ExternalIconFamily framework finally decoupled from Gaucho

> Hi, i set up the repo here http://www.squeaksource.com/ExternalIconFamily
>
> "This framework allows importing and managing any external icon
> family. Once imported , the icon family is reified into the image,
> As an example it comes with the Oxygen icon family imported, to load
> others see the example named OxygenIconFamilyBuilder.
> Subclasses of ExternalIconFamily act as caches for all the forms, that
> were requested previously.
> To load a form send, ExternalIconFamily>>iconNamed: aString size: aNumber "
>
> Now the integration to UITheme is missing, i will try to have a
> working example soon.
>
> Fernando
>  

> Hi Fernando,
>
> Fernando Olivero wrote:
>> Hi, i set up the repo here http://www.squeaksource.com/ExternalIconFamily
>>
>> "This framework allows importing and managing any external icon
>> family. Once imported , the icon family is reified into the image,
>> As an example it comes with the Oxygen icon family imported, to load
>> others see the example named OxygenIconFamilyBuilder.
>> Subclasses of ExternalIconFamily act as caches for all the forms, that
>> were requested previously.
>> To load a form send, ExternalIconFamily>>iconNamed: aString size: aNumber "
>>
>> Now the integration to UITheme is missing, i will try to have a
>> working example soon.
>>
>> Fernando
>>
>
>
> I like it! Just a couple of details: GMIconFamily and GMIcon are
> Undeclared in PharoCore-1.2-12146. And a few methods use underscores in
> the selector... Cuis supports it,
>  but I prefer having the preference off by default. I think underscores
> in identifiers should only be used when there are very strong reasons.
> And I don't see them here. Could you consider removing them?
>
> Cheers,
> Juan Vuletich
>

> Oh, GMIcon are the main users of the framework in Gaucho. I will
> remove the dependencies.
> Probably the underscores are related to some imported icon names, i
> will remove them also.
> Will announce it to the list when i committed the new version.
> Thanks !
> Fernando
>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Juan Vuletich <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi Fernando,
>>
>> Fernando Olivero wrote:
>>> Hi, i set up the repo here http://www.squeaksource.com/ExternalIconFamily
>>>
>>> "This framework allows importing and managing any external icon
>>> family. Once imported , the icon family is reified into the image,
>>> As an example it comes with the Oxygen icon family imported, to load
>>> others see the example named OxygenIconFamilyBuilder.
>>> Subclasses of ExternalIconFamily act as caches for all the forms, that
>>> were requested previously.
>>> To load a form send, ExternalIconFamily>>iconNamed: aString size: aNumber "
>>>
>>> Now the integration to UITheme is missing, i will try to have a
>>> working example soon.
>>>
>>> Fernando
>>>
>>
>>
>> I like it! Just a couple of details: GMIconFamily and GMIcon are
>> Undeclared in PharoCore-1.2-12146. And a few methods use underscores in
>> the selector... Cuis supports it,
>>  but I prefer having the preference off by default. I think underscores
>> in identifiers should only be used when there are very strong reasons.
>> And I don't see them here. Could you consider removing them?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Juan Vuletich
>>
>

> DONE! please take a look at the new description.
>
>
>
> This framework allows importing and managing any external icon family.
> Once imported , the icon family is reified into the image,
> ExternalIconFamilyOxygen. As an example it comes with the Oxygen icon
> family imported, to load others see the example named
> OxygenIconFamilyBuilder.
> Subclasses of ExternalIconFamily act as caches for all the forms, that
> were requested previously.
> To load a form send
> ExternalIconFamily>>iconNamed: aString size: aNumber
> AlphaImageMorph named: 'document_save' size: 32 family: 'oxygen'.
>
> For looking at all the icons provided by an imported family
> ExternalIconFamilyOxygen allIconsExample
>
> The external file directory, from where to import the files should
> have all the desired icons, categorized by sizes in directories named
> 16x16, 32x32, 64x64, etc...
>
> Every icon family builder responds iconsSpecs, which is the
> specification of all the icons to import.
> IconsFamilyBuilder>>iconsSpecs is automatically created with the
> contents of all the icons in the external folder. But this can be
> overridden in any subclass, for loading any subset of all the
> available icons. ( See ExternalIconSpec class).
> The importer creates valid selectors from the icon file names, and
> later creates aliases. For example, "AlphaImageMorph named:
> 'document_save' size: 32 family: 'oxygen'", the icon contents are
> retrieved using a automatically defined alias, so you can the original
> file names
>
> To load evaluate in Pharo
> Gofer it
> squeaksource: 'ExternalIconFamily';
> package: 'ExternalIconFamily';
> load.
>
>
> Fernando
>
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Fernando Olivero
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Oh, GMIcon are the main users of the framework in Gaucho. I will
>> remove the dependencies.
>> Probably the underscores are related to some imported icon names, i
>> will remove them also.
>> Will announce it to the list when i committed the new version.
>> Thanks !
>> Fernando
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Juan Vuletich <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> Hi Fernando,
>>>
>>> Fernando Olivero wrote:
>>>> Hi, i set up the repo here http://www.squeaksource.com/ExternalIconFamily
>>>>
>>>> "This framework allows importing and managing any external icon
>>>> family. Once imported , the icon family is reified into the image,
>>>> As an example it comes with the Oxygen icon family imported, to load
>>>> others see the example named OxygenIconFamilyBuilder.
>>>> Subclasses of ExternalIconFamily act as caches for all the forms, that
>>>> were requested previously.
>>>> To load a form send, ExternalIconFamily>>iconNamed: aString size: aNumber "
>>>>
>>>> Now the integration to UITheme is missing, i will try to have a
>>>> working example soon.
>>>>
>>>> Fernando
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I like it! Just a couple of details: GMIconFamily and GMIcon are
>>> Undeclared in PharoCore-1.2-12146. And a few methods use underscores in
>>> the selector... Cuis supports it,
>>>  but I prefer having the preference off by default. I think underscores
>>> in identifiers should only be used when there are very strong reasons.
>>> And I don't see them here. Could you consider removing them?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Juan Vuletich
>>>
>>
>

