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christian [Porting PDFtalk to non-namespace Smalltalk dialects]
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 Make the [[start#the_library|core PDFtalk library]] available to non-namespace Smalltalk dialects like Squeak, Pharo and VAST. This does not include the UI (the [[pdftalksnooper|Snooper]]), which needs to be fully rewritten in another dialect (namespaced or not). Make the [[start#the_library|core PDFtalk library]] available to non-namespace Smalltalk dialects like Squeak, Pharo and VAST. This does not include the UI (the [[pdftalksnooper|Snooper]]), which needs to be fully rewritten in another dialect (namespaced or not).
  
-The transformation approach to porting has been successful for [[pdftalk4gemstone|Gemstone]], which has namespaces. Translating all names in namespaces and their references to prefixed global names has not been done yet.+The transformation approach to porting has been successful for [[pdftalk4gemstone|Gemstone]], which has namespaces. Translating all names in namespaces and their references to prefixed global names has not been done at the time. This is the focus of the current work - see the **[[PortingBlog|blog]]** for the current development.
  
 Some information [[aboutPortingToNonNamespacedSmalltalks|about the project]] gives more details of the organisation and structure of the project. Some information [[aboutPortingToNonNamespacedSmalltalks|about the project]] gives more details of the organisation and structure of the project.
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 ===== General Approach ===== ===== General Approach =====
  
-  - [[setupvisualWorks|setup the VisualWorks 8.3]] source image+  - [[setupvisualWorks|setup the VisualWorks 8.3]] source image with PDFtalk and the tools
   - Port the ''Values'' package. This is easy, since no namespaces are involved.   - Port the ''Values'' package. This is easy, since no namespaces are involved.
   - Port the PDFtalk packages in order (you can skip PostScript until later)   - Port the PDFtalk packages in order (you can skip PostScript until later)
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