Re: [Pharo-users] still failing test - spoiler/answer

2014-03-30 Thread Roelof Wobben
Ben Coman schreef op 31-3-2014 2:44: Ben Coman wrote: Roelof Wobben wrote: Ben Coman schreef op 30-3-2014 20:12: Roelof Wobben wrote: Hello, I trying to make the make you own method work. So I first I added this : testShout self assert: ('Don''t panic' shout = 'DON""T PANIC!') After tha

Re: [Pharo-users] I Can Read C++ and Java But I Can't Read Smalltalk

2014-03-30 Thread Igor Stasenko
"Your days, as scientist are counted, if you refuse to accept anything new.." same words, i think, can be applied to programming. On 30 March 2014 22:31, Esteban A. Maringolo wrote: > When I first met Smalltalk, I found its syntax to be so disruptive to > my mindset that made me want to learn i

Re: [Pharo-users] still failing test - spoiler/answer

2014-03-30 Thread Ben Coman
Ben Coman wrote: Roelof Wobben wrote: Ben Coman schreef op 30-3-2014 20:12: Roelof Wobben wrote: Hello, I trying to make the make you own method work. So I first I added this : testShout self assert: ('Don''t panic' shout = 'DON""T PANIC!') After that I added this as described in the boo

Re: [Pharo-users] still failing test

2014-03-30 Thread Ben Coman
Roelof Wobben wrote: Ben Coman schreef op 30-3-2014 20:12: Roelof Wobben wrote: Hello, I trying to make the make you own method work. So I first I added this : testShout self assert: ('Don''t panic' shout = 'DON""T PANIC!') After that I added this as described in the book. shout ^ self

Re: [Pharo-users] I Can Read C++ and Java But I Can't Read Smalltalk

2014-03-30 Thread Esteban A. Maringolo
When I first met Smalltalk, I found its syntax to be so disruptive to my mindset that made me want to learn it (I was coding Perl at that time). But not everybody feels the same. To some it is scary. Or unintelligible. It is true that many C like languages have hundreds of constructs, but it is al

Re: [Pharo-users] I Can Read C++ and Java But I Can't Read Smalltalk

2014-03-30 Thread Yuriy Tymchuk
For me Smalltalk and Lisp are the easiest languages. In smalltalk everything is an object and in lisp everything is a list. And in other languages you have to learn 100500 language constructs and hacks. Uko On 30 Mar 2014, at 20:52, kilon alios wrote: > Smalltalk is the easiest language I hav

Re: [Pharo-users] How to draw a Morph with Athens?

2014-03-30 Thread Pharo4Stef
On 30 Mar 2014, at 17:34, MartinW wrote: > Igor Stasenko wrote >> u you u no draw morphs by athens :) >> >> - use AthensWrapMorph. >> put as many submorphs into it, and they all will be drawn via Athens. >> eventually, the need in wrap morph will disappear once WorldMorph (the >> root >> of all

Re: [Pharo-users] I Can Read C++ and Java But I Can't Read Smalltalk

2014-03-30 Thread kilon alios
Smalltalk is the easiest language I have learned so far. Python coming second and quite close. I also find Squeak by Example and Pharo by Example very good introductory guides. Smalltalk By Example is even better if you want to know more about the language. Smalltalk is similar to Lisp in the sen

Re: [Pharo-users] still failing test

2014-03-30 Thread Roelof Wobben
Ben Coman schreef op 30-3-2014 20:12: Roelof Wobben wrote: Hello, I trying to make the make you own method work. So I first I added this : testShout self assert: ('Don''t panic' shout = 'DON""T PANIC!') After that I added this as described in the book. shout ^ self asUppercase. "!" But

Re: [Pharo-users] still failing test

2014-03-30 Thread Ben Coman
Roelof Wobben wrote: Hello, I trying to make the make you own method work. So I first I added this : testShout self assert: ('Don''t panic' shout = 'DON""T PANIC!') After that I added this as described in the book. shout ^ self asUppercase. "!" But still the testrunner gives that there

Re: [Pharo-users] still failing test

2014-03-30 Thread Sergi Reyner
2014-03-30 18:55 GMT+01:00 Roelof Wobben : > testShout > self assert: ('Don''t panic' shout = 'DON""T PANIC!') > You properly doubled the single quote inside the first string. However, you used two double quotes inside the second string; replace them with two single quotes. You also have an ex

[Pharo-users] I Can Read C++ and Java But I Can’t Read Smalltalk

2014-03-30 Thread Ben Coman
I came across this article a few days ago. Thought it might be of interest to some. http://www.eli.sdsu.edu/courses/spring01/cs635/readingSmalltalk.pdf

Re: [Pharo-users] writing my own method problem .

2014-03-30 Thread Ben Coman
Roelof Wobben wrote: Esteban Lorenzano schreef op 30-3-2014 16:31: you are using a dot: self DOT assert: is wrong syntax. you need just a space: self assert: Esteban On 30 Mar 2014, at 11:26, Roelof Wobben wrote: Hello, I have to make my own method but when I enter this: testShout se

[Pharo-users] still failing test

2014-03-30 Thread Roelof Wobben
Hello, I trying to make the make you own method work. So I first I added this : testShout self assert: ('Don''t panic' shout = 'DON""T PANIC!') After that I added this as described in the book. shout ^ self asUppercase. "!" But still the testrunner gives that there is a failing test on t

Re: [Pharo-users] writing my own method problem .

