[Newbies] Re: Global string search and replace in an image

Thanks everyone, that has given me some great ideas. I think refactoring is clearly the way to go, and - at least - I now know how to search for the terms in the source code. Cheers Andy ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org htt

[Newbies] Re: Global string search and replace in an image

I thought Andy was talking about source code. > > Personally, if I have to rename a method, I search for all senders and fix > them with copy&paste. Same for class renames, inst var renames, etc. There > just are not that many occurrences, so fixing each one individually is > quick, plus I get to v

[Newbies] Global string search and replace in an image

Hello, Is there a method - or other mechanism - that would let me find all instances of 'foo' and replace them with 'bar' within an image? I imagine there must be, but I can't find it. Cheers Andy ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundat

Re: [Newbies] Using SAX to get the contents of a node

hernan.morales said << Write a method YourSAXParser>>characters: aString to access the contents of the current node in aString. YourSAXParser should be a subclass of SAXHandler. >> Thanks Hernan, I now have a working system. Cheers Andy ___ Beginners

Re: [Newbies] Using SAX to get the contents of a node

<< David Corking said.. > I am trying to use the SAXHandler (Pharo 1.2.1) to parse a delicious rss > feed. I want to get the contents of a tag I hope a guess does less harm than good. This example looks relevant: http://wiki.squeak.org:8080/squeak/505 unless the Pharo version of the code has c

[Newbies] Using SAX to get the contents of a node

I am trying to use the SAXHandler (Pharo 1.2.1) to parse a delicious rss feed. I want to get the contents of a tag, i.e. the text that lies between the opening tag and the closing tag. Thanks to Laurent's excellent video I understand how to access the attributes (using startElement:attributes:),

[Newbies] UDP Multicasting

Is it possible to do UDP multicasting with Squeak? If so, does anyone have a small example? Cheers Andy ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

[Newbies] What is the difference between Pharo 1.0 & Squeak 4.1?

Could someone please explain - in simple/practical terms - the key differences between Pharo and Squeak. Or, if it makes more sense, the reasons why I might choose one over the other, i.e. Pharo is better for whereas you might use Squeak for . Cheers Andy _

[Newbies] Re: Beginners Digest, Vol 50, Issue 5

Hernán wrote <<< Hi Andy, You may try http://www.squeaksource.com/SimpleTextParser.html which is a fork of the Avi's CSV parser I did to support additional protocol. If you like fix or include some features, I can add you as project developer. You may specify what's your particular case/issue with

[Newbies] What is the protocol for updating someone else's code?

I downloaded Avi Bryant's CSV Parser and found that it didn't work properly with Pharo. After a bit of digging around I managed to fix it. Now I am a bit stuck. I would like to submit it back to Squeaksource, but I don't really know what the protocol is. Should I: 1. Put it back in the same m

[Newbies] Re: Is there a reason why this RadioButton group doesn't ever call the callback?

John McKeon wrote <<< You probably don't want that if you have other inputs on the form anyway. You really should be posting this to the Seaside list as well. You would probably have your answer by now. John >>> Thanks John, I will move it over to that list now. My assumption was that it was a

[Newbies] Re: Is there a reason why this RadioButton group doesn't ever call the callback?

John McKeon wrote: <<< Hey Andy I have a radio group defined like this (using your code): renderContentOn:html | group | html form: [ html radioGroup [ :rg | rg radioButton submitOnClick; selected: self contact isMale; callback: [self halt]; with: [

[Newbies] Is there a reason why this RadioButton group doesn't ever call the callback?

Hello I am sure I am missing something very obvious - hence the posting on the beginners' list. I am working through the seaside book, and everything has been fine, until I tried to replace my select item with a radio group. The form renders correctly, but never fires the callbacks. Could someon

[Newbies] Re: Making squeak hang

Forget it. I was so focused on doing things with the TextMorph, I completely forgot to call super initialize. Cheers Andy On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 16:02, Andy Burnett wrote: > Is there something fundamentally wrong with what I am doing, or is this a > bug? > > 1. Set up a new categ

[Newbies] Making squeak hang

Is there something fundamentally wrong with what I am doing, or is this a bug? 1. Set up a new category 'AB-Test' 2. Subclass RectangleMorph, and add an instance variable 'textReporter' RectangleMorph subclass: #AbRectangleMorph instanceVariableNames: 'textReporterThing' classVariableNames: '' p

Re: [Newbies] Can a block be a string?

