Hi,
> > Great. Please keep experimenting and keep us posted. > > Well I have redefined my immediate goal for the next experiment as just > updating an object from a text pane even if this is not automatic (as I > said in the proper thread automatic updating is not working). So, how can I > get the current content of a text pane and send it as an argument for > updating an object value? > > With your post, I'm wondering who difficult is: >> >> a. To put support to Pillar/Markdown inside text panes (something >> similar to >> the "smalltalkCode" message for showing Smalltalk in text panes but >> with >> "pillarCode" or "markdownCode" (or some dictionary with the #syntax >> keyword >> and the language as a value). >> >> >> That is precisely what already happened. If you load the code, you can >> take a >> look at the FileReference>>gtInspectorPillarIn: method to see how to >> specify the >> presentation. >> > > I will as soon as I can load humane-assessment.com, to see your blog post > again. In fact is usual for me not being able to load this site or Moose's > ones on a regular basis (last time when I was trying to show this > technology to a friend). If your have any possibility to consider another > more stable hosting that would be nice for newcomers. Digital Ocean (I have > not any affiliation with them) has been a nice solution for my for only USD > $5 per month. Indeed, I have some problems with my server. I am not yet sure where the problem lies (the server itself or the provider). I restarted the server now and I hope it will be better for a while. > > > b. To execute some parts of the code, for example the ones that are >> inside >> "[[[" "]]]" while the cursor is there, so we could not only preview >> imagages, but also execute code for visualizations or other >> computations >> >> >> Exactly. That should definitely be a direction. We need to experiment >> here with >> the exact semantics. For example, you will not always want to execute the >> code. >> Or not all code is meant to be executed. >> > > > Well for me that would be a human decision always and by default disabled. > What I was thinking was more inline with IPython's notebook behaviour that > executes a code cell with a shortcut. Would be nice to have a shortcut for > executing code inside "[[[" "]]]" blocks if the cursor is inside them. Indeed, this is the first thing that popped in my mind as well. The problem is that often people use the code inside [[[ ]]] for incomplete snippets as well. So, it can actually be problematic to find the real code to run. At least in the current books. > > c. The ability to support drag and drop to files to the tree (a >> Glamorous >> Tree) and get some kind of node pointing to that file. >> >> >> That is indeed something I would want as well. For example, we should be >> able to >> drag and drop a pier file from the outside and spawn an editor on it. >> > > Yes. > > d. Tha ability to preview thumbnail images in a similar way of the >> "contextual places" for printing described on your post at [2] >> >> [2] http://www.humane-assessment.__com/blog/rethinking-print-it- >> __in-pharo >> <http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/rethinking-print-it-in-pharo/ >> > >> >> Yes. This will likely come soon :) >> > > Nice! Keep us posted. > > > e. The hability to show a preview of the pdf/html in an emergent >> lateral >> panel in a simlar way to what TeXStudio or TeXmaker do[3] >> >> [3] http://www.xm1math.net/__texmaker/texmakertop_big.png >> <http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/texmakertop_big.png> >> >> >> I do not know how to do it at this time. For this purpose, we would need >> to be >> able to embed a browser in a Pharo UI, and I am not aware of how to do it >> >> > I would think in something like executing a browser inside a VNC client > that can be shown inside Pharo. AFAIK that's the way that Open Croquet, > Teleplace and other Smalltalk 3D worlds use to execute and show desktop > apps inside the worlds. I imagine that something similar can be done in a > Glamorous Toolkit pane. > Would you be interested in producing a prototype in Morphic? Cheers, Doru > > Cheers, > > Offray > > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"
