Since Dashboard widgets are just HTML, it is of course possible to have a os-x dashboard widget display a particular EToy project. However I need an EToy project that is small in size, does something cute/interesting/useful and something a user would want on his os-x dashboard desktop.
If anyone can suggest something, please let me know.
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John,
Does it have to be an eToy project, or would a non-eToy Morph/Morphic project suffice?
Regards, Aaron
On Mar 20, 2007, at 11:10 PM, John M McIntosh wrote:
Since Dashboard widgets are just HTML, it is of course possible to have a os-x dashboard widget display a particular EToy project. However I need an EToy project that is small in size, does something cute/interesting/useful and something a user would want on his os-x dashboard desktop.
If anyone can suggest something, please let me know.
--
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A non-etoy project would work. The browser plugin is setup to load a particular app and image from somewhere. So we can do things like embed the squeak vm/image/changes within the Widget, making it fully self contained
Of course using etoys we then just use the squeakland install, and the widget is only 100K. Still given that flight tracker is 2.5MB size is not too much of a concern.
On Mar 20, 2007, at 9:29 PM, Aaron Reichow wrote:
John,
Does it have to be an eToy project, or would a non-eToy Morph/ Morphic project suffice?
Regards, Aaron
On Mar 20, 2007, at 11:10 PM, John M McIntosh wrote:
Since Dashboard widgets are just HTML, it is of course possible to have a os-x dashboard widget display a particular EToy project. However I need an EToy project that is small in size, does something cute/interesting/useful and something a user would want on his os-x dashboard desktop.
If anyone can suggest something, please let me know.
--
====== John M. McIntosh johnmci@smalltalkconsulting.com Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd. http:// www.smalltalkconsulting.com ===================================================================== ======
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El 3/21/07 2:39 AM, "John M McIntosh" johnmci@smalltalkconsulting.com escribió:
A non-etoy project would work. The browser plugin is setup to load a particular app and image from somewhere. So we can do things like embed the squeak vm/image/changes within the Widget, making it fully self contained
Of course using etoys we then just use the squeakland install, and the widget is only 100K. Still given that flight tracker is 2.5MB size is not too much of a concern.
Look in http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/5861 for you see if like or not. I have many different versions, suited to normal Squeak or reduced Squeak like SqueakLight and MinimalMorphic. Off course work in 3.10. I very glad to suit to any requeriments you send me, as what could browse folders for picts, what drag and drop of pict into Squeak authomatic start the puzzle, small pieces , etc. Always count me for test , but I have only G5 PPC and Tiger, that's why I don't sign recently.
Edgar
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Hi, John,
Attached is a modest candidate. It displays the text currently on the Mac clipboard in a simple, scrolling pane, and when the clipboard contents are changed, the widget updates accordingly.
This is in contrast to the os-x Finder's "show clipboard", which produces a static, brain-damaged clipboard window which does not update when the clipboard contents change.
For effective use as a Dashboard widget, its "squeak app-window" size should be just large enough to enclose the little scrolling text pane.
Cheers,
-- Scott
PS: Incorporating Sophie's ability to contend with graphical clipboard contents would be a logical next step.
On Mar 20, 2007, at 9:10 PM, John M McIntosh wrote:
Since Dashboard widgets are just HTML, it is of course possible to have a os-x dashboard widget display a particular EToy project. However I need an EToy project that is small in size, does something cute/interesting/useful and something a user would want on his os-x dashboard desktop.
If anyone can suggest something, please let me know.
--
===== John M. McIntosh johnmci@smalltalkconsulting.com Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd. http:// www.smalltalkconsulting.com ====================================================================== =====
Howdy folks.
A bit of collection trivia...
Collection ifEmpty: [ foo ] returns nil if the collection is not empty, owing to the placement of the return in
ifEmpty: aBlock "Evaluate the block if I'm empty" ^ self isEmpty ifTrue: aBlock
It would be a tad less efficient, but (I think) more useful to say ifEmpty: aBlock self isEmpty ifTrue: [ ^ aBlock value ]
returning the original collection if non-empty, ... since this allows expressions such as
foo := (collection allAfterLast:'@') ifEmpty: [collection].
This will only work if you add a cumbersome ifNotEmpty:[:c|c] to the end, to force the result value to be the non-empty allAfterLast:
My Squeak (3.8.something, a Croquet image) has 18 uses of isEmpty:, none of them using the result.
