it. I'm really glad that folks decided to embrace Environments. I do look forward to naming my classes whatever I want and not worrying about global namespace collisions. This is one of the biggest complaints I've seen pitching Squeak in corporate environments. I'd actually like to use this system at work, so that's a big deal to me. I'm also really pleased with the effort around disentangling all of the circular dependencies. Squeak has needed this for a long time. So basically: thanks everyone, this is fantastic work, and the future is a little brighter than it was before. Also: is there anything that I can do to help out with the upcoming release? Figured I'd see about giving something back to folks who read all the way to the bottom of this post. Do we have release notes yet? Etcetera... --Casey

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Daily Commit Log
by commits＠source.squeak.org 01 Jan '14

01 Jan '14

Changes to Trunk (http://source.squeak.org/trunk.html) in the last 24 hours: http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/packages/2013-December/006837.h… Name: MorphicExtras-fbs.146 Ancestors: MorphicExtras-nice.145 * Turn #preserveTrash and #slideDismissalsToTrash into pragma preferences. * Update call sites for same. * Accidentally on purpose alphabetise the categories, while we're mucking around with the package. ============================================= http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/packages/2013-December/006838.h… Name: System-fbs.652 Ancestors: System-fbs.651 Cleanup after turning #preserveTrash and #slideDismissalsToTrash into pragma preferences. ============================================= http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/packages/2013-December/006839.h… Name: Morphic-fbs.713 Ancestors: Morphic-dtl.712 Update #preserveTrash and #slideDismissalsToTrash senders to point to the new, pragma preference, location. Note that this _apparently_ strengthens the Morphic->MorphicExtras dependency. "Apparently", because the dependency was hidden by the fact that the dependency routed through Preferences. Now we're a bit more honest. ============================================= http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/packages/2013-December/006840.h… Name: MonticelloConfigurations-fbs.123 Ancestors: MonticelloConfigurations-fbs.122 These preferences used to be in the "updates" category, and that sounds nicer than "Monticello". We should keep things specific to Monticello in "Monticello", and things to do with updating the image in "updates". ============================================= http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/packages/2013-December/006841.h… Name: SmallLand-ColorTheme-fbs.6 Ancestors: SmallLand-ColorTheme-nice.5 Remove references to preferences that are now pragma based. ============================================= http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/packages/2013-December/006842.h… Name: Tools-fbs.513 Ancestors: Tools-fbs.512 * Turn #cpuWatcherEnabled into a pragma preference. * Update the senders accordingly. * Accidentally on purpose alphabetise the Tools categories. ============================================= http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/packages/2013-December/006843.h… Name: System-fbs.653 Ancestors: System-fbs.652 * Cleanup after turning #cpuWatcherEnabled into a pragma preference. * I didn't know how to put a preference into multiple categories, so changed the argument name in #preference:category:description:type: to indicate the selector accepts a String or an Array of: String for the category. * Clean up the state from a bunch of old preferences: I don't know why the state lingered? ============================================= http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/packages/2013-December/006844.h… Name: SUnitGUI-fbs.58 Ancestors: SUnitGUI-fbs.57 * Give the TestRunner status a bit more height to properly render the text. It's not the proper solution: we should ask something for the spacing between lines. * Accidentally on purpose alphabetise the category names. ============================================= http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/packages/2013-December/006845.h… Name: Installer-Core-cmm.387 Ancestors: Installer-Core-cmm.386 Document MathMorphs location and package structure. Thanks to Edgar. =============================================

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The Inbox: ReleaseBuilder-cmm.105.mcz
by commits＠source.squeak.org 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

A new version of ReleaseBuilder was added to project The Inbox: http://source.squeak.org/inbox/ReleaseBuilder-cmm.105.mcz ==================== Summary ==================== Name: ReleaseBuilder-cmm.105 Author: cmm Time: 31 December 2013, 4:27:44.493 pm UUID: 0bae46e0-1d72-49c3-830c-5dc2fa2b4958 Ancestors: ReleaseBuilder-cmm.104 Please let all internal image work and modifications for building our releases be delegated to ReleaseBuilder. =============== Diff against ReleaseBuilder-cmm.104 =============== Item was changed: ----- Method: ReleaseBuilder class>>prepareNewBuild: (in category 'scripts') ----- prepareNewBuild: anMCRepository "ReleaseBuilderTrunk prepareNewBuild" "Prepare everything that should be done for a new image build" + MCMcmUpdater updateMissingPackages: true. + MCMcmUpdater enableUpdatesForAllPackages. + Workspace allInstances do: [ : each | each topView delete]. + MorphicProject initialize. TTCFont registerAll. RealEstateAgent standardSize: 600@400. SystemVersion newVersion: self versionString. SMLoaderPlus setDefaultFilters: (OrderedCollection with: #filterSafelyAvailable). self setDisplayExtent: 800 @ 600; setPreferences; switchToNewRepository: anMCRepository; openWelcomeWorkspaces. self cleanPackages. Smalltalk cleanUp: true. Undeclared removeUnreferencedKeys. Smalltalk garbageCollect. self loadWellKnownPackages. Compiler recompileAll.!

