From alexandre.bergel@me.com Thu Jan  7 16:08:28 2016
From: Alexandre Bergel <alexandre.bergel@me.com>
To: moose-dev@list.inf.unibe.ch
Subject: [Moose-dev] Application UI embedded in the system browser?
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2016 15:08:28 +0000
Message-ID: <5B9A4728-D128-47B3-B6CA-8A768E304282@me.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============3679533582968701449=="

--===============3679533582968701449==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi!

As you may know, in Pharo one can define an action using a #script pragma.
This is useful for example to have examples as in:

C class >> example01
	<script>
	=E2=80=A6

This creates a small icon actionable next to the method name in the code brow=
ser. Clicking on it send the message #example01 to C.

You can you have another pragma #script: as in:
C>> example01
	<script: =E2=80=98self new example01>
	=E2=80=A6

I have been using this kind of example because I want to have the examples av=
ailable when I select a class. However, I see myself in using this pragma as =
a super easy way to have a button available in the code browser that execute =
something else than an example. For example, in one of my class, I have:

-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D
SmallMultiple >> openMultiple
	<script: 'SmallMultiple new openMultiple inspect'>
=09
	| b times c |
	times :=3D OrderedCollection new.
	MCCVSImporter new
		blockToExecute: [ :line | =E2=80=A6
	=E2=80=A6


SmallMultiple >> menuCommandOn: aBuilder
	<worldMenu>
	(aBuilder item: #'Small Multiple')
			label: 'Small Multiple';
			icon: MatrixCubeIcons current cubeIcon;
			action: [ self new openMultiple inspect ]
-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D

The method #openMultiple open a file browser and let the user to select a fil=
e and do some treatment on a .csv file. As you can see, this is not an exampl=
e, but really the starting point of the application.

All this long mail, to say that the code browser may not only be a place to l=
ook at code, execute tests, but also having user buttons to trigger and launc=
h an application.

By the way, there has been some effort with examples from the GT team. How do=
es this compare with the #script: pragma? How to use it?=20

Cheers,
Alexandre

--=20
_,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:
Alexandre Bergel  http://www.bergel.eu
^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;.




--===============3679533582968701449==--