Of course it's very unlikely anyone would arrange a platform change of this sort for such a trivial thing. But the ifEmpty: methods appear to be of later vintage than a lot of the core of Collection.
And usually, I find that the methods in the basic system are well thought out to suit a wide range of use patterns; this seemed like an odd exception.
So... a question for the tidy expression fans.... what's a nice tidy ordered-collection expression for everything after x, unless there is no x, in which case all since I'm probably just looking into my blind spot, overlooking something obvious.
Regards, brad
A bit of collection trivia...
Collection ifEmpty: [ foo ] returns nil if the collection is not empty, owing to the placement of the return in
ifEmpty: aBlock "Evaluate the block if I'm empty" ^ self isEmpty ifTrue: aBlock
I did the same observation some time ago and found it very irritating that it does not behave the same was as for example the expression
^ var ifNil: [ var := 1 ]
does.
I would vote to change that, so that I can write
^ var ifEmpty: [ #( 1 ) ]
to be sure to get a collection with at least one element.
Cheers, Lukas
brad fowlow wrote:
ifEmpty: aBlock "Evaluate the block if I'm empty" ^ self isEmpty ifTrue: aBlockIt would be a tad less efficient, but (I think) more useful to say ifEmpty: aBlock self isEmpty ifTrue: [ ^ aBlock value ]
Without any doubt, the latter version is what it's meant to be. The former makes no sense (or rather: as much or as little sense as Object>>ifNil: would make returning nil when the receiver is non-nil).
Besides, the latter is *more* efficient. That's because ifTrue: gets inlined in this case but not in the former requiring a real send before activation of the block whereas in the second version (due to inlining) no send occurs for ifTrue: (look at the bytecodes to see the difference).
Cheers, - Andreas
Please fill in a bug report in bugs.squeak.org
2007/3/21, brad fowlow fowlow@pacbell.net:
Howdy folks.
A bit of collection trivia...
Collection ifEmpty: [ foo ] returns nil if the collection is not empty, owing to the placement of the return in
ifEmpty: aBlock "Evaluate the block if I'm empty" ^ self isEmpty ifTrue: aBlockIt would be a tad less efficient, but (I think) more useful to say ifEmpty: aBlock self isEmpty ifTrue: [ ^ aBlock value ]
returning the original collection if non-empty, ... since this allows expressions such as
foo := (collection allAfterLast:'@') ifEmpty: [collection]. This will only work if you add a cumbersome ifNotEmpty:[:c|c] to the end, to force the result value to be the non-emptyallAfterLast:
My Squeak (3.8.something, a Croquet image) has 18 uses of isEmpty:, none of them using the result.
Of course it's very unlikely anyone would arrange a platform change of this sort for such a trivial thing. But the ifEmpty: methods appear to be of later vintage than a lot of the core of Collection.
And usually, I find that the methods in the basic system are well thought out to suit a wide range of use patterns; this seemed like an odd exception.
So... a question for the tidy expression fans.... what's a nice tidy ordered-collection expression for everything after x, unless there is no x, in which case all since I'm probably just looking into my blind spot, overlooking something obvious.
Regards, brad
On Mar 21, 2007, at 12:04 AM, Scott Wallace wrote:
PS: Incorporating Sophie's ability to contend with graphical clipboard contents would be a logical next step.
Well what was missing was the ability to deal with TIFF images since most things take their JPEGS/PNGS etc and make into TIFF images to place on the os-x clipboard, but with the quicktime converter why stuff like that just happens.
Thus likely in the next Sophie build, or via loading the right MC package in about 24 hours after some windows/macintel testing yes you can copy/paste from iPhoto into Sophie.
Note there is a TIFF plugin I wrote a number of years ago, but there has been a lack of interest, likely it *should* become a standard plugin so that one can deal with TIFF without resorting to QuickTime. -- ======================================================================== === John M. McIntosh johnmci@smalltalkconsulting.com Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd. http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com ======================================================================== ===
Blue Plane Pty Ltd is a young dynamic company making its own mark by developing commercial quality software on the "Blue Plane". All our work is fun, challenging and unique.
We are looking for Squeakers ideally located in Sydney, Australia to work on Squeak based commercial projects.