2014-03-30 Thread Sergi Reyner
2014-03-30 15:26 GMT+01:00 Roelof Wobben : > testShout > self. Nothing more expected ->assert: ( 'Do not panic' shout = "DO NO > PANIC") > There are some things wrong with the second line: - there´s a period after self, you must remove it - you wrote NO instead of NOT, so the the assert

Re: [Pharo-users] writing my own method problem .

2014-03-30 Thread Roelof Wobben
Esteban Lorenzano schreef op 30-3-2014 16:31: you are using a dot: self DOT assert: is wrong syntax. you need just a space: self assert: Esteban On 30 Mar 2014, at 11:26, Roelof Wobben wrote: Hello, I have to make my own method but when I enter this: testShout self.assert: ( 'Do not p

Re: [Pharo-users] How to draw a Morph with Athens?

2014-03-30 Thread MartinW
Igor Stasenko wrote > u you u no draw morphs by athens :) > > - use AthensWrapMorph. > put as many submorphs into it, and they all will be drawn via Athens. > eventually, the need in wrap morph will disappear once WorldMorph (the > root > of all morphs) start using Athens directly. Ok, thank you,

Re: [Pharo-users] note on Smalltalk in wikipedia discussion

2014-03-30 Thread Robert Shiplett
Who would use Japanese-named methods in a Pharo image ? If the only users of an MIT Curl markup package for AidaWEB or Seaside were at SCSK in Tokyo, why put those methods in English ? Their docs are now in Japanese anyway ... as are their programming discussions ( www.curlap.com ) On 30 March

Re: [Pharo-users] note on Smalltalk in wikipedia discussion

2014-03-30 Thread Robert Shiplett
the readme in the Pharo 3.0beta tested says This distribution was built March 27, 2014. and the files of note are 03-27 with the exe 12-07 On 30 March 2014 11:44, Robert Shiplett wrote: > Pharo 3.0 beta Latest update: #30804 test of WideString Japanese instance > method : the method name

Re: [Pharo-users] note on Smalltalk in wikipedia discussion

2014-03-30 Thread Robert Shiplett
Pharo 3.0 beta Latest update: #30804 test of WideString Japanese instance method : the method name fails to paste into ProfStef. Any suggestion ? Do a FORCE on the font in system settings and relaunch a ProfStef with >>go in a new Workspace ? Anyone else testing non-Latin-15 just now ? On 30 Ma

Re: [Pharo-users] writing my own method problem .

2014-03-30 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
you are using a dot: self DOT assert: is wrong syntax. you need just a space: self assert: Esteban On 30 Mar 2014, at 11:26, Roelof Wobben wrote: > Hello, > > I have to make my own method but when I enter this: > > testShout > self.assert: ( 'Do not panic' shout = "DO NO PANIC") > > The

[Pharo-users] note on Smalltalk in wikipedia discussion

2014-03-30 Thread Robert Shiplett
As I noted in the WP discussion post, When I flip the current Pharo 3.0 beta to Mincho and Japanese, I have to open a new browser to be able to use Japanese even if I use FORCE ... is that the intended behavior ? Or should instances of open windows notice an update to Fonts and refresh ? cheers

[Pharo-users] writing my own method problem .

2014-03-30 Thread Roelof Wobben
Hello, I have to make my own method but when I enter this: testShout self.assert: ( 'Do not panic' shout = "DO NO PANIC") The editor makes this : testShout self. Nothing more expected ->assert: ( 'Do not panic' shout = "DO NO PANIC") And I do not get a message that shout does not exist.

Re: [Pharo-users] Loop problem on Dr Stef

2014-03-30 Thread Roelof Wobben
Thanks, I have finished this tutorial and will go on with the first book. I wonder if there are some kind of challenges so I can pratice more with Smalltalk. Roelof Mark Rizun schreef op 30-3-2014 13:48:

Re: [Pharo-users] Loop problem on Dr Stef

2014-03-30 Thread Mark Rizun
Or you may even print it, and the result (numbers from 1 to 100) will appear in Transcript window. 2014-03-30 14:48 GMT+03:00 Mark Rizun : > Hello, > > You should open Transcript, and than do it, instead of print it. > > Mark > > > 2014-03-30 14:45 GMT+03:00 Roelof Wobben : > > Hello, >> >> When

Re: [Pharo-users] Loop problem on Dr Stef

2014-03-30 Thread Mark Rizun
Hello, You should open Transcript, and than do it, instead of print it. Mark 2014-03-30 14:45 GMT+03:00 Roelof Wobben : > Hello, > > When I select this part: > > 1 to: 100 do: > [:i | Transcript show: i asString; cr ]. > > And do print it. > > I only see 1 where I expected to see all the num

[Pharo-users] Loop problem on Dr Stef

2014-03-30 Thread Roelof Wobben
Hello, When I select this part: 1 to: 100 do: [:i | Transcript show: i asString; cr ]. And do print it. I only see 1 where I expected to see all the numbers from 1 till 100. What went wrong ? Roelof

Re: [Pharo-users] example does not work

2014-03-30 Thread Roelof Wobben
Ben Coman schreef op 30-3-2014 4:59: Roelof Wobben wrote: p...@highoctane.be schreef op 29-3-2014 16:36: Get the morph examples in the pharoextras smalltallhub repo. Some please point the correct location as I am on a mobe. Thanks, Can then also someone tell me how I can load the exampl