basicFormat method missing in SHTextStylerST80?

> Hi everyone,
>
> I think that my smalltalk conversion will be much nicer if I can get
> the SVI emacs-like environments up and running.
>
> The editor and workspace work great, but the SVI ClassBrowser  fails
> at the following point:
>
>         basicStyle: (aText _ styler basicFormat: t asText).
>
> Where styler is an instance of SHTextStylerST80. Problem is it has no
> basicFormat method. The only reference to a basicFOrmat method via
> google is:
>
> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2004-April/077901.html
>
> which is hardly useful in this case, although it does point to the
> function of the method.
>
> First, can anyone suggest a change to the code or a wrapper
> implementation of basicFOrmat?
>
> This also points to a challenge that the ST community has with regards
> to it's use of traditional SCM. Since most coding projects (say Rails)
> use a "standard" text based SCM like CVS or subversion, they can run
> simple web interfaces allowing access to all versions of all source
> files. A huge benefit of that is that I can google for some class and
> method names (that may be in either an upcoming version or may have
> been deprecated years ago) and I will often find the source that
> implements that method which is a good starting point, even if noone
> has ever mentioned my specific issue.
>
> There don't seem to be any such online viewable repositories of, say,
> the squeak core. Is there any kind of repositary that would be
> suitable for putting a read only web front end on? Ideally with more
> granularity than just the snapshots of released image versions.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark.
>
> --
> Mark Aufflick
>  e: [hidden email]
>  w: mark.aufflick.com
>  p: +61 438 700 647
>  f: +61 2 9436 4737
>

> BTW, the line quoted is from PluggableSVIShoutMapMorph>>preStyleText.
> If I replace basicStyle: with unstyledTextFrom: (the only method
> listed in the 'converting' catgory of SHTextStylerST80's instance
> methods) the browser will launch, but I don't have styled text...
>
> On 7/3/06, Mark Aufflick <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I think that my smalltalk conversion will be much nicer if I can get
> > the SVI emacs-like environments up and running.
> >
> > The editor and workspace work great, but the SVI ClassBrowser  fails
> > at the following point:
> >
> >         basicStyle: (aText _ styler basicFormat: t asText).
> >
> > Where styler is an instance of SHTextStylerST80. Problem is it has no
> > basicFormat method. The only reference to a basicFOrmat method via
> > google is:
> >
> > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2004-April/077901.html
> >
> > which is hardly useful in this case, although it does point to the
> > function of the method.
> >
> > First, can anyone suggest a change to the code or a wrapper
> > implementation of basicFOrmat?
> >
> > This also points to a challenge that the ST community has with regards
> > to it's use of traditional SCM. Since most coding projects (say Rails)
> > use a "standard" text based SCM like CVS or subversion, they can run
> > simple web interfaces allowing access to all versions of all source
> > files. A huge benefit of that is that I can google for some class and
> > method names (that may be in either an upcoming version or may have
> > been deprecated years ago) and I will often find the source that
> > implements that method which is a good starting point, even if noone
> > has ever mentioned my specific issue.
> >
> > There don't seem to be any such online viewable repositories of, say,
> > the squeak core. Is there any kind of repositary that would be
> > suitable for putting a read only web front end on? Ideally with more
> > granularity than just the snapshots of released image versions.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> > --
> > Mark Aufflick
> >  e: [hidden email]
> >  w: mark.aufflick.com
> >  p: +61 438 700 647
> >  f: +61 2 9436 4737
> >
>
>
> --
> Mark Aufflick
>  e: [hidden email]
>  w: mark.aufflick.com
>  p: +61 438 700 647
>  f: +61 2 9436 4737
>

