Esteban's ChangeLog week of 4 February 2019

On 11 Feb 2019, at 09:20, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> wrote:

Le lun. 11 févr. 2019 à 08:45, Norbert Hartl <[hidden email]> a écrit :

> Am 11.02.2019 um 08:00 schrieb [hidden email]:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> This is my weekly ChangeLog, from 4 February 2019 to 10 February 2019.
> You can see it in a better format by going here: http://log.smallworks.eu/web/search?from=4/2/2019&to=10/2/2019
> 
> ChangeLog
> =========
> 
> 9 February 2019:
> ----------------
> 
> *    === On layouts
>    As you know, I've been working    on layouts for Spec 2. The basic layouts I want to have available next week(s) are four: 
> 
>    * +SpecBoxLayout+ : A simple way to place components horizontally or vertically 
>    * +SpecPanedLayout+ : Same as box layout, but with a resizable splitter (and it will allow just two... if you want more you will need to compose).
>    * +SpecGridLayout+ : To place components in a grid (x,y coordinates and spans)
>    * +SpecXYLayout+ : This could be renamed as +SpecAbsoluteLayout+ and it's name says all, it will allow absolute location of components (obviously, in relation with its parent).
> 
>    For a second phase there will be a couple more +SpecFlowLayout+ and a kasowari layout (without name yet :P).
> 

Apple and others call it auto layout. I don‘t like that name as it isn‘t really clear. It could be called ConstraintLayout.

+1 for  ConstraintLayout

Norbert

>    The ones on first phase are the most important ones. In particular, we have detected that with 
>    first three (Box, Paned, Grid) we can reproduce everything we have currently in Pharo. The second phase 
>    will add possibilities for the future.
> 
>    Anyway, I have "kind-of-working" the first three, but I have problems when applying layouts here and there, because
>    morphic time to time wants to behave differently than asked.
> 
>    One of the problems is that for this layouts, to make them behave correctly (and without a lot of work from users), 
>    I will need to add the concept of "minimum, preferred and maximum" extent. Reason why I'm playing with a small
>    implementation of styling... which most probably will go away once I find the best way to handle this constraints.
> 
>    So, this week I have nothing finished, just a pointer to my current work: [https://github.com/estebanlm/Spec/tree/dev-2.0](https://github.com/estebanlm/Spec/tree/dev-2.0)
> 
> 
> 7 February 2019:
> ----------------
> 
> *    Small fix-a-day: [https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/2452](https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/2452)
> 
> 
> cheers! 
> Esteban
> 

Am 11.02.2019 um 09:22 schrieb Esteban Lorenzano <[hidden email]>:

On 11 Feb 2019, at 09:20, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> wrote:

Le lun. 11 févr. 2019 à 08:45, Norbert Hartl <[hidden email]> a écrit :

> Am 11.02.2019 um 08:00 schrieb [hidden email]:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> This is my weekly ChangeLog, from 4 February 2019 to 10 February 2019.
> You can see it in a better format by going here: http://log.smallworks.eu/web/search?from=4/2/2019&to=10/2/2019
> 
> ChangeLog
> =========
> 
> 9 February 2019:
> ----------------
> 
> *    === On layouts
>    As you know, I've been working    on layouts for Spec 2. The basic layouts I want to have available next week(s) are four: 
> 
>    * +SpecBoxLayout+ : A simple way to place components horizontally or vertically 
>    * +SpecPanedLayout+ : Same as box layout, but with a resizable splitter (and it will allow just two... if you want more you will need to compose).
>    * +SpecGridLayout+ : To place components in a grid (x,y coordinates and spans)
>    * +SpecXYLayout+ : This could be renamed as +SpecAbsoluteLayout+ and it's name says all, it will allow absolute location of components (obviously, in relation with its parent).
> 
>    For a second phase there will be a couple more +SpecFlowLayout+ and a kasowari layout (without name yet :P).
> 

Apple and others call it auto layout. I don‘t like that name as it isn‘t really clear. It could be called ConstraintLayout.

