[Cuis] WindowTitleMorph testing help request
David Graham
dgraham at unthinkable.org
Fri May 1 10:24:50 CDT 2015
This mirrors my own hopes for where Cuis is headed… comprehensibility, with an environment that encourages and rewards intellectual curiosity.
> On Apr 30, 2015, at 11:01 AM, Ken.Dickey <Ken.Dickey at whidbey.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 08:07:26 -0300
> "Edgar J. De Cleene" <edgardec2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 4/29/15, 11:36 AM, "Ken.Dickey" <Ken.Dickey at whidbey.com> wrote:
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>>> One of the great things with Cuis is that Cuis is of a scale which allows
>>> folks like myself to try things out.
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>> You know Cuis could be still smaller/simpler ?
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> Hmmm..
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> I am aware of SqueakLight, Spoon, the Lively Kernel et al.
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> There is a continual tension between small and useful. I want not the smallest image available, but the simplest one which satisfies my uses. In particular, the system should be comprehensible. I want to understand the entire system. I want to be able to tell stories in Smalltalk which explain to me how the numerics, object model, graphics, user interactions, and so forth work together to embody a comprehensible system which is useful in general.
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> I am also interested in elegance/beauty.
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> Building useful things makes for complexity as we undertake to fully fill the requirements of a particular context and problem domain.
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> The evolutionary trajectory of Cuis, toward a simpler kernel and packages which can be digested a bite at a time, satisfies my instinct for this kind of simplicity.
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> In particular, I hope to contribute to an executable StyledText document with chapters which document, show, and explain the beauty of Cuis.
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> By their nature, these things tend to be simplifications. But a sketch can elide details which are to be filled in by the mind, and experiments, of the reader.
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> I want something beyond _Squeak by Example_ which helps me and others build interesting "applications".
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> Also, I don't know any local squeakers I could pair program with, so rely on experimenting and exposing code to the Cuis community. Hence my interest in communication -- distributed organizational learning for Cuis.
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> I think I have exposed my philosophical tendencies. I am not sure if I have yet answered your question.
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> Perhaps you can help me out by saying something about what you desire from/for Cuis.
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> What attracted you? What directions might you like to work toward?
>
> Cheers,
> -KenD
>
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