Challenges include but are not limited to:
. Contribute to enhancement and maintenance of Squeak based systems .Porting Squeak code from 3.4 to current versions .Writing and improving SUnit tests, testing using SUnit .Working with remote objects using rST and the like (recent rST exposure would be great!). .Enhancing Squeak to create an environment more suitable for commercial apps
Also the following experience/knowledge would be well regarded: .Comanche .Seaside .Monticello .serial communications, bluetooth, TCP/IP, real time communications .Croquet .VM level programming, plug-ins, FFI .Persistent object systems .some artistic abilities and/or an artistic eye .3D Modeling/animation
Pay is dismal and the job is initially only part time, but future could be very rewarding. Currently we are having negotiations with several large companies, with the possibility for significant projects to be awarded to us. This would lead an immediate need for full time Squeak roles. Preference would naturally be given to those who have already participated or are involved in our work.
Our first round of Squeakers would ideally be based in Sydney, but we would also consider candidates who are equipped with fast reliable connection to the net willing to work remotely (may include working or staying up odd hours sometimes considering time difference). A reasonable level of English is a requirement. Being fluent in other languages sufficiently enough to help us translate our systems to those languages would be a plus. There will be opportunities to work/move to Australia if need be and also the possibility to stay remote and be a part of the remote Blue Plane developer network.
If you are interested please contact either myself or John Magnifico (john (at) blueplane.com.au) with whatever details, material, example code, martial arts, dancing, instrument playing, singing experience, etc that you see fit to make us say "wow, gotta work with him/her".
Tansel
Hi Tansel,
I put your offer on my page dedicated to Smalltalk jobs http://csl.ensm-douai.fr/noury/SmalltalkJobAndInternshipOffers
Regards, Noury Le 16 mai 07 à 16:25, Tansel a écrit :
Blue Plane Pty Ltd is a young dynamic company making its own mark by developing commercial quality software on the "Blue Plane". All our work is fun, challenging and unique.
We are looking for Squeakers ideally located in Sydney, Australia to work on Squeak based commercial projects.
Challenges include but are not limited to:
. Contribute to enhancement and maintenance of Squeak based systems .Porting Squeak code from 3.4 to current versions .Writing and improving SUnit tests, testing using SUnit .Working with remote objects using rST and the like (recent rST exposure would be great!). .Enhancing Squeak to create an environment more suitable for commercial apps
Also the following experience/knowledge would be well regarded: .Comanche .Seaside .Monticello .serial communications, bluetooth, TCP/IP, real time communications .Croquet .VM level programming, plug-ins, FFI .Persistent object systems .some artistic abilities and/or an artistic eye .3D Modeling/animation
Pay is dismal and the job is initially only part time, but future could be very rewarding. Currently we are having negotiations with several large companies, with the possibility for significant projects to be awarded to us. This would lead an immediate need for full time Squeak roles. Preference would naturally be given to those who have already participated or are involved in our work.
Our first round of Squeakers would ideally be based in Sydney, but we would also consider candidates who are equipped with fast reliable connection to the net willing to work remotely (may include working or staying up odd hours sometimes considering time difference). A reasonable level of English is a requirement. Being fluent in other languages sufficiently enough to help us translate our systems to those languages would be a plus. There will be opportunities to work/move to Australia if need be and also the possibility to stay remote and be a part of the remote Blue Plane developer network.
If you are interested please contact either myself or John Magnifico (john (at) blueplane.com.au) with whatever details, material, example code, martial arts, dancing, instrument playing, singing experience, etc that you see fit to make us say "wow, gotta work with him/her".
Tansel
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El 5/25/07 1:11 PM, "Noury Bouraqadi" bouraqadi@ensm-douai.fr escribió:
Hi Tansel,
I put your offer on my page dedicated to Smalltalk jobs http://csl.ensm-douai.fr/noury/SmalltalkJobAndInternshipOffers
Regards, Noury Le 16 mai 07 à 16:25, Tansel a écrit :
Blue Plane Pty Ltd is a young dynamic company making its own mark by developing commercial quality software on the "Blue Plane". All our work is fun, challenging and unique.
We are looking for Squeakers ideally located in Sydney, Australia to work on Squeak based commercial projects.
Challenges include but are not limited to:
. Contribute to enhancement and maintenance of Squeak based systems .Porting Squeak code from 3.4 to current versions .Writing and improving SUnit tests, testing using SUnit .Working with remote objects using rST and the like (recent rST exposure would be great!). .Enhancing Squeak to create an environment more suitable for commercial apps
Also the following experience/knowledge would be well regarded: .Comanche .Seaside .Monticello .serial communications, bluetooth, TCP/IP, real time communications .Croquet .VM level programming, plug-ins, FFI .Persistent object systems .some artistic abilities and/or an artistic eye .3D Modeling/animation
Pay is dismal and the job is initially only part time, but future could be very rewarding. Currently we are having negotiations with several large companies, with the possibility for significant projects to be awarded to us. This would lead an immediate need for full time Squeak roles. Preference would naturally be given to those who have already participated or are involved in our work.
