Re: [Help-smalltalk] Question on translating some code from VisualSmalltalk to GST..

[Ladislav Marek]

Maybe you can replace #() syntax with {}:

 ^{
 ('foo' someClassName).
 ('bar' someOtherClassName).
...
}

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Rick Flower <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 25.09.2012 23:13, Ladislav Marek wrote:
>
>> Only constants are allowed within #() syntax, so #(1 2 3 true nil
>> etc.) is allowed, but no variables or expressions.
>
>
> Hmm.. So a disconnect of sorts.. Doh!  I was thinking about
> porting some code over that I found for VisualSmalltalk that
> could write RTF files from scratch but the code seems to use
> these as a quasi-lookup table of sorts -- mapping statements
> to classes that handle/parse those statements.. I'm wondering
> at this point if it might not be easier to find an external
> RTF writer written in "C" (for instance) and build some
> bindings for GST to use it.. Is that route painful -- ?
>
> I guess another possible option (perhaps?) would be to
> generate some sort of input file that directs an offline
> (e.g. perl module) tool to write the RTF based on directions..
> Not sure if such a beastie exists or not..
>
> One last thought would be to have my code use pre-canned
> templates of sorts and just fill-in the details to flesh
> out the document -- that might be my easiest choice and
> certainly the fastest to get me to my end-point..
>
> If you can think of any other suggestions or libraries
> that are license compatible with GST, drop me a note..
> Thanks all!!
>
> --Rick
>
>
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