[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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