> What do you know, using format: works too (inherited from
> SHTextStyler) and gives standard styling (eg bold etc), but no shout
> style colorisation.
>
> On 7/3/06, Mark Aufflick <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > BTW, the line quoted is from PluggableSVIShoutMapMorph>>preStyleText.
> > If I replace basicStyle: with unstyledTextFrom: (the only method
> > listed in the 'converting' catgory of SHTextStylerST80's instance
> > methods) the browser will launch, but I don't have styled text...
> >
> > On 7/3/06, Mark Aufflick <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I think that my smalltalk conversion will be much nicer if I can get
> > > the SVI emacs-like environments up and running.
> > >
> > > The editor and workspace work great, but the SVI ClassBrowser  fails
> > > at the following point:
> > >
> > >         basicStyle: (aText _ styler basicFormat: t asText).
> > >
> > > Where styler is an instance of SHTextStylerST80. Problem is it has no
> > > basicFormat method. The only reference to a basicFOrmat method via
> > > google is:
> > >
> > > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2004-April/077901.html
> > >
> > > which is hardly useful in this case, although it does point to the
> > > function of the method.
> > >
> > > First, can anyone suggest a change to the code or a wrapper
> > > implementation of basicFOrmat?
> > >
> > > This also points to a challenge that the ST community has with regards
> > > to it's use of traditional SCM. Since most coding projects (say Rails)
> > > use a "standard" text based SCM like CVS or subversion, they can run
> > > simple web interfaces allowing access to all versions of all source
> > > files. A huge benefit of that is that I can google for some class and
> > > method names (that may be in either an upcoming version or may have
> > > been deprecated years ago) and I will often find the source that
> > > implements that method which is a good starting point, even if noone
> > > has ever mentioned my specific issue.
> > >
> > > There don't seem to be any such online viewable repositories of, say,
> > > the squeak core. Is there any kind of repositary that would be
> > > suitable for putting a read only web front end on? Ideally with more
> > > granularity than just the snapshots of released image versions.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Mark.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mark Aufflick
> > >  e: [hidden email]
> > >  w: mark.aufflick.com
> > >  p: +61 438 700 647
> > >  f: +61 2 9436 4737
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Mark Aufflick
> >  e: [hidden email]
> >  w: mark.aufflick.com
> >  p: +61 438 700 647
> >  f: +61 2 9436 4737
> >
>
>
> --
> Mark Aufflick
>  e: [hidden email]
>  w: mark.aufflick.com
>  p: +61 438 700 647
>  f: +61 2 9436 4737
>

> Sorry for writing a question and answering it a minute later! Here is
> the code for PluggableSVIShoutMapMorph>>preStyleText that gives fully
> colorised text in the browser's editor:
>
> preStyleText: t
>
> |aText|
>
> (Preferences syntaxHighlightingAsYouType not or: [t size > self
> styleSizeLimit])
> ifTrue:[^t].
>
> styler
> ifNil: [ ^t ]
> ifNotNil:[styler
> classOrMetaClass: svi selectedClassOrMetaClass;
> format: (aText := styler styledTextFor: t asText).
> ^aText].
>
> On 7/3/06, Mark Aufflick <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > What do you know, using format: works too (inherited from
> > SHTextStyler) and gives standard styling (eg bold etc), but no shout
> > style colorisation.
> >
> > On 7/3/06, Mark Aufflick <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > > BTW, the line quoted is from PluggableSVIShoutMapMorph>>preStyleText.
> > > If I replace basicStyle: with unstyledTextFrom: (the only method
> > > listed in the 'converting' catgory of SHTextStylerST80's instance
> > > methods) the browser will launch, but I don't have styled text...
> > >
> > > On 7/3/06, Mark Aufflick <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > >
> > > > I think that my smalltalk conversion will be much nicer if I can get
> > > > the SVI emacs-like environments up and running.
> > > >
> > > > The editor and workspace work great, but the SVI ClassBrowser  fails
> > > > at the following point:
> > > >
> > > >         basicStyle: (aText _ styler basicFormat: t asText).
> > > >
> > > > Where styler is an instance of SHTextStylerST80. Problem is it has no
> > > > basicFormat method. The only reference to a basicFOrmat method via
> > > > google is:
> > > >
> > > > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2004-April/077
> > > >901.html
> > > >
> > > > which is hardly useful in this case, although it does point to the
> > > > function of the method.
> > > >
> > > > First, can anyone suggest a change to the code or a wrapper
> > > > implementation of basicFOrmat?
> > > >
> > > > This also points to a challenge that the ST community has with
> > > > regards to it's use of traditional SCM. Since most coding projects
> > > > (say Rails) use a "standard" text based SCM like CVS or subversion,
> > > > they can run simple web interfaces allowing access to all versions of
> > > > all source files. A huge benefit of that is that I can google for
> > > > some class and method names (that may be in either an upcoming
> > > > version or may have been deprecated years ago) and I will often find
> > > > the source that implements that method which is a good starting
> > > > point, even if noone has ever mentioned my specific issue.
> > > >
> > > > There don't seem to be any such online viewable repositories of, say,
> > > > the squeak core. Is there any kind of repositary that would be
> > > > suitable for putting a read only web front end on? Ideally with more
> > > > granularity than just the snapshots of released image versions.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Mark.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Mark Aufflick
> > > >  e: [hidden email]
> > > >  w: mark.aufflick.com
> > > >  p: +61 438 700 647
> > > >  f: +61 2 9436 4737
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mark Aufflick
> > >  e: [hidden email]
> > >  w: mark.aufflick.com
> > >  p: +61 438 700 647
> > >  f: +61 2 9436 4737
> >
> > --
> > Mark Aufflick
> >  e: [hidden email]
> >  w: mark.aufflick.com
> >  p: +61 438 700 647
> >  f: +61 2 9436 4737

