Damnit your right…. #help keyboard gives you the business… nice I think the prompt to use Spotter should be in the welcome text though, as its a bit hidden - maybe is should be in the “Explore” section.
Tim > On 19 Jun 2017, at 11:30, p...@highoctane.be <mailto:p...@highoctane.be> > wrote: > > That being said, maybe one can do a spotter extension that looks into the > help topics. > > I did one with windows (should be in Pharo7). > > So one would ho to spotter and put a word followed by #help or #he > > Maybe this is in already! > Phil > > On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 10:43 AM, Tim Mackinnon <tim@testit.works > <mailto:tim@testit.works>> wrote: > It is in the Pharo help - however I have noticed that Help doesn’t have a > convenient search box and the new Welcome screen that launches with Pharo > possibly should have a shortcut to useful navigational features…. Sounds like > something I can contributed. > > Tim > >> On 19 Jun 2017, at 00:39, horrido <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com >> <mailto:horrido.hobb...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I didn't know about the Spotter. That is so frickin' cool!!! >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> philippeback wrote >>> Spotting for hex is hardly complex. >>> >>> Shift-Enter hex #im >>> >>> --> implementors of hex, first one I see is in ByteArray. >>> >>> Shit-Enter hex #se >>> >>> --> senders of hex. First one is a test in ByteArray >>> >>> testHex >>> "self debug: #testHex" >>> self assert: #[122 43 213 7] hex = '7a2bd507'. >>> self assert: #[151 193 242 221 249 32 153 72 179 41 49 154 48 193 99 134] >>> hex = '97c1f2ddf9209948b329319a30c16386'. >>> self assert: (ByteArray readHexFrom: '7A2BD507') = #[122 43 213 7]. >>> self assert: (ByteArray readHexFrom: '7a2bd507') = #[122 43 213 7]. >>> >>> From this test, one can spot readHexFrom: which uses lowercase or >>> uppercase >>> for reading. >>> >>> And asUppercase, Shift-Enter upper, scrolll down as bit, find >>> String>>#asUppercase >>> >>> Spotter is really great at finding stuff, and coupled with tests and >>> examples it helps in building understanding. >>> >>> Agreed, this is not the same as looking for stuff as in, say, Java or >>> Python. I find it better in the long run still. >>> >>> Phil >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 9:23 PM, horrido < >> >>> horrido.hobbies@ >> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Message 'next' is not understood. >>>> >>>> But yes, >>>> >>>> UUID new hex asUppercase >>>> >>>> works fine. >>>> >>>> This is what happens when there is inadequate documentation: you end up >>>> doing things the *hard* way. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sven Van Caekenberghe-2 wrote >>>>> Why not just >>>>> >>>>> UUIDGenerator default next hex asUppercase. >>>>> >>>>> Or even >>>>> >>>>> UUID new hex asUppercase. >>>>> >>>>> ? >>>>> >>>>> Since you are using #generateBytes:forVersion: (which is an internal >>>>> method BTW), you must be working in an older Pharo image (older than >>>> 6). >>>>> We replaced the UUIDGenerator class, the class comment in from the >>>> newer >>>>> version. >>>>> >>>>>> On 17 Jun 2017, at 16:27, horrido < >>>> >>>>> horrido.hobbies@ >>>> >>>>> > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Okay, I figured it out. Here's my method: >>>>>> >>>>>> generateUUID >>>>>> | aStream hex s x | >>>>>> hex := '0123456789ABCDEF'. >>>>>> x := ByteArray new: 16. >>>>>> UUIDGenerator default generateBytes: x forVersion: 4. >>>>>> s := String new: 32. >>>>>> aStream := WriteStream on: s. >>>>>> x do: [ :each | aStream nextPut: (hex at: each // 16 + 1). >>>>>> aStream nextPut: (hex at: each \\ 16 + 1) ]. >>>>>> ^ s >>>>>> >>>>>> Works like a charm. It would've been nice if a similar example was >>>>>> available >>>>>> /somewhere/ on the web. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> View this message in context: >>>>>> http://forum.world.st/UUIDGenerator-tp4951725p4951731.html >>>>>> <http://forum.world.st/UUIDGenerator-tp4951725p4951731.html> >>>>>> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at >>>> Nabble.com <http://nabble.com/>. >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/UUIDGenerator- >>>> <http://forum.world.st/UUIDGenerator-> >>>> tp4951725p4951743.html >>>> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com >>>> <http://nabble.com/>. >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://forum.world.st/UUIDGenerator-tp4951725p4951844.html >> <http://forum.world.st/UUIDGenerator-tp4951725p4951844.html> >> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com >> <http://nabble.com/>. > >
