Pillar used directly from Pharo

> Hi !
> You can use it from Pharo but it's a little complicated if you want to add a
> configuration file (pillar.conf).
> I can't explain now because I'm at a ceremony but when I'll have time I'll
> add the list of the commandes !
>
> Le samedi 18 avril 2015, Jan Valášek <[hidden email]> a écrit :
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I'd like to ask you, whether is here a way to use pillar internally,
>> directly from Pharo and how to use it properly. I have found some
>> tutorials how to use it from linux/windows command prompt, however, I'd
>> prefer to call it in my program in pharo.
>>
>>
>>
>> Something like this ->
>> -----------------------
>> header := pillarHeaderObject new.  //creating pillar objects directly
>> from my program
>> header text:'Title of my page'.
>> aPillarDocument add: header.   //adding them to the whole document
>> object
>>
>> and finally
>>
>> aPillarDocument exportToLatex. //export the document
>> ----------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> or I can just write the text in the pillar notation to "myTextObject"
>> and then call something like->
>> -------
>> pillarParseAndExportToLatex: myTextObject.
>> -------
>>
>> Is here a way to do this?
>>
>> Thanks for your help :-)
>> John.
>>
>
>
> --
> Cheers
> Cyril Ferlicot
>

> Hi again !
>
> Ok so. To use pillar inside Pharo you have this:
>
> PRCocoonConfiguration new
>                         templateStream: PRHTMLWriter defaultTemplate;
>                         configurations: Dictionary new;
>                         inputFiles: {(FileSystem workingDirectory /
> 'test.pillar')};
>                         outputType: PRHTMLWriter;
>                         outputFile: 'test.html' asFileReference ;
>                         export.
>
> Here is a little exemple. You can remplace PRHTMLWriter by
> PRLaTeXWriter, PRTextWriter, PRMarkdownWriter, PRPillarWriter etc...
> The outputFile is the name of the file you want to be generate, the
> file will be on the folder of the image.
> If you want a special template you have to pass it to templateStream.
> You can also have others option like:
>
>
>
> On 18 April 2015 at 20:06, Cyril Ferlicot <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi !
>> You can use it from Pharo but it's a little complicated if you want to add a
>> configuration file (pillar.conf).
>> I can't explain now because I'm at a ceremony but when I'll have time I'll
>> add the list of the commandes !
>>
>> Le samedi 18 avril 2015, Jan Valášek <[hidden email]> a écrit :
>>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I'd like to ask you, whether is here a way to use pillar internally,
>>> directly from Pharo and how to use it properly. I have found some
>>> tutorials how to use it from linux/windows command prompt, however, I'd
>>> prefer to call it in my program in pharo.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Something like this ->
>>> -----------------------
>>> header := pillarHeaderObject new.  //creating pillar objects directly
>>> from my program
>>> header text:'Title of my page'.
>>> aPillarDocument add: header.   //adding them to the whole document
>>> object
>>>
>>> and finally
>>>
>>> aPillarDocument exportToLatex. //export the document
>>> ----------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> or I can just write the text in the pillar notation to "myTextObject"
>>> and then call something like->
>>> -------
>>> pillarParseAndExportToLatex: myTextObject.
>>> -------
>>>
>>> Is here a way to do this?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help :-)
>>> John.
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Cyril Ferlicot
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers
> Cyril Ferlicot