Thanks guys I just wanted to make sure I hadn't completely misunderstood blocks! Cheers Andy ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

[Newbies] Can a block be a string?

I am playing around with Seaside 3 and noticed that, for example: html paragraph: 'text', and html paragraph: [html text: 'hello']. Are both valid. When I looked at the definition for paragraph: it says that takes a aBlock, but then doesn't seem to do a value: aBlock. So, what I am wondering i

[Newbies] Re: Defining a binary message selector

Michael said << If you want to implement the method as a binary message (with special characters), everything is fine >> Brilliant, so I was on the right track - sort of! Now for the important question. Where are the special characters defined? I looked in Smalltalk, and found a SpecialObject

[Newbies] Re: Defining a binary message selector

Michael said << Hi Andy, why would the message have to be binary anyway? If you want the k-th Fibonacci number, why don't you just send #fib to k? Regarding symbols vs. not symbols: all selectors are symbols, internally. I might get something in your e-mail wrong - could you restate the question

[Newbies] Defining a binary message selector

As an experiment, I tried to create a Fibonacci method for Integer. Initially, I defined it as Integer>>fibonacci: aNumber. However, having thought about it a bit more I realised that it should probably be a binary message like '+'. I tried to create it as such, but Squeak wouldn't let me - even wh

Re: [Newbies] Building a remote count down clock

d stop time) as a morph embedded in the clock's dial. > When the event has started I shrink its morph each minute. When stop time is > reached the morph disappears. Right now this behavior is triggered by > dropping an iCal-information on the clock. > > Kind regards, > Pascal >

[Newbies] Re: Building a remote countdown clock

Herbert said << no, you haven't. I used the code in a network with fixed IP's and no DHCP running. Right here using NetNameResolver works just fine. If you doIt: (NetNameResolver addressForName: 'aComputersName') inspect you should get an Inspector on a ByteArray with the IP address. >> Hmmm, I

[Newbies] Re: Building a remote countdown clock

David Corking said << > > Andy, > > RFB (VNC) is quite popular in Squeak and may do what you want. > > I haven't used Nebraksa, but as far as I can tell it solves the > distribution problem for you - if you want to build the UI in Morphic > or MVC. > > http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/1356 > > Accord

[Newbies] Building a remote count down clock

Hello I want to build a count down clock that will be used for presenters at an upcoming conference. The important point is that the clock needs to be started and stopped by the 'admin' guy, but displayed on one or more screens for the speaker. My initial thought was to do it in seaside. However,

Re: [Newbies] Closure support

Randal said... <> Thanks for explaining the difference between blocks and closures. I think I new understand that. And, your example raised a new question for me. What does the inner 'block' in [:n | [n]] actually do? Out of curiosity I tried changing it to [:n | [n*10]], expecting the numbers

[Newbies] Re: Beginners Digest, Vol 41, Issue 6

>I hope this helps: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2168 >Giuseppe Luigi Punzi Ruiz >Blog: http://www.lordzealon.com >Twitter & Skype & GoogleTalk accounts: glpunzi Hi Giuseppe Thanks for the info. I have sent off the crash report to John Cheers Andy ___

[Newbies] Recovering from a completely 'crashed' squeak image

I ran the Update Software option on a new Seaside 2.8.4 one click image. After a long period of downloading and updating, I tried to save the image but got a DNU message about mouse overs. Anyway, in the end the image did save, but now when I restart Squeak I get a message saying "Squeak VM quit u

[Newbies] Is HttpView2 still alive and working?

Hello I want to build some simple web services for an application I am thinking about. The idea is that the client apps could be coded to run on the iPhone or in Flash, so all I need on the back end is a simple storage and retrieval system. I stumbled across HV2 and it seems to be quite a neat s

[Newbies] Re: Is there a VMware image of Squeak and Apache?

> > > From: Clayton Cottingham > > > check the vmware appliance repository > > if such a thing doesnt exist it wouldnt be too hard to put together > > the gemstone version would still require a 64bit machine to run on > > ive been working on making developer vmware images at work , not squeak > re

[Newbies] Is there a VMware image of Squeak and Apache?