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#turnOffPowerManagement preference
by Frank Shearar 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

Is this still of any relevance? The description says "May offer higer performance at the expense of the life of your Battery (macintosh only in 3.VM)". We don't have 3.x VMs anymore, and I rather doubt that a 4.5-class image could run on such a VM anymore? If it is possible to run a 4.5-class image on a 3.x Mac VM, I'm happy to turn the preference into a Pragma style one, on PowerManagement. But if not, we should remove/deprecate the preference. frank

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The Trunk: Installer-Core-cmm.387.mcz
by commits＠source.squeak.org 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

Chris Muller uploaded a new version of Installer-Core to project The Trunk: http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Installer-Core-cmm.387.mcz ==================== Summary ==================== Name: Installer-Core-cmm.387 Author: cmm Time: 31 December 2013, 12:55:58.17 pm UUID: 64de7178-a106-49fb-8a87-f2e03daacf5c Ancestors: Installer-Core-cmm.386 Document MathMorphs location and package structure. Thanks to Edgar. =============== Diff against Installer-Core-cmm.386 =============== Item was added: + ----- Method: Installer>>mathMorphs (in category 'package-definitions') ----- + mathMorphs + "MathMorphs is a project that combines mathematics and Smalltalk. See http://www.dm.uba.ar/MathMorphs/ and chapter 10 of the 'new blue book'." + ^ { self morphicWrappers. + 'Functions' }! Item was added: + ----- Method: Installer>>morphicWrappers (in category 'package-definitions') ----- + morphicWrappers + "Provides 'type on air' workspaces. Results of evaluated expressions are represented as domain objects in the world." + ^ { #ss -> 'MathMorphsRevival'. + 'MorphicWrappers' }!

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Re: [squeak-dev] The Trunk: Tests-fbs.280.mcz
by Chris Muller 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

I thought we said Collections was one of the triad of "Core" classes, along with Kernel and Exceptions. That means Tools, with all of it's 30+ "Browser" classes and more must be part of that core system too? Collections _depending_ on Tools. Something doesn't seem right here.. On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 4:20 PM, <commits(a)source.squeak.org> wrote: > Frank Shearar uploaded a new version of Tests to project The Trunk: > http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Tests-fbs.280.mcz > > ==================== Summary ==================== > > Name: Tests-fbs.280 > Author: fbs > Time: 29 December 2013, 10:20:48.376 pm > UUID: 6db4237c-c2f3-3440-9357-b77b8cb6f576 > Ancestors: Tests-fbs.279 > > Collections now depends on Tools, because of the recent move of #browseWithPrettyPrint preference from Preferences to SystemBrowser. (Eventually this dependency should disappear.) > > =============== Diff against Tests-fbs.279 =============== > > Item was changed: > ----- Method: PackageDependencyTest>>testCollections (in category 'tests') ----- > testCollections > self testPackage: 'Collections' dependsExactlyOn: #( > Compiler > Kernel > Files > Graphics > Multilingual > System > 'ToolBuilder-Kernel' > + Tools > ).! > >

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The Trunk: SUnitGUI-fbs.58.mcz
by commits＠source.squeak.org 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

Frank Shearar uploaded a new version of SUnitGUI to project The Trunk: http://source.squeak.org/trunk/SUnitGUI-fbs.58.mcz ==================== Summary ==================== Name: SUnitGUI-fbs.58 Author: fbs Time: 31 December 2013, 3:04:16.291 pm UUID: c227ef6c-13a3-ce48-a864-00657958d434 Ancestors: SUnitGUI-fbs.57 * Give the TestRunner status a bit more height to properly render the text. It's not the proper solution: we should ask something for the spacing between lines. * Accidentally on purpose alphabetise the category names. =============== Diff against SUnitGUI-fbs.57 =============== Item was changed: - SystemOrganization addCategory: #'SUnitGUI-ToolBuilder'! SystemOrganization addCategory: #SUnitGUI! + SystemOrganization addCategory: #'SUnitGUI-ToolBuilder'! Item was changed: ----- Method: TestRunner>>statusHeight (in category 'building') ----- statusHeight + ^Preferences standardCodeFont height * 2 + 12! - ^Preferences standardCodeFont height * 2 + 5!