> Hi again !
>
> Ok so. To use pillar inside Pharo you have this:
>
> PRCocoonConfiguration new
>                         templateStream: PRHTMLWriter defaultTemplate;
>                         configurations: Dictionary new;
>                         inputFiles: {(FileSystem workingDirectory /
> 'test.pillar')};
>                         outputType: PRHTMLWriter;
>                         outputFile: 'test.html' asFileReference ;
>                         export.
>
> Here is a little exemple. You can remplace PRHTMLWriter by
> PRLaTeXWriter, PRTextWriter, PRMarkdownWriter, PRPillarWriter etc...
> The outputFile is the name of the file you want to be generate, the
> file will be on the folder of the image.
> If you want a special template you have to pass it to templateStream.
> You can also have others option like:
> - inputString : aString with the pillar text you want to export like:
>                         '!test
>                         *myLink>http://test.html*
>                         !!Test 2
>                         etc...'
> - outputStream : if you don't want a file at the end but a stream.
> etc...
>
> You can find all these option inside the PRCocoonConfiguration class.
>
> I hope that can help you, if you've others question fell free to ask !
>
> On 19 April 2015 at 17:53, Cyril Ferlicot <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi again !
>>
>> Ok so. To use pillar inside Pharo you have this:
>>
>> PRCocoonConfiguration new
>>                         templateStream: PRHTMLWriter defaultTemplate;
>>                         configurations: Dictionary new;
>>                         inputFiles: {(FileSystem workingDirectory /
>> 'test.pillar')};
>>                         outputType: PRHTMLWriter;
>>                         outputFile: 'test.html' asFileReference ;
>>                         export.
>>
>> Here is a little exemple. You can remplace PRHTMLWriter by
>> PRLaTeXWriter, PRTextWriter, PRMarkdownWriter, PRPillarWriter etc...
>> The outputFile is the name of the file you want to be generate, the
>> file will be on the folder of the image.
>> If you want a special template you have to pass it to templateStream.
>> You can also have others option like:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 18 April 2015 at 20:06, Cyril Ferlicot <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> Hi !
>>> You can use it from Pharo but it's a little complicated if you want to add a
>>> configuration file (pillar.conf).
>>> I can't explain now because I'm at a ceremony but when I'll have time I'll
>>> add the list of the commandes !
>>>
>>> Le samedi 18 avril 2015, Jan Valášek <[hidden email]> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to ask you, whether is here a way to use pillar internally,
>>>> directly from Pharo and how to use it properly. I have found some
>>>> tutorials how to use it from linux/windows command prompt, however, I'd
>>>> prefer to call it in my program in pharo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Something like this ->
>>>> -----------------------
>>>> header := pillarHeaderObject new.  //creating pillar objects directly
>>>> from my program
>>>> header text:'Title of my page'.
>>>> aPillarDocument add: header.   //adding them to the whole document
>>>> object
>>>>
>>>> and finally
>>>>
>>>> aPillarDocument exportToLatex. //export the document
>>>> ----------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> or I can just write the text in the pillar notation to "myTextObject"
>>>> and then call something like->
>>>> -------
>>>> pillarParseAndExportToLatex: myTextObject.
>>>> -------
>>>>
>>>> Is here a way to do this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help :-)
>>>> John.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers
>>> Cyril Ferlicot
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Cyril Ferlicot

> Hi Jan,
>
> the following complements Cyril's answers. You can have a look at all
> the unit-tests, they do a lot of things like what you want.
>
> Jan Valášek <[hidden email]> writes:
>> header := pillarHeaderObject new.  //creating pillar objects directly
>
> header := PRHeader new level: 2; add: (PRText content: 'foo'); yourself.
>
>
>> aPillarDocument add: header.   //adding them to the whole document
>
>
> document := PRDocument new.
> document add: header.
>
>> aPillarDocument exportToLatex. //export the document
>
>
> to only export the body of the document:
>
> PRLaTeXWriter write: document
>
>
>> or I can just write the text in the pillar notation to "myTextObject"
>> and then call something like->
>> -------
>> pillarParseAndExportToLatex: myTextObject.
>
>
> document := PRDocumentParser parse: '!!foo'.
> PRLaTeXWriter write: document.

> Dne 2015-04-20 14:12, Damien Cassou napsal:
> Hi Damien,
>
> Finally, I have used both ways in my work. So thank you for the
> clarification. Pillar is a very useful tool :-)
>
> Jan
>
>> Hi Jan,
>>
>> the following complements Cyril's answers. You can have a look at all
>> the unit-tests, they do a lot of things like what you want.
>>
>> Jan Valášek <[hidden email]> writes:
>>> header := pillarHeaderObject new.  //creating pillar objects directly
>>
>> header := PRHeader new level: 2; add: (PRText content: 'foo'); yourself.
>>
>>
>>> aPillarDocument add: header.   //adding them to the whole document
>>
>>
>> document := PRDocument new.
>> document add: header.
>>
>>> aPillarDocument exportToLatex. //export the document
>>
>>
>> to only export the body of the document:
>>
>> PRLaTeXWriter write: document
>>
>>
>>> or I can just write the text in the pillar notation to "myTextObject"
>>> and then call something like->
>>> -------
>>> pillarParseAndExportToLatex: myTextObject.
>>
>>
>> document := PRDocumentParser parse: '!!foo'.
>> PRLaTeXWriter write: document.
>
>

>Dne 2015-04-20 14:12, Damien Cassou napsal:
>Hi Damien,
>
>Finally, I have used both ways in my work. So thank you for the
>clarification. Pillar is a very useful tool :-)
>
>Jan
>
>> Hi Jan,
>>
>> the following complements Cyril's answers. You can have a look at all
>> the unit-tests, they do a lot of things like what you want.
>>
>> Jan Valášek <[hidden email]> writes:
>>> header := pillarHeaderObject new.  //creating pillar objects
>directly
>>
>> header := PRHeader new level: 2; add: (PRText content: 'foo');
>yourself.
>>
>>
>>> aPillarDocument add: header.   //adding them to the whole document
>>
>>
>> document := PRDocument new.
>> document add: header.
>>
>>> aPillarDocument exportToLatex. //export the document
>>
>>
>> to only export the body of the document:
>>
>> PRLaTeXWriter write: document
>>
>>
>>> or I can just write the text in the pillar notation to
>"myTextObject"
>>> and then call something like->
>>> -------
>>> pillarParseAndExportToLatex: myTextObject.
>>
>>
>> document := PRDocumentParser parse: '!!foo'.
>> PRLaTeXWriter write: document.