Following on from my question about SSL and Squeak (thanks Lukas and Kyle for your answers - very helpful). I realised that what I really need is a version of Apache which is configured to run with Squeak (or Gemstone), and which already has all the 'bits' set so that I can concentrate on the Sma

[Newbies] Are the arguments of a URL encrypted when you make an HTTPS connection?

I had a brilliant idea today! Instead of bothering with authentication, I would use unguessable URLs (and/or arguments) for my application - yes I know it is hardly unique, but it might solve a problem for me. Anyway, after recovering form the shock of my idea, I suddenly realised it would be comp

[Newbies] What is the best way to generate HTML from an array of arrays

I want to display a threaded discussion. The threads will probably be stored in an array, and n levels of comments would be in nested arrays, e.g.: model := #('one' 'two' ('two a' 'two b') 'three'). I want to generated OL LI one /LI LI two /LI OL LI two a /LI ... /OL If th

[Newbies] Re: Failing to install IRCe

<< Frank said... I couldn't get Squeakmap to load IRCe, no errors just no action, but when I downloaded the mcz file (Network-IRC-fc.10.7.6.mcz) and used filelist to load it it came up fine. I was able to get onto the IRC channel with no problem. What is the 'package browser' you used to try an

[Newbies] Fwd: Does seaside have any built in methods to tell components about their models?

Oops, my finger slipped, and I hit send! What I was trying to say is that this application will have several different components, eg navigator, title bar, area for the discussion threads etc. Each of these will need to know about the underlying model. Ideally, I would like to make the comp

[Newbies] Does seaside have any built in methods to tell components about their models?

I am trying to build a simple, threaded, discussion system. ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

[Newbies] Re: Failing to install IRCe

>> I thought I would try using the IRC channel, so I used the package >> browser to install the package. Unfortunately, I get a walk back >> window in which the system is complaining about "unable to find >> function address" and gives error code 13. >> >> I am running OSX 10.5.4 >> Firefox 3.0.3 >

[Newbies] Failing to install IRCe

I thought I would try using the IRC channel, so I used the package browser to install the package. Unfortunately, I get a walk back window in which the system is complaining about "unable to find function address" and gives error code 13. I am running OSX 10.5.4 Firefox 3.0.3 Squeak 3.8.18beta3U I

[Newbies] Should SUnit tests always have tearDown code?

I have discovered that my 'dead instances' were actually being created by the TestRunner. I was surprised about that, because, I had assumed, that when I closed the TestRunner window, all the instances that I had created in the setUp code, would be Garbage Collected. Just to be clear my setUp cod

[Newbies] Re: Removing 'dead' instances

<<< Randal said... Setting "each" to "nil" there does nothing, since you aren't updating the object that was originally in "each". >>> << Marcus said... This is a pretty common misconception. It seems to come up once a month. I wonder why - mostly it's not people who are new to programming, who I

[Newbies] Re: Are setters a good idea?

Thank you to everyone who responded. It seems as though the summary view is: 1. don't create setters unless you really need them, because it can make it harder to see when values are changed 2. if one uses action verbs, they should truly reflect the physical or logical action taking place. All of

[Newbies] Removing 'dead' instances

Could some kind soul please explain what I am doing wrong here? I have a model, called Fspace, which I have created several instances of, whilst I was testing it. Fspace allInstances size reports 9 instances. When I run Fspace allInstancesDo: [:each | each := nil. Transcript show: (each v

[Newbies] Are setters a good idea?

I read somewhere - can't remember where - that setters are considered evil. The argument was that in the real world you can't suddenly change the colour of a car, just by settings its colour value. Instead, you have to perform some action, e.g. sprayPaintCar: aColour. Therefore in the OO world, on

[Newbies] Re: What do the symbols, next to methods, in the OmniBrowser system browser mean?

> Brilliant! that's exactly what I was looking for. And, now that I know how to edit the wiki (thanks Matthew) I will go and put a link in there. Cheers AB ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@

[Newbies] Re: What do the symbols, next to methods, in the OmniBrowser

Thanks Dominic and Rob, I would be happy to document it in the wiki once: a) I have got myself an account and worked out where to put stuff b) someone has confirmed or changed what I (and Rob) wrote about the symbols Cheers AB ___ Beginners mailing list

[Newbies] What do the symbols, next to methods, in the OmniBrowser system browser mean?