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The Trunk: System-fbs.653.mcz
by commits＠source.squeak.org 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

Frank Shearar uploaded a new version of System to project The Trunk: http://source.squeak.org/trunk/System-fbs.653.mcz ==================== Summary ==================== Name: System-fbs.653 Author: fbs Time: 31 December 2013, 2:20:45.557 pm UUID: 72376b6d-4406-a643-a7ea-b399de3cc27e Ancestors: System-fbs.652 * Cleanup after turning #cpuWatcherEnabled into a pragma preference. * I didn't know how to put a preference into multiple categories, so changed the argument name in #preference:category:description:type: to indicate the selector accepts a String or an Array of: String for the category. * Clean up the state from a bunch of old preferences: I don't know why the state lingered? =============== Diff against System-fbs.652 =============== Item was removed: - ----- Method: Preferences class>>cpuWatcherEnabled (in category 'standard queries') ----- - cpuWatcherEnabled - ^ self - valueOfFlag: #cpuWatcherEnabled - ifAbsent: [ false ]! Item was changed: ----- Method: Preferences class>>defaultValueTableForCurrentRelease (in category 'misc') ----- defaultValueTableForCurrentRelease "Answer a table defining default values for all the preferences in the release. Returns a list of (pref-symbol, boolean-symbol) pairs" ^ #( (abbreviatedBrowserButtons false) (alternativeBrowseIt false) (annotationPanes false) (areaFillsAreTolerant false) (areaFillsAreVeryTolerant false) (automaticFlapLayout true) (automaticKeyGeneration false) (automaticPlatformSettings true) (automaticViewerPlacement true) (balloonHelpEnabled true) (balloonHelpInMessageLists false) (batchPenTrails false) - (browseWithDragNDrop false) - (browseWithPrettyPrint false) - (browserShowsPackagePane false) (canRecordWhilePlaying false) (capitalizedReferences true) (caseSensitiveFinds false) (cautionBeforeClosing false) (changeSetVersionNumbers true) (checkForSlips true) (checkForUnsavedProjects true) (classicNavigatorEnabled false) (clickOnLabelToEdit false) (cmdDotEnabled true) (collapseWindowsInPlace false) (compactViewerFlaps false) (compressFlashImages false) (confirmFirstUseOfStyle true) (conversionMethodsAtFileOut false) - (cpuWatcherEnabled false) (debugHaloHandle true) (debugPrintSpaceLog false) (debugShowDamage false) (decorateBrowserButtons true) (diffsInChangeList true) (diffsWithPrettyPrint false) (dismissAllOnOptionClose false) (dragNDropWithAnimation false) (eToyFriendly false) (eToyLoginEnabled false) (enableLocalSave true) (extractFlashInHighQuality true) (extractFlashInHighestQuality false) (fastDragWindowForMorphic true) (fenceEnabled true) (fullScreenLeavesDeskMargins true) (haloTransitions false) (hiddenScrollBars false) (higherPerformance false) (honorDesktopCmdKeys true) (ignoreStyleIfOnlyBold true) (includeSoundControlInNavigator false) (infiniteUndo false) (logDebuggerStackToFile true) (magicHalos false) (menuButtonInToolPane false) (menuColorFromWorld false) (menuKeyboardControl false) (modalColorPickers true) (mouseOverForKeyboardFocus false) (mouseOverHalos false) (mvcProjectsAllowed true) (navigatorOnLeftEdge true) (noviceMode false) (okToReinitializeFlaps true) (optionalButtons true) (passwordsOnPublish false) (personalizedWorldMenu true) (postscriptStoredAsEPS false) - (preserveTrash true) (projectViewsInWindows true) (projectZoom true) (projectsSentToDisk false) (propertySheetFromHalo false) (readDocumentAtStartup true) (restartAlsoProceeds false) (reverseWindowStagger true) (roundedMenuCorners true) (roundedWindowCorners true) (scrollBarsNarrow false) (scrollBarsOnRight true) (scrollBarsWithoutMenuButton false) (securityChecksEnabled false) (selectiveHalos false) (showBoundsInHalo false) (showDirectionForSketches false) (showDirectionHandles false) (showFlapsWhenPublishing false) (showProjectNavigator false) (showSecurityStatus true) (showSharedFlaps true) (signProjectFiles true) (simpleMenus false) - (slideDismissalsToTrash true) (smartUpdating true) (soundQuickStart false) (stopSoundWhenDone false) (soundEnabled true) (startInUntrustedDirectory false) (systemWindowEmbedOK false) (thoroughSenders true) (tileTranslucentDrag true) (timeStampsInMenuTitles true) (turnOffPowerManager false) (twentyFourHourFileStamps true) (typeCheckingInTileScripting true) (uniTilesClassic true) (uniqueNamesInHalos false) (universalTiles false) (unlimitedPaintArea false) (useButtonProprtiesToFire false) (useUndo true) (viewersInFlaps true) (warnAboutInsecureContent true) (warnIfNoChangesFile true) (warnIfNoSourcesFile true)) " Preferences defaultValueTableForCurrentRelease do: [:pair | (Preferences preferenceAt: pair first ifAbsent: [nil]) ifNotNilDo: [:pref | pref defaultValue: (pair last == true)]]. Preferences chooseInitialSettings. "! Item was changed: ----- Method: Preferences class>>preference:category:description:type: (in category 'dynamic preferences') ----- + preference: prefName category: aStringOrArrayOfStrings description: helpString type: typeSymbol - preference: prefName category: aCategory description: helpString type: typeSymbol "Add a preference residing in aMethod" | aPreference | aPreference := PragmaPreference new. aPreference name: prefName defaultValue: nil "always nil" helpString: helpString localToProject: false "governed by the method" + categoryList: (aStringOrArrayOfStrings isArray ifTrue:[aStringOrArrayOfStrings] ifFalse:[{aStringOrArrayOfStrings}]) - categoryList: (aCategory isArray ifTrue:[aCategory] ifFalse:[{aCategory}]) changeInformee: nil changeSelector: nil type: typeSymbol. ^aPreference! Item was added: + (PackageInfo named: 'System') postscript: '"Preferences already removed by hand, but whose state still lingers:" + Preferences removePreference: #upgradeIsMerge. + Preferences removePreference: #colorWhenPrettyPrinting. + Preferences removePreference: #promptForUpdateServer. + Preferences removePreference: #updateSavesFile. + Preferences removePreference: #updateFromServerAtStartup.'!

