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? On 8/24/15, Kirk Fraser <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave, > > Not sure what you mean by trunk. I assumed it was the first download on > squeak.org but it seems a lot harder to extract than Squeak 4.5 was. > Anyway it did not work any better on the menu print. > > Kirk > > > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 6:40 PM, David T. Lewis <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I just committed a fix for this in Squeak trunk. I don't have a Windows >> machine to test it with, but if you are able to update to the latest >> Squeak trunk, please give it a try and let me know it it works for you. >> Note that this is rather old code with platform dependencies, so I really >> cannot say if it is going to work. >> >> The underlying problem was that the editor hierarchy had been refactored >> for Morphic a few years ago, and this particular feature was overlooked. >> I added the missing implementation. >> >> Dave >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 05:32:27PM -0700, Kirk Fraser wrote: >> > David, >> > >> > Thanks for the tip to create a file and print with external tools. I >> need >> > to write a program to extract PO Boxes from a county voter list to send >> out >> > post cards inviting each voter to sign my petition in a central >> > location >> at >> > one minute intervals to reduce the crowds. One of them will be to term >> > limit the local mayor. So I thought to generate the cards one at a >> > time >> > but your way can work. >> > Kirk >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 5:25 PM, David T. Lewis <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 08:20:13PM -0400, David T. Lewis wrote: >> > > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 04:43:12PM -0700, Kirk Fraser wrote: >> > > > > Several different things are polymorphically called print. How >> > > > > do >> I >> > > send >> > > > > text to a peripheral printer? I found the menu item "Send >> contents to >> > > > > printer" and it produced walkback which says >> > > > > "MessageNotUnderstood: SmalltalkEditor>sendContentsToPrinter". >> Printer >> > > > > setup similarly failed yet after the OS supplied the customary >> sound >> > > that >> > > > > the printer was hooked up. >> > > > > >> > > > > This occurred in Squeak 4.5 under Windows 7. What would solve >> > > > > the >> > > problem >> > > > > best? Upgrading Squeak? Getting a different printer? Going back >> to >> > > > > Digitalk Smalltalk/V and a dot matrix ribbon printer where it did >> work >> > > > > years ago? >> > > > >> > > > Hi Kirk, >> > > > >> > > > That MessageNotUnderstood is a bug for sure. I'm surprised nobody >> spotted >> > > > the MNU until now; I suspect that it has been broken for quite a >> while. >> > > > >> > > > I'm afraid that this is negected functionality. As a workaround, >> there >> > > are >> > > > various ways to export to files which can then be printed. The >> contents >> > > of >> > > > a workspace can be exported to a text file, and any morph can >> exported in >> > > > various ways (included postscript) by means of the tools button in >> morph >> > > > halo menus (yellow click on any morph). >> > > > >> > > >> > > Sorry, I guess that would be the blue button (not yellow) that brings >> up >> > > the morph halos. >> > > >> > > Dave >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Beginners mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners >> > > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Beginners mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beginners mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners >> > _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list [email protected] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