+1 for  ConstraintLayout

Ok, Constraint will be :)

(But it will not arrive until half part of P8 development :P)

Esteban

Norbert

>    The ones on first phase are the most important ones. In particular, we have detected that with 
>    first three (Box, Paned, Grid) we can reproduce everything we have currently in Pharo. The second phase 
>    will add possibilities for the future.
> 
>    Anyway, I have "kind-of-working" the first three, but I have problems when applying layouts here and there, because
>    morphic time to time wants to behave differently than asked.
> 
>    One of the problems is that for this layouts, to make them behave correctly (and without a lot of work from users), 
>    I will need to add the concept of "minimum, preferred and maximum" extent. Reason why I'm playing with a small
>    implementation of styling... which most probably will go away once I find the best way to handle this constraints.
> 
>    So, this week I have nothing finished, just a pointer to my current work: [https://github.com/estebanlm/Spec/tree/dev-2.0](https://github.com/estebanlm/Spec/tree/dev-2.0)
> 
> 
> 7 February 2019:
> ----------------
> 
> *    Small fix-a-day: [https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/2452](https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/2452)
> 
> 
> cheers! 
> Esteban
>

Am 11.02.2019 um 10:32 schrieb Guillermo Polito <[hidden email]>:

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 9:54 AM Norbert Hartl <[hidden email]> wrote:

Am 11.02.2019 um 09:22 schrieb Esteban Lorenzano <[hidden email]>:

On 11 Feb 2019, at 09:20, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> wrote:

Le lun. 11 févr. 2019 à 08:45, Norbert Hartl <[hidden email]> a écrit :

> Am 11.02.2019 um 08:00 schrieb [hidden email]:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> This is my weekly ChangeLog, from 4 February 2019 to 10 February 2019.
> You can see it in a better format by going here: http://log.smallworks.eu/web/search?from=4/2/2019&to=10/2/2019
> 
> ChangeLog
> =========
> 
> 9 February 2019:
> ----------------
> 
> *    === On layouts
>    As you know, I've been working    on layouts for Spec 2. The basic layouts I want to have available next week(s) are four: 
> 
>    * +SpecBoxLayout+ : A simple way to place components horizontally or vertically 
>    * +SpecPanedLayout+ : Same as box layout, but with a resizable splitter (and it will allow just two... if you want more you will need to compose).
>    * +SpecGridLayout+ : To place components in a grid (x,y coordinates and spans)
>    * +SpecXYLayout+ : This could be renamed as +SpecAbsoluteLayout+ and it's name says all, it will allow absolute location of components (obviously, in relation with its parent).
> 
>    For a second phase there will be a couple more +SpecFlowLayout+ and a kasowari layout (without name yet :P).
> 

Apple and others call it auto layout. I don‘t like that name as it isn‘t really clear. It could be called ConstraintLayout.

+1 for  ConstraintLayout

Ok, Constraint will be :)

(But it will not arrive until half part of P8 development :P)

No problem if you remember then ;) In the meantime you can rename XYLayout to AbsoluteLayout :D

Or FixedLayout :P. Because actually it's not absolute, it's relative to its parent xD.

 

Norbert

Esteban

Norbert

>    The ones on first phase are the most important ones. In particular, we have detected that with 
>    first three (Box, Paned, Grid) we can reproduce everything we have currently in Pharo. The second phase 
>    will add possibilities for the future.
> 
>    Anyway, I have "kind-of-working" the first three, but I have problems when applying layouts here and there, because
>    morphic time to time wants to behave differently than asked.
> 
>    One of the problems is that for this layouts, to make them behave correctly (and without a lot of work from users), 
>    I will need to add the concept of "minimum, preferred and maximum" extent. Reason why I'm playing with a small
>    implementation of styling... which most probably will go away once I find the best way to handle this constraints.
> 
>    So, this week I have nothing finished, just a pointer to my current work: [https://github.com/estebanlm/Spec/tree/dev-2.0](https://github.com/estebanlm/Spec/tree/dev-2.0)
> 
> 
> 7 February 2019:
> ----------------
> 
> *    Small fix-a-day: [https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/2452](https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/2452)
> 
> 
> cheers! 
> Esteban
>