I have only just started to use the OB based browser and I can't find much in the way of documentation. Looking through the methods, and their hierarchy it seems as though the following applies: - Nothing: new method in this chain, i.e. the method could exist in other classes but not in th

[Newbies] Is Squeak Source now the preferred place to publish code?

When I was looking for a CSV parser, I checked Squeakmap, thinking it was the central repository. However, I subsequently learnt that Avi Bryant had published a very good parser at Squeak Source. Is that now the vest place to look for new code? Thanks AB

[Newbies] Re: What is the simplest way to create a collection from a text file in CSV format?

<> Andy Burnett wrote: > I have a small database containing questionnaire responses. The DB can > output the responses (mainly descriptive paragraphs) in CSV format. > Ideally, I would like to read each of the records into a collection of > some kind. I was hoping that there m

[Newbies] What is the simplest way to create a collection from a text file in CSV format?

I have a small database containing questionnaire responses. The DB can output the responses (mainly descriptive paragraphs) in CSV format. Ideally, I would like to read each of the records into a collection of some kind. I was hoping that there might be a 'fromCSV:' method, but I haven't found one

[Newbies] Re: Integrating Seaside and Flash

Ramon and Cédrick Thanks to you both for your suggestions. I shall go and try some experiments. Cheers AB ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

[Newbies] Integrating Seaside and Flash

I would like to include a Flash component in a seaside page. The component needs to write data back to the seaside app. I can think of two ways to communicate with the server: 1. define a static URL, that the component can call, and somehow process the returned data 2. have a form embedded on the

[Newbies] The Bridge Playing example

<< Todd said: A deck, hand, pile, all can be implemented as just an OrderedCollection. You might start with a Deal or BridgeRound or something. It might have some methods like: initialize | hands deck | deck := Card bridgeDeck shuffled asOrderedCollection. "just like english"

[Newbies] Re: How do experienced squeakers design applications

<< I'm a squeak newbie but I work and design every day on ruby / python / delphi projects. Personnaly I sketched out on paper, using UML mainly. Then I take the most quick and easy functionality/class collaboration to develop and I develop using Test Driven Development ( read Dave Astels fantastic

[Newbies] How do experienced squeakers design applications?

I have just started building the model classes for my first app. I sketched out, on paper, what I thought the objects should be, and then started coding. However, very quickly, I found that I was confusing the heck out of myself, trying to make all the parts work together. Clearly, I was no

[Newbies] How does one decide which Class to use as a model?

<> ;-) Thanks guys, that's very helpful. I shall follow your advice Cheers AB ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

[Newbies] How does one decide which Class to use as a model?

The HPI Seaside tutorial shows the data models as subclasses of Object, and I have seen that elsewhere. However, some examples talk about finding the closest class to use as your starting point. I am curious what experienced Squeakers do. Subclassing Object presumably gives maximum flexibility, bu

[Newbies] Is there anything within Seaside that helps to POST data to another website?

I want to build a very simple site (as a learning exercise), that displays a form, captures that data, modifies it slightly (on the Squeak server) and then saves it to a totally different web server - just by using a REST call. On the face of it, it seems as though I need to use HttpSocket to do t

[Newbies] Why do Seaside's table tags e.g. td etc., live 'outside' of table?

I was looking at some Seaside code today and noticed that it said html tableCaption: 'blah'. Rather than html table tableCaption: 'blah' In other words, as far as Seaside was concerned the tableCaption tag was nothing to do with the table tag. This struck me as slightly odd. Somehow I would ha

Re: [Newbies] Is it generally considered better practice for an object to access its own variables via its getter methods?

> > > Andy> I noticed that the Seaside tutorial has code such as: > Andy> html div class: 'menu'; with: self menuComponent. > > Andy> Whereas the Scriptaculous demo code does things like this: > > Andy> html paragraph id: 'position'; with: position. > > > Andy> I.e. they didn't bother adding (or u

[Newbies] Is it generally considered better practice for an object to access its own variables via its getter methods?

I noticed that the Seaside tutorial has code such as: html div class: 'menu'; with: self menuComponent. Whereas the Scriptaculous demo code does things like this: html paragraph id: 'position'; with: position. I.e. they didn't bother adding (or using) a getter for position. Who is right, or

[Newbies] Can Seaside applications support REST style calls?

