[Cuis] WindowTitleMorph testing help request
Juan Vuletich
juan at jvuletich.org
Fri May 1 14:00:16 CDT 2015
Thanks Ken for your words, and David and German for agreeing.
Yes, this is exactly why I also do Cuis.
Cheers,
Juan Vuletich
On 5/1/2015 2:09 PM, Germán Arduino wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto:Ken.Dickey at whidbey.com>> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 08:07:26 -0300
> > "Edgar J. De Cleene" <edgardec2005 at gmail.com
> <mailto:edgardec2005 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >> On 4/29/15, 11:36 AM, "Ken.Dickey" <Ken.Dickey at whidbey.com
> <mailto: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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