Yes, that was my thread. Thanks for the hint with overlaying a transparent OS window and controlling it from within Pharo. The overlay solution is not a priority for me, as it would require me to dive deeper into the macOS world. I rather live in the Pharo world, for now. :)
> On 12 Oct 2017, at 10:26, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Probably it was your thread but as I said you can make a "hack" and overlay a > system GUI over Pharo GUI This way you can view the PDF, "inside" Pharo. I > think it is even possile to get the handle of the Pharo window and directly > affect it to embed a PDF viewer. > > The second solution is better because you want have to wory about Pharo > window resizing as the PDF will be trully embeded inisde the Pharo window > instead of overlayed. > > I am willing to bet you can avoid the multiple windows anooyance in some way > on another without making your head explode. Unless its not a priority for > you. > > Looks great, well done mate. Keep the creative juices flowing ;) > > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 2:02 AM Manuel Leuenberger <leuenber...@inf.unibe.ch > <mailto:leuenber...@inf.unibe.ch>> wrote: > Sounds like a nice setup you got there :). > > I want to integrate documents displayed in the system viewer, as they cannot > be displayed within Pharo (Web, PDF, …). So hyperlinking is the only way I > see to get something close. I created a little demo where I injected > hyperlinks in a PDF like ‘pharo://click?whatever=youwant' <>. When you click > them, a little Objective-C app catches the OS event and forwards it to an > HTTP server running in Pharo. So I can do things like this: > > https://youtu.be/CR_scZSDf3s <https://youtu.be/CR_scZSDf3s> > >> On 11 Oct 2017, at 00:24, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.al...@gmail.com >> <mailto:kilon.al...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I think I remember this disussed before. >> By talking with Pharo I assume here about another program talking to Pharo ? >> Possible not wrriten in Pharo ? >> >> If thats the case then you can use whatever IPC works better for your needs. >> If the communication will be remotely I recommend sockets, for fast local >> communication I recommend shared memory. They are both very mature >> technologies , very reliable and cross platform. >> >> Now on the URI protocol, I think that will depend what you want to achieve. >> Any string will be easy to parse with Pharo's regex and trigger the >> approriate methods. Pharo also have Annoucements, think of it as an event >> system that awaits to be triggered by an event, usually a Pharo event but I >> see no reason why it cant listen to external events either. >> >> I do not think you will need a middle application , a servel client relation >> shipe should be more than enough. >> >> With my Atlas bridge which is a Pharo library that allows you to use Python >> libraries I did a neat trick with Pharo that it already communicated with >> Python via sockets, sending python commands but also Python could >> communicate back errors , then Pharo would trigger the debugger, display the >> python error inside the Pharo debugger and the debugger would pop up on the >> exact pharo command that send the faulty python code. You could then change >> the pharo command on the spot and it was resent and python continued like >> the error never happened to retain the all important live coding workflow. >> >> I created a tiny protocol to difirentia incoming messages talking about >> errors from the ones returning python varriable values. Something stupid >> like "pythonError: blah blah" but it got the job done >> >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 10:07 PM Manuel Leuenberger >> <leuenber...@inf.unibe.ch <mailto:leuenber...@inf.unibe.ch>> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is there any support from the VM/Application package to add custom URI >> schemes to listen to from within Pharo? I would like to have a hyperlink >> like ‘pharo://send?data=fancypants’ <> in an arbitrary document that, when >> clicked, switches to Pharo and calls a hook I can register. Could someone >> give me a hint how to achieve that, or do I have to build a little bridge >> application that handles the scheme registration and talks with Pharo >> through another channel? Currently, I only need this for OS X. >> >> Cheers, >> Manuel >> >
