[Glass] any way to load tonel code into 3.6.x?

[Paul DeBruicker]

Thanks James.  I'll give it a look.  


My use case - as time passes more of the 3rd party "developed in Pharo" packages are published in tonel format.   To date I have been using Pharo tooling to convert them to filetree or mcz's before loading into GemStone 3.6.x.  

It also means I need to edit/maintain the Metacello baselines of those 3rd party scripts.  My own or on github.  Which of course I do for the GemStone specific parts of them, so its not a big deal but also another thing to keep track of. 

Tonel's been around for some time so figured there had to be a solution. 

I don't use windows or commit often so filetree's file name length and disk use problems don't crop up for me.  Its only translating code between formats I'd prefer to avoid.  

I'd guess the seaside guys would like to only have one code format to pay attention to too.  

Let me know if you have other questions & I'll do the same.  

Paul


> On Jul 15, 2026, at 8:11 PM, James Foster <james.foster at gemtalksystems.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> Topaz has a TFILE command that will load Tonal files. Topaz can be scripted with INPUT of a `.tpz` file or with a “heredoc” in a `.sh` file.
> 
> We have also recently had Steven Baker join our Ecosystem Engineering team and he is exploring adding Rowan package management to Jasper (https://github.com/jgfoster/Jasper), our new VS Code extension. I’ve invited Steven to reach out to you to better understand your use case.
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>> On Jul 12, 2026, at 11:44 AM, Paul DeBruicker via Glass <glass at lists.gemtalksystems.com> wrote:
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>> Hi -
>> 
>> Is there a tonel code loader for GS 3.6.x ? Thanks
>> 
>> Paul
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