Squeak-dev April 2008

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SecureDirectory and UserDirectory handling in Windows VM
by Yoshiki Ohshima 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Hello, In Squeak.ini, you can specify SecureDirectory and UserDirectory to specify the values used by: SecurityManager default untrustedUserDirectory. SecurityManager default secureUserDirectory. About a year ago, there was a discussion initiated by korakurider about expanding the environment variable in SecureDirectory: http://squeakland.org/pipermail/squeakland/2007-February/003438.html but the issue seems to be still there. Is there any plan to update the VM for it? That would be very helpful to package the new Squeakland release (based on the OLPC Etoys image). Thank you! -- Yoshiki

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FW: [UI] Call to arms
by Gary Chambers 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

-----Original Message----- From: ui-bounces(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:ui-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org]On Behalf Of Gary Chambers Sent: 29 March 2008 9:50 PM To: Squeak's User Interface Subject: [UI] Call to arms Right, I think we want to improve Squeak in terms of user interaction. This may be far-ranging to start with. This is a call for discussion. Where do we want to be with Squeak, anybody with an investment it the way it currently works is welcome. We are looking at re-engineering the basics, the VM teams are welcome to add their 2 (cents, pennies, etc). I think we envisage a framework (for want of a better word) that is rather fundamental, upon which existing Morphic can live, along with opportunities for radical new ui frameworks. Hands up, and we'll see who can form a team. Gary. _______________________________________________ UI mailing list UI(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ui

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'Time now seconds' returns a fraction in latest 3.10 images
by Igor Stasenko 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

Any ideas why this long ago fixed bug revived again? -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko AKA sig.

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Problem with SqueakGtk
by Gwenaël Casaccio 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

Hi, I've a problem when I try to build squeak gtk, the configure script (in the squeak-vm source) detect Gtk but the Makefile for the SqueakGtk plugin is not created ... Do you have any idea of the problem ? Gwenael

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Problems installing FFI on 3.10 release
by Igor Stasenko 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

Anyone tried to install subject onto fresh 3.10 image? It stops with error, trying to react on class change notification, while it's own internal structures still not initialized (StructTypes classvar). Seem like a simple order of initialization bug. -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko AKA sig.

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Squeak News Team Report - March 2008
by Michael Davies 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

Hello All, This is your monthly News report for March 2008. We had 14,558 direct page views for the month of March, this is slightly up from February, and better than the figure for the same month last year. In total, eleven articles were posted. Our top three articles were (figures includes RSS views): Squeak by Example, 2.0! -- 4527 hits <http://news.squeak.org/2008/03/12/squeak-by-example-20/> Squeak 3.10 now released! -- 3827 hits <http://news.squeak.org/2008/03/21/380/> Dan Ingalls demos Lively at Google -- 3291 hits <http://news.squeak.org/2008/03/14/dan-ingalls-demos-lively-at-google/> There was an interesting discussion on the Seaside mailing list as to whether that mailing list should still be included in the distribution list of Michael Haupt's regular summaries of the interesting articles from news.squeak.org, especially now that Seaside is clearly multi-platform. The consensus was that this is still appropriate, and two interesting points were raised in support of this: - The Weekly Squeak helps build a sense of community within both the Squeak user group and the wider Smalltalk audience. - It's also a very useful way of advertising interesting work to a wider audience. When the News Team was set up, its purpose was defined as follows: "The purpose of the News Team is to publish news regarding Squeak development and use. It aims to provide a service to the Squeak community, highlighting anything which Squeak users may find interesting in The Weekly Squeak newszine. It will also try to promote Squeak outside its own community, by submitting articles and news items to mainstream websites such as Slashdot and OSNews." In light of the direction that news.squeak.org has been taking, and the recent discussion, I'd like to amend that, and have it refer explicitly to Squeak and Smalltalk. Obviously the core focus will be on Squeak, but general promotion of Smalltalk would be a clear secondary focus. Any objections? Ron Teitelbaum stepped down from the role of Squeak News Team Leader at the end of March, handing his duties over to me. I'd like to thank him for his work in this role, and for continuing to uncover and post interesting articles. If you have any news that you think that others may find interesting or useful, please feel free to drop the News Team a line. If you're planning any publicity for new releases, book launches, we can work with you to co-ordinate publication. Happy Squeaking, Michael Davies Squeak News Team Leader.