> after loading just evaluate:
>
>          ExternalIconFamilyOxygen allIconsExample
>
> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Fernando Olivero
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> DONE! please take a look at the new description.
>>
>>
>>
>> This framework allows importing and managing any external icon family.
>> Once imported , the icon family is reified into the image,
>> ExternalIconFamilyOxygen. As an example it comes with the Oxygen icon
>> family imported, to load others see the example named
>> OxygenIconFamilyBuilder.
>> Subclasses of ExternalIconFamily act as caches for all the forms, that
>> were requested previously.
>> To load a form send
>> ExternalIconFamily>>iconNamed: aString size: aNumber
>> AlphaImageMorph named: 'document_save' size: 32 family: 'oxygen'.
>>
>> For looking at all the icons provided by an imported family
>> ExternalIconFamilyOxygen allIconsExample
>>
>> The external file directory, from where to import the files should
>> have all the desired icons, categorized by sizes in directories named
>> 16x16, 32x32, 64x64, etc...
>>
>> Every icon family builder responds iconsSpecs, which is the
>> specification of all the icons to import.
>> IconsFamilyBuilder>>iconsSpecs is automatically created with the
>> contents of all the icons in the external folder. But this can be
>> overridden in any subclass, for loading any subset of all the
>> available icons. ( See ExternalIconSpec class).
>> The importer creates valid selectors from the icon file names, and
>> later creates aliases. For example, "AlphaImageMorph named:
>> 'document_save' size: 32 family: 'oxygen'", the icon contents are
>> retrieved using a automatically defined alias, so you can the original
>> file names
>>
>> To load evaluate in Pharo
>> Gofer it
>> squeaksource: 'ExternalIconFamily';
>> package: 'ExternalIconFamily';
>> load.
>>
>>
>> Fernando
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Fernando Olivero
>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> Oh, GMIcon are the main users of the framework in Gaucho. I will
>>> remove the dependencies.
>>> Probably the underscores are related to some imported icon names, i
>>> will remove them also.
>>> Will announce it to the list when i committed the new version.
>>> Thanks !
>>> Fernando
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Juan Vuletich <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>> Hi Fernando,
>>>>
>>>> Fernando Olivero wrote:
>>>>> Hi, i set up the repo here http://www.squeaksource.com/ExternalIconFamily
>>>>>
>>>>> "This framework allows importing and managing any external icon
>>>>> family. Once imported , the icon family is reified into the image,
>>>>> As an example it comes with the Oxygen icon family imported, to load
>>>>> others see the example named OxygenIconFamilyBuilder.
>>>>> Subclasses of ExternalIconFamily act as caches for all the forms, that
>>>>> were requested previously.
>>>>> To load a form send, ExternalIconFamily>>iconNamed: aString size: aNumber "
>>>>>
>>>>> Now the integration to UITheme is missing, i will try to have a
>>>>> working example soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fernando
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I like it! Just a couple of details: GMIconFamily and GMIcon are
>>>> Undeclared in PharoCore-1.2-12146. And a few methods use underscores in
>>>> the selector... Cuis supports it,
>>>>  but I prefer having the preference off by default. I think underscores
>>>> in identifiers should only be used when there are very strong reasons.
>>>> And I don't see them here. Could you consider removing them?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Juan Vuletich
>>>>
>>>
>>
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