> Mark,
>
> This is interesting .. also, at this level, I suspect you may get more
> comments on the [hidden email] list...
>
> Milan
> On 2006 July 3 03:11, Mark Aufflick wrote:
> > Sorry for writing a question and answering it a minute later! Here is
> > the code for PluggableSVIShoutMapMorph>>preStyleText that gives fully
> > colorised text in the browser's editor:
> >
> > preStyleText: t
> >
> >       |aText|
> >
> >       (Preferences syntaxHighlightingAsYouType not or: [t size > self
> > styleSizeLimit])
> >               ifTrue:[^t].
> >
> >       styler
> >               ifNil: [ ^t ]
> >               ifNotNil:[styler
> >                                       classOrMetaClass: svi selectedClassOrMetaClass;
> >                                       format: (aText := styler styledTextFor: t asText).
> >                               ^aText].
> >
> > On 7/3/06, Mark Aufflick <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > > What do you know, using format: works too (inherited from
> > > SHTextStyler) and gives standard styling (eg bold etc), but no shout
> > > style colorisation.
> > >
> > > On 7/3/06, Mark Aufflick <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > > > BTW, the line quoted is from PluggableSVIShoutMapMorph>>preStyleText.
> > > > If I replace basicStyle: with unstyledTextFrom: (the only method
> > > > listed in the 'converting' catgory of SHTextStylerST80's instance
> > > > methods) the browser will launch, but I don't have styled text...
> > > >
> > > > On 7/3/06, Mark Aufflick <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > >
> > > > > I think that my smalltalk conversion will be much nicer if I can get
> > > > > the SVI emacs-like environments up and running.
> > > > >
> > > > > The editor and workspace work great, but the SVI ClassBrowser  fails
> > > > > at the following point:
> > > > >
> > > > >         basicStyle: (aText _ styler basicFormat: t asText).
> > > > >
> > > > > Where styler is an instance of SHTextStylerST80. Problem is it has no
> > > > > basicFormat method. The only reference to a basicFOrmat method via
> > > > > google is:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2004-April/077
> > > > >901.html
> > > > >
> > > > > which is hardly useful in this case, although it does point to the
> > > > > function of the method.
> > > > >
> > > > > First, can anyone suggest a change to the code or a wrapper
> > > > > implementation of basicFOrmat?
> > > > >
> > > > > This also points to a challenge that the ST community has with
> > > > > regards to it's use of traditional SCM. Since most coding projects
> > > > > (say Rails) use a "standard" text based SCM like CVS or subversion,
> > > > > they can run simple web interfaces allowing access to all versions of
> > > > > all source files. A huge benefit of that is that I can google for
> > > > > some class and method names (that may be in either an upcoming
> > > > > version or may have been deprecated years ago) and I will often find
> > > > > the source that implements that method which is a good starting
> > > > > point, even if noone has ever mentioned my specific issue.
> > > > >
> > > > > There don't seem to be any such online viewable repositories of, say,
> > > > > the squeak core. Is there any kind of repositary that would be
> > > > > suitable for putting a read only web front end on? Ideally with more
> > > > > granularity than just the snapshots of released image versions.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Mark.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Mark Aufflick
> > > > >  e: [hidden email]
> > > > >  w: mark.aufflick.com
> > > > >  p: +61 438 700 647
> > > > >  f: +61 2 9436 4737
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Mark Aufflick
> > > >  e: [hidden email]
> > > >  w: mark.aufflick.com
> > > >  p: +61 438 700 647
> > > >  f: +61 2 9436 4737
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mark Aufflick
> > >  e: [hidden email]
> > >  w: mark.aufflick.com
> > >  p: +61 438 700 647
> > >  f: +61 2 9436 4737
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