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The Trunk: Tools-fbs.513.mcz
by commits＠source.squeak.org 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

Frank Shearar uploaded a new version of Tools to project The Trunk: http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Tools-fbs.513.mcz ==================== Summary ==================== Name: Tools-fbs.513 Author: fbs Time: 31 December 2013, 2:13:25.041 pm UUID: ea54cdf6-af53-804c-a3e1-d4d4bccfbcad Ancestors: Tools-fbs.512 * Turn #cpuWatcherEnabled into a pragma preference. * Update the senders accordingly. * Accidentally on purpose alphabetise the Tools categories. =============== Diff against Tools-fbs.512 =============== Item was changed: SystemOrganization addCategory: #'Tools-ArchiveViewer'! SystemOrganization addCategory: #'Tools-Base'! SystemOrganization addCategory: #'Tools-Browser'! SystemOrganization addCategory: #'Tools-Changes'! SystemOrganization addCategory: #'Tools-Debugger'! SystemOrganization addCategory: #'Tools-Explorer'! SystemOrganization addCategory: #'Tools-File Contents Browser'! SystemOrganization addCategory: #'Tools-FileList'! SystemOrganization addCategory: #'Tools-Inspector'! SystemOrganization addCategory: #'Tools-Menus'! - SystemOrganization addCategory: #'Tools-Process Browser'! SystemOrganization addCategory: #'Tools-MethodFinder'! + SystemOrganization addCategory: #'Tools-Process Browser'! Item was changed: Model subclass: #CPUWatcher instanceVariableNames: 'tally watcher threshold' + classVariableNames: 'CpuWatcherEnabled CurrentCPUWatcher' - classVariableNames: 'CurrentCPUWatcher' poolDictionaries: '' category: 'Tools-Process Browser'! !CPUWatcher commentStamp: '<historical>' prior: 0! CPUWatcher implements a simple runaway process monitoring tool that will suspend a process that is taking up too much of Squeak's time and allow user interaction. By default it watches for a Process that is taking more than 80% of the time; this threshold can be changed. CPUWatcher can also be used to show cpu percentages for each process from within the ProcessBrowser. CPUWatcher startMonitoring. "process period 20 seconds, sample rate 100 msec" CPUWatcher current monitorProcessPeriod: 10 sampleRate: 20. CPUWatcher current threshold: 0.5. "change from 80% to 50%" CPUWatcher stopMonitoring. ! Item was added: + ----- Method: CPUWatcher class>>cpuWatcherEnabled (in category 'preferences') ----- + cpuWatcherEnabled + <preference: 'CPU Watcher enabled' category: #('debug' 'performance') description: 'If true, Squeak will monitor processes for CPU usage. If any uses too much CPU, you will get a notification menu that will allow you to debug, resume or terminate the process.' type: #Boolean> + ^ CpuWatcherEnabled ifNil: [false].! Item was added: + ----- Method: CPUWatcher class>>cpuWatcherEnabled: (in category 'preferences') ----- + cpuWatcherEnabled: aBoolean + CpuWatcherEnabled := aBoolean. + self monitorPreferenceChanged.! Item was changed: ----- Method: CPUWatcher class>>monitorPreferenceChanged (in category 'as yet unclassified') ----- monitorPreferenceChanged + self cpuWatcherEnabled - Preferences cpuWatcherEnabled ifTrue: [ self startMonitoring ] ifFalse: [ self stopMonitoring ]! Item was changed: ----- Method: ProcessBrowser>>initialize (in category 'initialize-release') ----- initialize methodText := ''. stackListIndex := 0. searchString := ''. lastUpdate := 0. + startedCPUWatcher := CPUWatcher cpuWatcherEnabled and: [ self startCPUWatcher ]. - startedCPUWatcher := Preferences cpuWatcherEnabled and: [ self startCPUWatcher ]. self updateProcessList; processListIndex: 1. Browsers add: self! Item was changed: + (PackageInfo named: 'Tools') postscript: 'CPUWatcher cpuWatcherEnabled: Preferences cpuWatcherEnabled. + Preferences removePreference: #cpuWatcherEnabled.'! - (PackageInfo named: 'Tools') postscript: 'SystemBrowser browseWithPrettyPrint: Preferences browseWithPrettyPrint. - SystemBrowser browseWithDragNDrop: Preferences browseWithDragNDrop. - - Preferences removePreference: #browseWithPrettyPrint. - Preferences removePreference: #browseWithDragNDrop.'!

