Re: [Newbies] Morphic Tutorial for Basic Window Functions
Jack Williams wrote: I am looking for a tutorial that covers basic window management: how to put a window on the screen on the screen, draw a form, gather data from the fields and return the user reponses to the application. I can find morphic tutorials that show how to animate something and do cool stuff, but not how to do the basics. I am new to smalltalk and any help is appreciated. Hi Jack. It seems that nobody has replied yet, so I'll insert my snide remarks ;-). Firstly, I tried Morphic and gave up. It's hard work to get going and it's harder work to make something behave the way you want. While I eventually got an application going, I wasted a lot of time working around quirks. Instead, I'd recommend that you learn and use ToolBuilder. It's a multiplatform UI API. To get it, add this as a Monticello repository: MCHttpRepository location: 'http://squeaksource.com/ToolBuilder' user: 'user' password: '' (Keep fiddling with this until it works - I tried without a username and it opened up a blank window (?!) ). Then load up ToolBuilder-Kernel, ToolBuilder-Specs, ToolBuilder-Morphic and ToolBuilder-examples. Then look for buildWith: methods in the examples. That's where most of the UI code is. I'm not sure if there's any documentation out there, but feel free to ask about anything here. Regards, Michael. ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
[Newbies] overwriting #new
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Hello, I have a class Foo inherited from Object. When I try to create a user defined #new (newFoo), to avoid the #initialize instance method to run as part of the object instantiation, I get the following error: ... class(Object)doesNotUnderstand: #newFoo ... method definition: - -- newFoo | model| model := self basicNew. .. do something .. model initialize. ^model - -- usage: someMethod | foo | foo := Foo newFoo. .. do something .. - -- Is there something that I missed to overwrite the #new method? Cheers, Daniel. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGlpV2gUMEmDMCeAARA5uvAKCDAw6ag+qHEDrFce8EjNKjD+QYbQCfZVLw OypIlyLFBLJOLB/rIktphwI= =Rfyg -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
[Newbies] Re: overwriting #new
Hi Daniel, on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:56:22 +0200, you wrote: Hello, I have a class Foo inherited from Object. When I try to create a user defined #new (newFoo), to avoid the #initialize instance method to run as part of the object instantiation, I get the following error: ... class(Object)doesNotUnderstand: #newFoo ... When you select the word newFoo and ask for implementors (alt-m), is this the only one in the result list which has Foo class in it? If so then we must know more, can you post a fileOut of the definition of Foo class and its #newFoo method. /Klaus method definition: - -- newFoo | model| model := self basicNew. .. do something .. model initialize. ^model - -- usage: someMethod | foo | foo := Foo newFoo. .. do something .. - -- Is there something that I missed to overwrite the #new method? Cheers, Daniel. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGlpV2gUMEmDMCeAARA5uvAKCDAw6ag+qHEDrFce8EjNKjD+QYbQCfZVLw OypIlyLFBLJOLB/rIktphwI= =Rfyg -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
Re: [Newbies] Environment Font Questions
I have a similar question. I tried installing ³FreeStyle² but I¹m not sure if I know how to use it because I still don¹t get any nice Windows fonts in Squeak. Richard On 7/13/07 6:57 PM, Conrad Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, could someone recommend a default that I can use instead of the default image's font? The current font is simply too small and causing eye strain. Thanks in advance, -Conrad ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
Re: [Newbies] Environment Font Questions
Hi, after you installed the FreeType stuff, you should be able to go to the World menu - appearance... - system fonts - default text font Once you get there, you should be able to select the font you want to use. Next, you'll need to save and quit from your current image. Now, restart Squeak using the previous image. At this point, I'm not seeing any changes in the fonts and it's simply displaying the original font. -Conrad On 7/13/07, Richard Eng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a similar question. I tried installing FreeStyle but I'm not sure if I know how to use it because I still don't get any nice Windows fonts in Squeak. Richard On 7/13/07 6:57 PM, Conrad Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, could someone recommend a default that I can use instead of the default image's font? The current font is simply too small and causing eye strain. Thanks in advance, -Conrad -- ___ Beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org n.org Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundationhttp://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners .org/mailman/listinfo/beginnershttp://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners ___ Beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org on.org Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundationhttp://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners .org/mailman/listinfo/beginnershttp://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
Re: [Newbies] Environment Font Questions
Hi, I have visited the following page: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/5984 This is a good font but I haven't been able to duplicate it being the some of the preferences on the above page don't exist in my version. Thus, I'm wondering if this on applicable in 3.10 instead of 3.9. -Conrad On 7/13/07, Conrad Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, after you installed the FreeType stuff, you should be able to go to the World menu - appearance... - system fonts - default text font Once you get there, you should be able to select the font you want to use. Next, you'll need to save and quit from your current image. Now, restart Squeak using the previous image. At this point, I'm not seeing any changes in the fonts and it's simply displaying the original font. -Conrad On 7/13/07, Richard Eng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a similar question. I tried installing FreeStyle but I'm not sure if I know how to use it because I still don't get any nice Windows fonts in Squeak. Richard On 7/13/07 6:57 PM, Conrad Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, could someone recommend a default that I can use instead of the default image's font? The current font is simply too small and causing eye strain. Thanks in advance, -Conrad -- ___ Beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.orgn.orgBeginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundationhttp://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners.org/mailman/listinfo/beginnershttp://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners ___ Beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org on.org Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundationhttp://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners .org/mailman/listinfo/beginnershttp://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
