Squeak-dev September 2000

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Mac 2.8.2 VM
by Bruce ONeel 05 Sep '00

05 Sep '00

Hi, John has produced a new mac VM 2.8.2 as well as a new plugin VM and now the FTP site is updated. full package: <ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu//Smalltalk/Squeak/2.8/Squeak2.8-mac.sea.bin> vm only: <ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu//Smalltalk/Squeak/2.8/files/Mac VM 2.8.2.sit.bin> plugin VM only: <ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu//Smalltalk/Squeak/2.8/BrowserPlugins/ Mac NS Plugin 2.8.2.sit.bin> The readme is attached below. cheers bruce The macintosh 2.8.2 VM, Sept 4th, 2000. Since the 2.8.x series of images is stable, then the 2.8.x series of VMs will only contain fixes that are critical to the operation of the 2.8.x images. The 2.8.x VM is built using the latest patched 2.8 image. It supports 2.8 and 2.9 images, and is backwards compatible with earlier 2.x images. What has been fixed/changed. 1) If a macintosh was disconnected from the internet and you made a request to connect to a remote host using a tcp/ip address the machine would crash. This has been fixed. 2) The icon mask in the BNDL was changed to remove holes from the Squeak icons so drag and drop is easier. Notes: The 2.8.x VM contains most of the optional plugins, you might want to check this by inspecting "Smalltalk listBuiltinModules" to see where your plugins are coming from. In some case people have been accidentally overriding the new builtin plugins with older 2.7 plugins. The list is: 'AsynchFilePlugin 17 August 2000 (i)' 'B2DPlugin 17 August 2000 (i)' 'BitBltPlugin 17 August 2000 (i)' 'FFTPlugin 17 August 2000 (i)' 'FilePlugin 17 August 2000 (i)' 'FloatArrayPlugin 17 August 2000 (i)' 'JoystickTabletPlugin 17 August 2000 (i)' 'Klatt 17 August 2000 (i)' 'LargeIntegers v1.1 17 August 2000 (i)' 'MIDIPlugin 17 August 2000 (i)' 'Matrix2x3Plugin 17 August 2000 (i)' 'SerialPlugin 17 August 2000 (i)' 'SocketPlugin 17 August 2000 (i)' 'SoundCodecPrims 17 August 2000 (i)' 'SoundPlugin 17 August 2000 (i)' 'Squeak3D 17 August 2000 (i)' 'SqueakFFIPrims 17 August 2000 (i)' 'SurfacePlugin' 'ZipPlugin 17 August 2000 (i)' The file Squeak 2.8.2 VM.asc contains the PGP signature for the Squeak 2.8.2 VM The file NS-Squeak VM 2.8.asc contains the PGP signature for the NS-Squeak VM 2.8 browser plugin John M McIntosh johnmci(a)smalltalkconsulting.com

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Re: [ANNC][FEATURE] flow 1.1b1 released, includes Linux support
by Karl Ramberg 05 Sep '00

05 Sep '00

Hi, reading your SqueakBook chapter (netjam.org/squeakBookChapter/streamingAudio.html) I got tempted to listen to the music etc. Now I'm wondering how I should approach this: do I need a UNIX/LINUX x86 with Squeak to use this stuff or can I just file this into my mac and enjoy the flow ? If not, will a mac version be available ? Thanks in advance, Karl Craig Latta wrote: > Hi-- > > Yay! My Unix machines are more than playthings now! Well, *better* > playthings anyway. :) > > I've just made a new release (1.1b1) of 'flow', a client/server support > framework. It runs on systems which provide 'pthreads', in particular, > Linux and most other Unix systems. I'm told that Windows NT also has > pthreads support. I'd be interested in hearing if it works there (I > don't have access to an NT system). > > As far as I know, lesser versions of win32 don't provide pthreads. To > run on those systems, grab the previous release (1b5, which *only* > supports win32). The two releases are equivalent in functionality; I'll > unify the sources in a future release. > > Thanks in advance for any feedback! > > http://netjam.org/flow > > have fun, > > -C > > -- > Craig Latta > composer and computer scientist > craig.latta(a)netjam.org > www.netjam.org > crl(a)watson.ibm.com > Smalltalkers do: [:it | All with: Class, (And love: it)]