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The Trunk: SmallLand-ColorTheme-fbs.6.mcz
by commits＠source.squeak.org 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

Frank Shearar uploaded a new version of SmallLand-ColorTheme to project The Trunk: http://source.squeak.org/trunk/SmallLand-ColorTheme-fbs.6.mcz ==================== Summary ==================== Name: SmallLand-ColorTheme-fbs.6 Author: fbs Time: 31 December 2013, 2:14:02.015 pm UUID: a78b81e3-3b11-c24e-9c84-3bb5319e0858 Ancestors: SmallLand-ColorTheme-nice.5 Remove references to preferences that are now pragma based. =============== Diff against SmallLand-ColorTheme-nice.5 =============== Item was changed: ----- Method: Preferences class>>smallLandPreferences (in category '*SmallLand-ColorTheme') ----- smallLandPreferences "Private - change the preferences according to small-land taste" self setPreferencesFrom: #( (haloEnclosesFullBounds true) (showBoundsInHalo true) (cmdGesturesEnabled false) (easySelection true) (abbreviatedBrowserButtons true) (alternativeBrowseIt true) (alwaysShowVScrollbar false) (annotationPanes true) (balloonHelpInMessageLists true) - (browseWithDragNDrop true) - (browseWithPrettyPrint true) (classicNewMorphMenu true) (collapseWindowsInPlace true) (diffsWithPrettyPrint true) (dragNDropWithAnimation true) (duplicateControlAndAltKeys true) (eToyFriendly true) (extraDebuggerButtons true) (extractFlashInHighestQuality true) (fastDragWindowForMorphic false) (includeSoundControlInNavigator true) (menuKeyboardControl true) (menuAppearance3d false) (gradientMenu false) (mouseOverForKeyboardFocus true) (optionalButtons true) - (preserveTrash true) (projectViewsInWindows true) (propertySheetFromHalo true) (scrollBarsNarrow true) (scrollBarsOnRight true) (selectiveHalos true) (showDirectionForSketches true) (showDirectionHandles true) - (slideDismissalsToTrash true) (translationWithBabel true) (unlimitedPaintArea true) (unlimitedPaintArea true) (menuColorFromWorld false) (noviceMode true) (uniqueNamesInHalos true) (infiniteUndo true) (useUndo true) (soundStopWhenDone true) ). self setParameter: #balloonHelpDelayTime to: 100. !

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