Great, for me, that i am touching kernel classes, it will be very useful have something to manage images quickly!!
2013/7/8 Tudor Girba <tu...@tudorgirba.com> > Hi Damien, > > Nice :). > > I noticed two issues when playing with it: > - there is no feedback while downloading the image. This can be confusing. > - the launcher quits when launching another image (I am on Mac). This is > actually interesting, but it was surprising. I am not sure what is the > right solution here. > > And a question: How can we get more images available through this > interface? > > Cheers, > Doru > > > On Jul 8, 2013, at 10:11 AM, Damien Cassou <damien.cas...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Dear list, > > > > Erwan and I are proud to announce the first release of the Pharo > > Launcher, a cross-platform application that > > > > - lets you manage your Pharo images (launch, rename, copy and delete); > > - lets you download image templates (i.e., zip archives) from many > > different sources (Jenkins, files.pharo.org, and your local cache); > > - lets you create new images from any template. > > > > A screenshot is attached to this email. > > > > The idea behind the Pharo Launcher is that you should be able to > > access it very rapidly from your OS application launcher. As a result, > > launching any image is never more than 3 clicks away. > > > > Download: > https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/job/PharoLauncher/PHARO=30,VERSION=bleedingEdge,VM=vm/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/PharoLauncher.zip > > > > Please report bugs on the 'Launcher' project at > https://pharo.fogbugz.org > > > > You can contribute to this project. All classes and most methods are > > commented. There are unit tests. Please contribute! > > > > Source code: http://www.smalltalkhub.com/#!/~Pharo/PharoLauncher > > CI: https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/job/PharoLauncher > > > > Things you can do to improve the system: > > > > - check if a template is already downloaded before downloading it > > - add a preference mechanism (for, e.g., quit after launch, definition > > of your own template groups, location of downloaded templates and > > images) > > - put the launcher in the Pharo Ubuntu package so that the launcher > > becomes a registered appliation of the system > > (https://launchpad.net/~pharo/+archive/stable) > > - make sure the pharo launcher does not load your personal scripts > > (like fonts and MC configuration) > > - add a toolbar to enhance the discoverability of the features > > (currently everything is in contextual menus) > > - make sure rename and copy actions propose default values > > - make sure no debugger pops up when a user press cancels or enter an > > invalid name > > - propose multiple kinds of sorting (last used, most frequently used, > > alphabetically on the name) > > - give some information about each template (build date, pharo version) > > > > -- > > Damien Cassou > > http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st > > > > "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without > > losing enthusiasm." > > Winston Churchill > > <screenshot.png> > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com > > "To utilize feedback, you first have to acquire it." > > >