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Re: [squeak-dev] are PackageUpgrades-Squeak3:10 already in sq3.10-7159dev08.04.1?
by Damien Cassou 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Ken G. Brown <kbrown(a)mac.com> wrote: > Are these package upgrades still needed in sq3.10-7159dev08.04.1 > <http://installer.pbwiki.com/PackageUpgrades-Squeak3:10> > or are they already applied in the dev image? Look at the announcement mail to get a list of installed packages. You will see: SUnit-improved version 4.0.108 SUnitGUI-improved version 4.0.48 YAXO version 9 Universes version 42 ToolBuilder integration for UI Themes version 0.52 If I forgot anything or if anything is not up-to-date, please tell me. -- Damien Cassou Peter von der Ahé: «I'm beginning to see why Gilad wished us good luck». (http://blogs.sun.com/ahe/entry/override_snafu)

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WideString UTF-8, UTF-32, UCS2
by Vladimir Pogorelenko 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

I'm trying to deal with different string encodings in my image. I've read some related posts but didn't find direct answers. For the test I took unicode word 'привет'. Trying to input this string from keyboard, seaside web form and file stream I got 2 different formats: FIRST FORMAT: comes from Keyboard Input, Seaside with WAKomEncoded WideString 1: 1087. 2: 1088. ... What is the format of that String, I guess it's exactly UTF-8. SECOND FORMAT: comes from FileStream, FileIn, etc. WideString 1: 1069548607. 2: 1069548608. ... The same question what is it? Is it UTF-32 or UCS2? Both string are displayed correctly, but I'm failed to compare it. So the questions are, 1. How to load data from files (e.g. FileStream) in first format (UTF-8?). I also need to do that for loading source code which contains unicode String's. May be I need to subclass UTF8TextConverter and call it UTF8ToUTF8TextConverter. 2. How to setup WAKomEncoded and chars from keyboard to come in second format. 3. What the encoding to choose as the base? What is the blueprint for it? I guess I just need learn how to load data in FIRST FORMAT and all will be ok. 4. How to convert WideString in image from one format to another. Unicode problem is still live here in Squeak :-) I'm confused how some great products like CMSBox fight against it. May be they don't even need to load data from external streams. I'm using squeak-dev 3.9 image with installed UnicodeSupport (http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A--squeak-dev---ANN--3.10-final-is-out-p16182045.… ) to input unicode chars from keyboard. I'm on Mac. Don't even know what would be when I try to run in under Windows.

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Re: [squeak-dev] Re: Installer install: 'MinorFixesUnstable'. in sq3.10-7159dev08.04.2 gives syntax error
by Ken G. Brown 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

Ok, Installer install: 'MinorFixesUnstable'. completes properly now in sq3.10-7159dev08.04.1. Thx! Ken G. Brown At 11:11 AM -0700 4/6/08, squeak-dev-request(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org apparently wrote: >Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:03:13 +0000 >From: nice <ncellier(a)ifrance.com> >Subject: [squeak-dev] Re: Installer install: 'MinorFixesUnstable'. in > sq3.10-7159dev08.04.2 gives syntax error >To: squeak-dev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org >Message-ID: <ftavoe$3dg$1(a)ger.gmane.org> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >nice wrote: >> Ken G. Brown wrote: >>> Going through Keith's stuff from <http://installer.pbwiki.com/>, > >> loading into sq3.10-7159dev08.04.1, when attempting to do Installer > >> install: 'MinorFixesUnstable'., it halts with a notifier dialog saying >>> syntax error. >>> >>> Ken G. Brown >>> >>> >> >> Some mess was my fault, just corrected magic Installer sequence for >> http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=6797 and >> http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=6366 and >> http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=5331 and >> http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=6933 and >> http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=6990 >> >> (forgotten period, space in filenames and uppercase/lowercase filename >> mismatch) >> > >And Keith corrected my bug in >http://installer.pbwiki.com/MinorFixesUnstable-Squeak310 (forgot to >double quote in a String). > >Apologies

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are PackageUpgrades-Squeak3:10 already in sq3.10-7159dev08.04.1?
by Ken G. Brown 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

Are these package upgrades still needed in sq3.10-7159dev08.04.1 <http://installer.pbwiki.com/PackageUpgrades-Squeak3:10> or are they already applied in the dev image? Ken G. Brown

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