On 9 December 2017 at 07:04, cheshirecatalyst <dekathe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've recently picked up pharo, and am writing a small interpreter for a > trivial language the details of which are unimportant. However I am looking > for the simplest way to avoid having to use playground and Transcript to do > something like > > | reader eval | > reader := MyReader from: 'some stuff in my DSL'. > eval := MyEvaluator from: reader. > Transcript show: eval evaluate. > > I'm tired of having to change 'some stuff in my DSL' to a new expression > and run it in playground. > > I don't really care which is easier, a Morphic with an input box at the > bottom to put my expressions in with output up top, or a something like > CommandShellTranscript (which i have looked at but is too complex for me to > figure out how to get the desired result from). > > Basically I want to be able to use my DSL outside of playground, but still > in image. > A while ago I had success embedding the old Workspace into an application. Start with... Workspace subclass: #MyWorkspace instanceVariableNames: '' classVariableNames: '' package: 'Tool-Workspace' MyWorkspace >> whenTextAccepted: anAnnouncement "MyWorkspace open" self inform: anAnnouncement text MyWorkspace >> createTextView | v | v := super createTextView. v beForPlainText. ^v. cheers -ben