I imagine the answer is yes, so the problem should probably be "how can I get seaside to support rest calls?" I am thinking of building some components, of a site, in Flash. Ideally, I would like the user to be able to submit form data through the Flash object. So, I need to provide some URL handl

[Newbies] What does the -> symbol mean?

> > < it's the - and > characters put together rather than being a > specialized glyph like the left arrow was. It creates an Association, > which is a key-value pair used in things like Dictionaries. > > If I remember correctly, any characters which can be used for binary > methods can be strung t

[Newbies] What does the -> symbol mean?

I can't find it in my introductory books. The content was: self entries add: aString -> aBlock Is it a bit like the underscore character being the same as := ? thanks AB ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.sque

[Newbies] Morphic, Tweak and Plopp

>> I have just started playing with Plopp (very impressive). The >> reason I downloaded it was to see the sort of interfaces that people >> could build in Squeak. What I am wondering is whether the UI is >> built on top of Morphic, or whether it is completely different. >> Does anyone know? >The

[Newbies] Does Plopp use Morphic?

I have just started playing with Plopp (very impressive). The reason I downloaded it was to see the sort of interfaces that people could build in Squeak. What I am wondering is whether the UI is built on top of Morphic, or whether it is completely different. Does anyone know? Cheers AB

[Newbies] New Smalltalk videos

> Hi Stef I am also happy to help with the project, and I do sound quite a lot like Ricky Gervais ;-) Cheers AB ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://l

[Newbies] Re: Beginners Digest, Vol 26, Issue 21

Hi Marcus Thanks for your thoughts. This whole project is proving slightly trickier than I had anticipated! However, as the purpose is to work out whether Squeak allows me to prototype things faster than e.g. Flex, this is all providing useful information. At the moment I am trying to achiever th

[Newbies] Creating a coverflow effect in Squeak

Thanks Herbert and Bert (and thanks for your e-toy demo). For me, the really interesting part is learning how to think in Squeak. I hadn't really seen this as an animation problem, so I was looking in the wrong place. I will got and have a play with your various suggestions, and then come back w

[Newbies] Creating a coverflow effect in Squeak

I would like to create an image display system similar to the one Apple use on the Macintosh - where pictures slide into view (not a very good description, but if you have seen iTunes, you know what I mean). I had a look in Squeaksource but found nothing similar. Could anyone give me some pointer

[Newbies] Re: Beginners Digest, Vol 22, Issue 9

@Yoshiki (and everyone else) Thanks very much for the suggestions about using the self halt and dragging onto a workspace - that is very helpful. The E-Toy Outliner is a small example application - not sure if it is in all images. Try searching for Outliner in the classes. I am hoping to

[Newbies] Getting a handle on objects which are instantiated through the various flaps

I imagine the answer to this is going to be pretty obvious. However... ;-) When I pull an object from a flap onto the desktop, how can I get a handle on it so that I can send it messages programmatically? What I am hoping is that I could drag e.g. the bouncing atom thing into a project, and then

[Newbies] How do you start to understand a new Squeak 'program'?

As my next step in learning Squeak, I thought I would try to enhance the EToy Outliner widget. However, as soon as I started to do this I realised that I didn't really know how to 'grok' the code. So, when the experts in this list, are faced with a new application, how do you go about understanding

[Newbies] Understanding "self"

I am working through the SBE book ( which is really very good) and I have been experimenting with using self in blocks. In simple terms I am doing something like: " within the initialisation of an object" aVar := AnotherObj new aVar setBlockTo: [Transcript show: self] Then I had a method in t

[Newbies] Traits

Thanks Matthew, that's interesting. I have never heard of traits. So 'uses:' is a way of incorporating behaviour/values which don't naturally inherit? cheers AB This is not a class; it is a trait. Traits are separate from classes. Object is not special; neither is it's superclass ProtoObject

[Newbies] Understanding TEasilyThemed

I have now successfully got the new UI themes working - thanks to everyone for their advice. Looking through the code I see quite a few classes which are defined like this: TEasilyThemed classTrait uses: {} This raises a few questions for me 1. As there is no subclass message it seems

