[Cuis] Developing install scripts for packages

[H. Hirzel]

Thank you, Juan

works fine, now fixed in
https://github.com/hhzl/Cuis/blob/packages3/packages/PetitParser/README.md

--Hannes

On 1/1/13, Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org> wrote:
> Hi Hannes,
>
> H. Hirzel wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> The suggested process for developing external packages is (according
>> to the Cuis help entry 'Using github to host Cuis packages')
>>
>>
>> a)    Start with a standard (i.e. fresh) Cuis image. Never save the
>> image.
>>
>> b)    Set up Git repositories for external packages (if not already done)
>>
>> c)    Install packages from Git repositories.
>>
>> d)    Develop. Modify and/or create packages.
>>
>> e)    Save own packages (to Git repositories).
>>
>> f)    Git add / commit / push as appropriate.
>>
>> g)    Fileout changes that are not part of any package. These are
>> automatically captured in numbered changesets, separated from changes
>> to packages.
>>
>> h)    Exit the image. Usually without saving.
>>
>>
>> Regarding point c)
>>
>> The 'Installed Packages' tool is meant for that (Context menu on
>> desktop / 'Open...')
>>
>> However for doing this repeatedly every day for several packages
>> (where the load order has to be followed) this is not handy in the
>> long run.
>>
>> I'd like to have build scripts.
>>
>> My first attempt is here
>>
>> https://github.com/hhzl/Cuis/blob/packages3/packages/PetitParser/README.md
>>
>> #(
>>  'packages\PetitParser.pck'
>>  'packages\PetitTests.pck'
>>  'packages\PetitTutorial.pck'
>> )
>>  do:
>>     [ :fileName | CodeFileBrowser installPackage:
>>                       (FileStream concreteStream readOnlyFileNamed:
>> fileName)
>>     ]
>>
>>
>> This is supposed to work in a setup you get from
>> https://github.com/hhzl/Cuis/archive/packages3.zip
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately it does not work in a fresh image.
>>
>> I get an error 'PetitParser.pck' does not exist
>>
>> When I wrote it a few days I seemingly only tested it with an image
>> which already had the package created.
>>
>> How do I create such a package with code? (I might search 2 hours it
>> and then I am still not sure if that is the intended way. I assume for
>> some of you (in particular Juan :-) this is a 5 minutes exercise; and
>> I would like to start the discussion about writing install scripts for
>> packages)
>>
>>
>> Happy New Year 2013 again
>>
>> Hannes
>>
>
> You forgot a directory level, and you hardcoded Windows style slash.
> This works for me:
>
> | slash |
> slash _ FileDirectory slash.
> {
>  'packages', slash, 'PetitParser', slash, 'PetitParser.pck' .
>  'packages', slash, 'PetitParser', slash, 'PetitTests.pck' .
>  'packages', slash, 'PetitParser', slash, 'PetitTutorial.pck'
> }
>  do:
>     [ :fileName | CodeFileBrowser installPackage:
>                       (FileStream concreteStream readOnlyFileNamed:
> fileName)
>     ]
>
> BTW, always keep a Transcript open. You get notifications about
> installed packages, in addition to the usual undeclared, etc.
>
> Cheers,
> Juan Vuletich
>
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