[Cuis] How layout works in Cuis morphic (Re: More...morphic)

[Ignacio Sniechowski]

*Lic. Ignacio Sniechowski, MBA*






On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org> wrote:

> On 4/26/2014 10:06 AM, nacho wrote:
>
>> Hannes,
>> Yes it was very useful. Browsing GitHub -especially yours and Ken's
>> repositories- I've discovered a lot of stuff that help me to understand a
>> little more about Morphic in Cuis.
>> The package that you mention was very helpful in seeing how LayoutMorph
>> actually works.
>> Thanks for doing it.
>>
>
> I concur. Thanks folks for your cool stuff!
>
>  My idea is to have a very good understanding of how Morphic works in Cuis,
>> and after that try to document an make examples. Usually, I agree with
>> Juan
>> that Smalltalk is self documenting. The power to see how a method from the
>> Class Library is implemented is invaluable. However, Morphic is kind of
>> tricky and as Cuis has a very stable core, for me it makes sense to have
>> it
>> documented.
>>
>
> Agreed. Some documentation would be very welcome. In any case, class
> comments, method comments, example methods (usually class side) and tests
> can also be considered documentation, as they illustrate some interesting
> detail.
>
>  I usually take a look at how morphic works on Squeak and then try to
>> figure
>> out how the same code can be rewritten to run on Cuis.
>>
>
> This is most useful if you are porting code. If you're writing new code
> for Cuis, just figuring out Cuis is simpler and enough.
>
>  However, the
>> implementations are quiet different in general. Also, Pharo seems to be
>> moving away from Morphic. Not in the sense that is taking it out, but in
>> the
>> sense that it has applied a new Framework on top of it -Spec-. Morphic
>> still
>> works but it seems it will not be the defacto framework for UI building.
>> But I rather learn Morphic and I also like the fact that in Cuis Morphic
>> has
>> been simplified. One has to figure out how to build, for instance, a
>> SimpleSwitchMorph just to run some Squeak code, but that's ok. I guess
>> that
>> if one gets the knowledge of how Morphic works on Cuis, it can be
>> re-implemented as a package and not as a core feature.
>>
>
> In the case of aSwitch, maybe 'PluggableButtonMorph example openInWorld'
> is useful. I just found it by looking for Switch... Maybe the menus for
> setting font size in a Text Editor are relevant too...
>
>
>  Thanks again for posting your examples and your work in progress in
>> GitHub.
>> I hope one day I can repay the Cuis community with some nice intro to
>> Morphic on Cuis.
>> Best
>> Nacho
>>
>
> :)
>
> BTW, we could organize a (very informal) event for those in Buenos Aires
> or very close... Just some beers and laptops. What do you think?
>
>
That would be great! How about next weekend which has four days in a row ?
Best
Nacho







> Cheers,
> Juan Vuletich
>
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