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RE: [Q] Windows VM Version for Squeak2.9a-2558
by Raab, Andreas 04 Sep '00

04 Sep '00

Yup. That's the one I'm using, too. - Andreas > -----Original Message----- > From: Hannes Hirzel [mailto:hirzel@spw.unizh.ch] > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 9:20 AM > To: squeak(a)cs.uiuc.edu > Cc: recipient list not shown > Subject: [Q] Windows VM Version for Squeak2.9a-2558 > > > Hi > I'm downloading Squeak2.9a-2558 from > ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/Smalltalk/Squeak/2.9_alpha/ > > The latest entry for a Windows VM in > http://isgwww.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~raab/squeak/bin/ > and > ftp://ftp.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/pub/Smalltalk/free/squeak/win32/bin/ > > is > Squeak28aBld2Exe.zip 24-May-00 23:07 214k > > Is this still the right VM to use with 2.9a-2558? > > > Hannes >

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[BUG][FIX] Fix for bad arrowhead geometry in PolygonMorph
by Ned Konz 04 Sep '00

04 Sep '00

The enclosed changeset fixes the tendency of arrowheads in PolygonMorphs to be offset downwards and to the right by borderWidth//2 . This effect can be seen clearly by making an open PolygonMorph with an arrowhead and a fairly thick borderWidth, and then rotating it through its various angles. Not yet fixed is the fact that the arrowheads extend past the end vertices. Also, the arrow geometry itself has been factored out, and can be overridden by subclasses. -- Ned Konz currently: Stanwood, WA email: ned(a)bike-nomad.com homepage: http://bike-nomad.com

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Re: Computer Modern Fonts
by Karl Ramberg 04 Sep '00

04 Sep '00

Karl Ramberg wrote: > Lex Spoon wrote: > > > That link appears to be temporary. Here's a more stable one: > > > > http://www.egroups.com/message/squeak/10426 > > and here is the [GOODIE] X11R6 BDF Fonts, round 1 > > http://www.egroups.com/message/squeak/10483 > > Karl These are both now on the swiki under the new gorup Fonts http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/1406 Karl > > > > > > > > -Lex > > > > Karl Ramberg <karl.ramberg(a)chello.se> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Bert Freudenberg wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Karl Ramberg wrote: > > > > > > > > > http://swiki.gsug.org:8080/sqfixes/478.html > > > > > > > > Could somebody with a Mac please unpack the changesets and email to me > > > > privately? Not even unstuff (for Linux) understands this format. > > > > > > > > -- Bert > > > > > > http://pix.egroups.com/attach/1027017/10394/gs-102=70=1027017/10-1-10-148/ > > > > > > found it here :-) > > > > > > Something is wrong with the one at sqfixes, its not a mac compression. > > > > > > Karl

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Re: [fix] can now attach readonly files to celeste mail messages
by Wolfgang Eder 04 Sep '00

04 Sep '00

I was able to decompress the attachment using Stuffit Expander with no problem. I took the liberty to attach the uncompressed file. Cheers, Wolfgang ---------- >Von: Henrik Gedenryd <Henrik.Gedenryd(a)lucs.lu.se> >An: <squeak(a)cs.uiuc.edu> >Betreff: Re: [fix] can now attach readonly files to celeste mail messages >Datum: 04. Sep 2000 19:47 > > mike rutenberg wrote: > >> Celeste opened files for attachments using oldFileNamed:. This quietly >> failed for readonly files (such as anything on a CDROM under windows). >> This simple fix corrects that and means I can attach any file. >> >> This should go into the normal update stream. It is not important >> enough to go into older versions, though should work without change. >> >> Mike > > <cough> > > Mike, > > when you post this fix for attachments, you'd have to attach the file in a > way that makes it readable before it can become considered for inclusion. ;) > > The attachment appears as "Enclosure (HexEdit document)" and the contents > are nothing but jumble. > > Henrik > >

