[Cuis-dev] TrueType Fonts assignment

[Juan Vuletich]

On 4/28/2021 1:11 PM, Robert Calco via Cuis-dev wrote:
> 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?

After starting the image, and prior to changing the font, you need to 
World / Changes... / Install New Updates . In particular you need update 
#4572. Check your Transcript.

We publish updates frequently, but only push updated images once in a while.

Cheers,

>
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 11:39 AM Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org 
> <mailto: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 <mailto:bobcalco at gmail.com>
>>     813-997-3583 (work mobile)
>>     813-523-3751 (personal mobile)
>>
>>     /"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 Vuletich
>     www.cuis-smalltalk.org  <http://www.cuis-smalltalk.org>
>     https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev
>     https://github.com/jvuletich
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>     @JuanVuletich
>
>
>
> -- 
> *Bob Calco*
>
> bobcalco at gmail.com <mailto:bobcalco at gmail.com>
> 813-997-3583 (work mobile)
> 813-523-3751 (personal mobile)
>
> /"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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