Our first round of Squeakers would ideally be based in Sydney, but we would also consider candidates who are equipped with fast reliable connection to the net willing to work remotely (may include working or staying up odd hours sometimes considering time difference). A reasonable level of English is a requirement. Being fluent in other languages sufficiently enough to help us translate our systems to those languages would be a plus. There will be opportunities to work/move to Australia if need be and also the possibility to stay remote and be a part of the remote Blue Plane developer network.
If you are interested please contact either myself or John Magnifico (john (at) blueplane.com.au) with whatever details, material, example code, martial arts, dancing, instrument playing, singing experience, etc that you see fit to make us say "wow, gotta work with him/her".
Tansel
Noury
Dr. Noury Bouraqadi - Enseignant/Chercheur Responsable de l'option I.S.I.C. ARMINES - Ecole des Mines de Douai - Dept. I.A. http://csl.ensm-douai.fr/noury
European Smalltalk Users Group Board http://www.esug.org
Tansel and Noury.
I wish this badly, can you give me a mail address for ask ?
To all my know work in community I could add I know a fine Sidney Smalltalker in person when he visit Argentina some time ago.
Edgar
Hi Edgar,
I forwarded mail details to you privately.
Noury thank you very much for putting our note to your site.
A contact with a Sydney Smalltalker would be much appreciated. If anyone could cross post our message to Smalltalk lists you know I would appreciate it. By the way there were a great number of fine Squeakers in Argentina, we don't hear much from many of them lately. Hope we haven't lost them.
Tansel
-----Original Message----- From: squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Edgar J. De Cleene Sent: Saturday, 26 May 2007 6:20 AM To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list Subject: Re: Squeakers needed in Sydney, or to work remotely
El 5/25/07 1:11 PM, "Noury Bouraqadi" bouraqadi@ensm-douai.fr escribió:
Hi Tansel,
I put your offer on my page dedicated to Smalltalk jobs http://csl.ensm-douai.fr/noury/SmalltalkJobAndInternshipOffers
Regards, Noury Le 16 mai 07 à 16:25, Tansel a écrit :
Blue Plane Pty Ltd is a young dynamic company making its own mark by developing commercial quality software on the "Blue Plane". All our work is fun, challenging and unique.
We are looking for Squeakers ideally located in Sydney, Australia to work on Squeak based commercial projects.
Challenges include but are not limited to:
. Contribute to enhancement and maintenance of Squeak based systems .Porting Squeak code from 3.4 to current versions .Writing and improving SUnit tests, testing using SUnit .Working with remote objects using rST and the like (recent rST exposure would be great!). .Enhancing Squeak to create an environment more suitable for commercial apps
Also the following experience/knowledge would be well regarded: .Comanche .Seaside .Monticello .serial communications, bluetooth, TCP/IP, real time communications .Croquet .VM level programming, plug-ins, FFI .Persistent object systems .some artistic abilities and/or an artistic eye .3D Modeling/animation
Pay is dismal and the job is initially only part time, but future could be very rewarding. Currently we are having negotiations with several large companies, with the possibility for significant projects to be awarded to us. This would lead an immediate need for full time Squeak roles. Preference would naturally be given to those who have already participated or are involved in our work.
Our first round of Squeakers would ideally be based in Sydney, but we would also consider candidates who are equipped with fast reliable connection to the net willing to work remotely (may include working or staying up odd hours sometimes considering time difference). A reasonable level of English is a requirement. Being fluent in other languages sufficiently enough to help us translate our systems to those languages would be a plus. There will be opportunities to work/move to Australia if need be and also the possibility to stay remote and be a part of the remote Blue Plane developer network.
If you are interested please contact either myself or John Magnifico (john (at) blueplane.com.au) with whatever details, material, example code, martial arts, dancing, instrument playing, singing experience, etc that you see fit to make us say "wow, gotta work with him/her".
Tansel
Noury
Dr. Noury Bouraqadi - Enseignant/Chercheur Responsable de l'option I.S.I.C. ARMINES - Ecole des Mines de Douai - Dept. I.A. http://csl.ensm-douai.fr/noury
European Smalltalk Users Group Board http://www.esug.org
Tansel and Noury.