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RE: Freetype2
by Lex Spoon 04 Sep '00

04 Sep '00

"Raab, Andreas" <Andreas.Raab(a)disney.com> wrote: > Not if you can legally embed the bitmap-ed versions in Squeak. E.g., > assuming that we tap into the OS renderer and pass the bitmaps representing > certain glyphs at certain sizes up to Squeak where they are logically > organized in a StrikeFont you could ship the strike font. The big question > is if that's legal or not. As far as I understand, the general consent in > the game community seems to be that this is fine (you are not shipping the > original work nor anything from which the original work can be re-engineered > nor even the 'apparatus' which was used to create the derived work, e.g., a > specific font renderer). > This allows a TextMorph, eg, to still look the same on different platforms, but it makes the same TextMorph hard to work with on platforms that don't have the font available in the OS. In particular, you can't increase or decrease the font size any more! To avoid this problem, assuming we do end up pulling fonts from the surrounding OS, we should probably pull in a few alternative font sizes along with the one that is actually going to be used. Basically, load a whole TextStyle at a time, not just one StrikeFont. But again, why not just have a repository of fonts somewhere that Squeak can use? If we can generate them by querying MS Windows, that's pretty good, but it would be even better for someone to generate the fonts and then put them on an ftp site. "load font" would be a great menu item for FileList's. I guess it would be nice to escape the situation we have now where each font only has 4 sizes. But querying the OS doesn't seem to solve it for case of morphs that will be transmitted to someone else. -Lex

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[fix] can now attach readonly files to celeste mail messages
by mdr＠scn.org 04 Sep '00

04 Sep '00

Celeste opened files for attachments using oldFileNamed:. This quietly failed for readonly files (such as anything on a CDROM under windows). This simple fix corrects that and means I can attach any file. This should go into the normal update stream. It is not important enough to go into older versions, though should work without change. Mike

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Re: Freetype2
by Alan Kay 04 Sep '00

04 Sep '00

Well, let's get the fonts out of there, and replace them with reasonable or better equivalents .... While there are lots of issues and needs, including printing needs, I believe that what we most require right now are bitmap fonts and some free TTFonts that can be used with computer screens, especially over the net. We need serifed fonts as good as Palatino, and we need sans serif fonts as good as Helvetica. I would definitely like the definitive word on the use of bitmap fonts. My supposition from various conversations is that bitmap fonts can't be copywrited and should be universally usable if they have non-copywritten names. This is the first task that has to be done. I did quite a few of the original PARC bitmap fonts, and have no objection to doing more if that will help. I also think that it could be worth our while to make some custom fonts using the TType machinery.... Cheers, Alan ----- At 9:41 PM -0400 9/3/00, Andrew C. Greenberg wrote: >>>On a legal basis, IANAL but I believe the presence of the original Apple >>>fonts in Squeak is the only major thing that keeps the SqueakC image >>>from being used as the basis of a commercial product (such as in >>>shareware). >> >>While I couldn't care less whether we retained Apple's fonts, so >>long as there exists a reasonable substitute, I see no legal >>impediment to their inclusion in a commercial product. > >My bad! Paul is right -- I was wrong. License appears to expressly >forbid use of the fonts in connection with use in a commercial >product. >-- >Andrew C. Greenberg acg(a)netwolves.com >V.P. Eng., R&D, 813.885.2779 (office) >NetWolves Corporation 813.885.2380 (facsimile) >www.netwolves.com > >Please use werdna(a)mucow.com instead of werdna(a)gate.net

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[Q] Windows VM Version for Squeak2.9a-2558
by Hannes Hirzel 04 Sep '00

04 Sep '00

Hi I'm downloading Squeak2.9a-2558 from ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/Smalltalk/Squeak/2.9_alpha/ The latest entry for a Windows VM in http://isgwww.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~raab/squeak/bin/ and ftp://ftp.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/pub/Smalltalk/free/squeak/win32/bin/ is Squeak28aBld2Exe.zip 24-May-00 23:07 214k Is this still the right VM to use with 2.9a-2558? Hannes

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