[Newbies] Installing .mcz files

Hello I downloaded the new UI files - which all look very exciting - but now I am a bit stuck. How does one load them? The web site mentioned package universe as an option. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks AB ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@list

Re: [Newbies] Advice on tracing program logic

WOW! Edgar thanks so much for the info. That has really helped me out :-) I knew that Squeak was a dynamic system but I hadn't really understood the implications, e.g. being able to change things on the fly in this way. I think I am going to have a lot of fun. Cheers AB <> ___

[Newbies] Advice on tracing program logic

Hello I need a little help working out how to 'trace' a Squeak program. This is the problem which started me off. I wanted to insatiate a FileList - just to play around with it. I knew I could create one by using the icon in the tools flap, but I couldn't work out how to create a new instanc

[Newbies] Re: Training courses

@ Todd - I am based in Cambridge UK @ everyone else., thank you I will try the videos and I will definitely download the Cincom stuff. ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beg

[Newbies] Thank you for all your training/learning thoughts

I think what I really need to do is to get over the initial 'hump' of building squeak applications. I need to go beyond the normal 'bank account' example so that I can see how to put together something more complex. I will try the books. What about taking a training course in another dialect e

[Newbies] Does anyone offer a squeak training course?

I sometimes find it easier to actually go on a training course than trying to work through text books. Does anyone offer such a course? Thanks AB ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/

[Newbies] Building Firefox or Gecko into Squeak

I think this should probably be filed under "don't' hold your breath" I find that I am doing more and more of my work in Firefox. And, I would love to be able to write apps in smalltalk which take advantage of Gecko's rending abilities. Is anyone working on combining the two? Or, if not, are t

[Newbies] Is there a way to watch all the messages flowing in Squeak?

Although everything in Squeak is open, I find it quite hard sometimes to track down what is calling what.  It would be great if I could open up a window to see which object is being called when I e.g. right click on the surface and bring up the World menu etc. Is there some way to turn on the deb

[Newbies] Problems with do:

I need someone to poke me with a clue stick please! I am trying to step through a file a line at a time. I had the idea that this should work aFileStream nextLine do: [ :line| Transcript show: line; cr.]. Unfortunately (as will be obvious to everyone) what it actually does is print a characte

[Newbies] Re: Andy Burnett is out of the office

LOL - sorry guys, I should have blocked this list from the out of office memo agent Having said that, when I say that I am on vacation, it doesn't mean I won't be playing with Squeak - but that is probably obvious ;-) ___ Beginners mailing list Begin

[Newbies] Andy Burnett is out of the office.

I will be out of the office starting 01/09/2006 and will not return until 10/09/2006. ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

[Newbies] How to partition an application

I am slowly moving along with my Wget app - thanks to the help from this list.   However I now need to understand how to 'package' my app so that it is most useful to other people.  It seems as though there are 3 things I could do: 1. Add code to the HttpClient and Httpsocket (possibly moving so

[Newbies] HTTPSocket class - getting to the instance

First, Smalltalk is just amazing!  I am so impressed with what it is possible to do - with practically no knowledge! Second. Due to my lack of knowledge I am now stuck ;-) I am still working on the problem of building a Smalltalk version of Wget.  I have used the HTTPClient as my basic object an

Re: [Newbies] Building the equivalent of wget in Squeak

Brilliant, that is just what I was looking for. I just hadn't been looking in the right places. Thanks very much. <

[Newbies] Re: Beginners Digest, Vol 4, Issue 34

Thank you gentlemen @Damien  you are quite right, networking may be too difficult to begin with. It is just that in some languages, e.g. Rebol, fetching http is trivially simple. I was hoping it might be similar in Smalltalk. @Stephane.  Thanks, I shall go and look directly. Cheers AB__

[Newbies] Building the equivalent of wget in Squeak

Hello I would like to create a simple means of getting the contents of a web page, in the same way that wget works.  What I hoped to do was something like: wget url: 'http://...' show. I found a few classes e.g. Httpurl and also the asUrl method of the string class, but I can't quite work out h

[Newbies] creating smooth graphic in squeak

I have only just started playing with squeak and I suspect this is a very very basic question! The graphics in the squeak environment -- and by that I mean things like the lines drawn round boxes and even the little widgets of the closing windows etc -- seemed to be very primitive.  They seemed t