> On 27 Jan 2016, at 23:28, Jimmie Houchin <jlhouc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The one thing I didn't know and it didn't work was the attempt to get 
> multiple items.
> 
> ./pharo Pharo.image get XMLParser NBSQLite3
> 
> failed. It got the first and ignored the second.

yes… I never added that :)
can be easily added, though… 

Esteban

> 
> I was just playing and thought I would give it a try. :)
> 
> I look forward to seeing what a command line Pharo can be. The best in 
> command line and the best in full UI development, environment and 
> applications. Exciting times. 
> 
> Shalom Aleichem
> 
> Jimmie
> 
> On 01/27/2016 04:21 PM, Esteban Lorenzano wrote:
>> 
>>> On 27 Jan 2016, at 23:03, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu 
>>> <mailto:s...@stfx.eu>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 27 Jan 2016, at 22:56, Jimmie Houchin < 
>>>> <mailto:jlhouc...@gmail.com>jlhouc...@gmail.com 
>>>> <mailto:jlhouc...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, I did not express myself well. What I am meaning is that I do not 
>>>> expect to have a UI window for the image pop-up. But it does, every time.
>>>> 
>>>> The difference that I can find is that I have been downloading VMs from
>>>> http://files.pharo.org/vm/pharo-spur32/linux/ 
>>>> <http://files.pharo.org/vm/pharo-spur32/linux/>
>>>> 
>>>> These VMs have only a "pharo" and not a "pharo-ui". So ./pharo always 
>>>> opens an image in a UI window.
>>>> 
>>>> When I do
>>>> wget -O- get.pharo.org/stable+vm | bash
>>>> 
>>>> Then it generates a pharo and a pharo-ui script.
>>>> 
>>>> This is probably the problem that I am having is that the manual downloads 
>>>> from the website are not like the zeroconf scripts and so there are no 
>>>> explicit UI and Headless scripts.
>>>> 
>>>> These zeroconf VMs with their differing scripts do exactly as advertised. 
>>>> Are the generated scripts different for different Linux distros? Is there 
>>>> a reason for the zipped downloads on the website to not include them?
>>> 
>>> They are not that different. The 'secret' is the --nodisplay VM option, 
>>> that's all. If you know what you are doing, there is actually something to 
>>> say for not using the .sh wrapper scripts.
>>> 
>>>> I tried the "get" handler and had it install XMLParser. Very nice.
>>> 
>>> Good !
>> 
>> yes, the “get” command is one of the lastest cool additions (not because I 
>> added it ;) )
>> but the capability of express 
>> 
>> ./pharo Pharo.image get Seaside3 
>> 
>> (for example)
>> is very convenient :)
>> 
>> Esteban 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Yes, once it works this is all very slick.
>>> 
>>>> Thanks and Shalom Aleichem.
>>>> 
>>>> Jimmie
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 01/27/2016 01:21 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote:
>>>>> Jimmie,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Of course it opens an image, else nothing would work ;-)
>>>>> I suspect you mean it opens a UI ?
>>>>> That should not happen, it depends on what your ./pharo actually is or 
>>>>> does.
>>>>> In any case, rest assured, using it on the command line works perfectly.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On the first Linux server that I log in to:
>>>>> 
>>>>> $ cat ~/pharo/bin/pharo
>>>>> #!/usr/bin/env bash
>>>>> # some magic to find out the real location of this script dealing with 
>>>>> symlinks
>>>>> DIR=`readlink "$0"` || DIR="$0";
>>>>> DIR=`dirname "$DIR"`;
>>>>> cd "$DIR"
>>>>> DIR=`pwd`
>>>>> cd - > /dev/null
>>>>> # disable parameter expansion to forward all arguments unprocessed to the 
>>>>> VM
>>>>> set -f
>>>>> # run the VM and pass along all arguments as is
>>>>> "$DIR"/"pharo-vm/pharo" --nodisplay  "$@"
>>>>> 
>>>>> $ ~/pharo/bin/pharo ~/pharo/build/Pharo.image --list
>>>>> Currently installed Command Line Handlers:
>>>>>    Fuel            Loads fuel files
>>>>>    config          Install and inspect Metacello Configurations from the 
>>>>> command line
>>>>>    save            Rename the image and changes file
>>>>>    update          Load updates
>>>>>    printVersion    Print image version
>>>>>    st              Loads and executes .st source files
>>>>>    test            A command line test runner
>>>>>    clean           Run image cleanup
>>>>>    eval            Directly evaluates passed in one line scripts
>>>>> 
>>>>> $ ~/pharo/bin/pharo ~/pharo/build/Pharo.image eval '123 factorial'
>>>>> 12146304367025329675766243241881295855454217088483382315328918161829235892362167668831156960612640202170735835221294047782591091570411651472186029519906261646730733907419814952960000000000000000000000000000
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> HTH
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sven
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 27 Jan 2016, at 19:59, Jimmie Houchin <jlhouc...@gmail.com 
>>>>>> <mailto:jlhouc...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am reading the Deep Into Pharo book. I have been playing with the 
>>>>>> CommandLineHandler. I have been surprised by some of its behavior. 
>>>>>> Though I have used Pharo a long time. I have not played with it from the 
>>>>>> command line. I am a very long time Linux user and am very comfortable 
>>>>>> on the command line.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> When according to the book I execute:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ./pharo Pharo.image --list
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It will provide me with a list of the available handlers.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I did not expect it to open up an image for me. That is not what I 
>>>>>> expected or wanted. I did not intend to use an image at this time. I am 
>>>>>> on the command line and expecting to see results there. Not for a new 
>>>>>> window to pop up.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> As of yet I have always opened up Pharo on the command line. I have yet 
>>>>>> to use PharoLauncher, but do intend to do so soon. So I am comfortable 
>>>>>> with  Pharo opening up a new window and image from the command line.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> However it is very unintuitive and seemingly unnecessary to open up an 
>>>>>> image for these command line handlers. I naively think they should 
>>>>>> simply return the results. Now if that requires opening a headless image 
>>>>>> for a moment and close, then fine.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --list
>>>>>> --help
>>>>>> --version
>>>>>> --copyright
>>>>>> eval
>>>>>> printVersion
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Some other handlers I do not know if opening an image is the correct 
>>>>>> default. I have not spent the time learning them yet.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks.  Shalom Aleichem.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jimmie
>> 
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