I wish this badly, can you give me a mail address for ask ?
To all my know work in community I could add I know a fine Sidney Smalltalker in person when he visit Argentina some time ago.
Edgar
Hi tansel
if you get fix for squeak please post them.
Stef
On 16 mai 07, at 16:25, Tansel wrote:
Blue Plane Pty Ltd is a young dynamic company making its own mark by developing commercial quality software on the "Blue Plane". All our work is fun, challenging and unique.
We are looking for Squeakers ideally located in Sydney, Australia to work on Squeak based commercial projects.
Challenges include but are not limited to:
. Contribute to enhancement and maintenance of Squeak based systems .Porting Squeak code from 3.4 to current versions .Writing and improving SUnit tests, testing using SUnit .Working with remote objects using rST and the like (recent rST exposure would be great!). .Enhancing Squeak to create an environment more suitable for commercial apps
Also the following experience/knowledge would be well regarded: .Comanche .Seaside .Monticello .serial communications, bluetooth, TCP/IP, real time communications .Croquet .VM level programming, plug-ins, FFI .Persistent object systems .some artistic abilities and/or an artistic eye .3D Modeling/animation
Pay is dismal and the job is initially only part time, but future could be very rewarding. Currently we are having negotiations with several large companies, with the possibility for significant projects to be awarded to us. This would lead an immediate need for full time Squeak roles. Preference would naturally be given to those who have already participated or are involved in our work.
Our first round of Squeakers would ideally be based in Sydney, but we would also consider candidates who are equipped with fast reliable connection to the net willing to work remotely (may include working or staying up odd hours sometimes considering time difference). A reasonable level of English is a requirement. Being fluent in other languages sufficiently enough to help us translate our systems to those languages would be a plus. There will be opportunities to work/move to Australia if need be and also the possibility to stay remote and be a part of the remote Blue Plane developer network.
If you are interested please contact either myself or John Magnifico (john (at) blueplane.com.au) with whatever details, material, example code, martial arts, dancing, instrument playing, singing experience, etc that you see fit to make us say "wow, gotta work with him/her".
Tansel
Hi Stef,
We are using a minimal and reliable core of Squeak 3.4. We haven't really found a serious bug so far. However plan to switch to the latest version in the next few months and we are a lot more likely to find some. I am sure we'll be much more active in the list then reporting and resolving these.
Cheers
Tansel
-----Original Message----- From: squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of stephane ducasse Sent: Saturday, 26 May 2007 6:48 AM To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list Subject: Re: Squeakers needed in Sydney, or to work remotely
Hi tansel
if you get fix for squeak please post them.
Stef
On 16 mai 07, at 16:25, Tansel wrote:
Blue Plane Pty Ltd is a young dynamic company making its own mark by developing commercial quality software on the "Blue Plane". All our work is fun, challenging and unique.
We are looking for Squeakers ideally located in Sydney, Australia to work on Squeak based commercial projects.
Challenges include but are not limited to:
. Contribute to enhancement and maintenance of Squeak based systems .Porting Squeak code from 3.4 to current versions .Writing and improving SUnit tests, testing using SUnit .Working with remote objects using rST and the like (recent rST exposure would be great!). .Enhancing Squeak to create an environment more suitable for commercial apps
Also the following experience/knowledge would be well regarded: .Comanche .Seaside .Monticello .serial communications, bluetooth, TCP/IP, real time communications .Croquet .VM level programming, plug-ins, FFI .Persistent object systems .some artistic abilities and/or an artistic eye .3D Modeling/animation
Pay is dismal and the job is initially only part time, but future could be very rewarding. Currently we are having negotiations with several large companies, with the possibility for significant projects to be awarded to us. This would lead an immediate need for full time Squeak roles. Preference would naturally be given to those who have already participated or are involved in our work.
Our first round of Squeakers would ideally be based in Sydney, but we would also consider candidates who are equipped with fast reliable connection to the net willing to work remotely (may include working or staying up odd hours sometimes considering time difference). A reasonable level of English is a requirement. Being fluent in other languages sufficiently enough to help us translate our systems to those languages would be a plus. There will be opportunities to work/move to Australia if need be and also the possibility to stay remote and be a part of the remote Blue Plane developer network.
If you are interested please contact either myself or John Magnifico (john (at) blueplane.com.au) with whatever details, material, example code, martial arts, dancing, instrument playing, singing experience, etc that you see fit to make us say "wow, gotta work with him/her".
Tansel
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