[Cuis] WindowTitleMorph testing help request

Germán Arduino garduino at gmail.com
Fri May 1 12:09:31 CDT 2015


I agree, my own infatuation with Cuis is for the same reasons.

2015-05-01 12:24 GMT-03:00 David Graham <dgraham at unthinkable.org>:

> 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:
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 08:07:26 -0300
> > "Edgar J. De Cleene" <edgardec2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 4/29/15, 11:36 AM, "Ken.Dickey" <Ken.Dickey at whidbey.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> One of the great things with Cuis is that Cuis is of a scale which
> allows
> >>> folks like myself to try things out.
> >>
> >> You know Cuis could be still smaller/simpler ?
> >
> > Hmmm..
> >
> > I am aware of SqueakLight, Spoon, the Lively Kernel et al.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I am also interested in elegance/beauty.
> >
> > Building useful things makes for complexity as we undertake to fully
> fill the requirements of a particular context and problem domain.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > In particular, I hope to contribute to an executable StyledText document
> with chapters which document, show, and explain the beauty of Cuis.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I want something beyond _Squeak by Example_ which helps me and others
> build interesting "applications".
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I think I have exposed my philosophical tendencies. I am not sure if I
> have yet answered your question.
> >
> > Perhaps you can help me out by saying something about what you desire
> from/for Cuis.
> >
> > What attracted you?  What directions might you like to work toward?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -KenD
> >
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Germán Arduino
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