Generating Curl 7.0 web content from Seaside 3.0 on Pharo 1.0 beta

Yesterday I used a 3.0 install on the Pharo 1.0 beta to generate non-HTML (in my case that is Curl markup )

I would not say that is any easier that before 2009 Camp Smalltalk ( I started from scratch - it still took me hours to track down everything )

Anyone trying this must remember both gotchas:

WASystemConfiguration clearAllDescriptions.

WARenderer resetDefault.

But since WARenderer is an HTML subclass which always resets the default renderer class to itself, that >>default method had to change.

The main nuisance is that methods >>textHtml or >>textPlain are in many critical places instead of a default rendering type ... and of course many key methods for error and redirect still output raw HTML.

Now to see what headaches appear as Pharo and Seaside evolve - given the wide-spread changes still required to accommodate a default rendering MIME type other than plain text or html.

Curl and GemStone are such a natural match that the game still looks to be worth the candles.