I cant argue with that , dealing with C can be quite “an interesting” experience :D it’s better and probably healthier when it happens at small dosages. On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 at 11:56, Manuel Leuenberger <leuenber...@inf.unibe.ch> wrote:
> 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> 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 >> >> On 11 Oct 2017, at 00:24, Dimitris Chloupis <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> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >
