[Cuis-dev] TrueType Fonts assignment

[Robert Calco]

Juan,

Thanks for your prompt and thorough answers!

I just grabbed the master.zip per the instructions on Github but still see
the problem. After setting the system font to CompterModernSans, I opened a
browser on Date>>printFormat: and can see both the left arrow and the up
arrow still look like boxes with x's in them. So, is it necessary for me to
clone the repo to see the changes?

On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 11:39 AM Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org> wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> On 4/27/2021 4:31 PM, Robert Calco via Cuis-dev wrote:
>
> I'm a noob to Cuis, though I've been lurking awhile, and after watching
> recent demos about progress on SVG I got an instance working on my Windows
> machine using the 64 bit vm and Cuis5.0-4567.image. I tweaked preferences a
> bit and found I liked everything about the experience
>
>
> Nice!
>
> *except* how TT fonts had the return and assignment arrows looking like
> blocks, as noted by Bernhard.
>
> I am unable to find the preferences you mention above, but figured out I
> could add them to the preferences list, however they did not change
> anything. So maybe I'm using the wrong image?
>
>
> I guess you are looking for
>         Preferences enable: #syntaxHighlightingAsYouTypeAnsiAssignment.
> and
>         Preferences enable:
> #syntaxHighlightingAsYouTypeLeftArrowAssignment.
> (enable only one of them at a time)
>
> #useLeftArrow and #useAlwaysLeftArrow seem useless to me. I think we'd
> just remove them.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind if the left and up arrows were always
> dynamically inserted by default when I type ^ or :=, but not until all the
> supported fonts can render them properly. That would be my feedback. Until
> then the default should be ^ for returning a value, and := for assignment.
>
>
> Today I pushed a commit to take the Unicode Arrow glyphs from DejaVu if
> the selected font doesn't include them. Assignment and returns should look
> well in any font.
>
> Some clarifications:
> - There are no specifically "supported fonts". You can use any TrueType
> font you like. We include a few with Cuis for convenience. You can add
> others. Different TrueType fonts will vary in the range of glyphs they
> include.
> - We always use Character 94 for return ( ^ in the keyboard). We just
> display it as an up arrow when it is a return (but not when it is used a a
> binary selector, or in a comment).
> - You can use := or left arrow ( _ in the keyboard) for assignment. Your
> choice. We display _ as a left arrow when it is used for assignment (but
> not when it is used as part of a variable name or selector, or in a
> comment).
>
> The SVG support is a big deal and I'm interested in exploring what I can
> do with Cuis as an alternative, but for most application needs Pharo and
> Cincom, as "top heavy" as they are, still seem most suitable for actual
> application development. Gemstone is also great. In general I am always
> struggling with which to use for what purpose.
>
> --
> *Bob Calco*
>
> bobcalco at gmail.com
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>
> *"But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and
> setting others aside; and this, I think, is where our personal destinies
> are largely decided." *-- *Alfred North Whitehead*
>
> *"And now I see with eye serene the very pulse of the machine." *--* William
> Wordsworth*
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Juan Vuletichwww.cuis-smalltalk.orghttps://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Devhttps://github.com/jvuletichhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-vuletich-75611b3
> @JuanVuletich
>
>

-- 
*Bob Calco*

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*"But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and
setting others aside; and this, I think, is where our personal destinies
are largely decided." *-- *Alfred North Whitehead*

*"And now I see with eye serene the very pulse of the machine." *--* William
Wordsworth*
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