Squeak-dev December 2003

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[BUG][Win32] HostFonts Crash
by Bert Freudenberg 28 Dec '03

28 Dec '03

Hi, wenn I create a text, change the font to (e.g.) "Verdana 20", and then try to make it italic, the VM crashes. No error notice, debug log, or anything, it just quits. Any idea? I used a current 3.7alpha #5595 image. I saved the fonts on Windows, loaded them into the image on OSX (along the lines of http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/squeak/1014124). But the non-native italicization is ugly, it inserts huge spacing between characters. So I moved the image to XP and there it crashes. - Bert

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[ENH] [Babel] [Small-Land] DirEntries-Babel
by DiegoGomezDeck＠ConsultAr.com 27 Dec '03

27 Dec '03

from preamble: "Change Set: DirEntries-Babel Date: 27 December 2003 Author: Diego Gomez Deck <DiegoGomezDeck(a)ConsultAr.com> Directory entries names enclosed in _ (underscores) are translatable. This is used in the new Project Repository being developed in Small-Land. The server simulate some directories to make easier to find a Project. Directories names like _All_, _By Category_, _By Language_, etc will be displayed in FileList2 translated to the user language. Examples: '_All_' is shown as 'Todos' (In Spanish) '_By Category_' is shown as 'Por Categora' (In Spanish) This method could be used to translate some special folders like Squeaklets, SM, package-cache, etc. "!

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[FIX] [Small-Land] Dir-isRemoteDirectory-dgd
by DiegoGomezDeck＠ConsultAr.com 27 Dec '03

27 Dec '03

from preamble: "Change Set: Dir-isRemoteDirectory-dgd Date: 27 December 2003 Author: Diego Gomez Deck <DiegoGomezDeck(a)ConsultAr.com> Implementation of FileDirectory>>isRemoteDirectory and ServerDirectory>>isRemoteDirectory and refactoring of sends like '#isKindOf: ServerDirectory' per #isRemoteDirectory. This allows different hierarchies of classes acts like a ServerDirectory "!

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[FIX] [Babel] FileList-Babel-dgd
by DiegoGomezDeck＠ConsultAr.com 27 Dec '03

27 Dec '03

from preamble: "Change Set: FileList-Babel-dgd Date: 27 December 2003 Author: Diego Gomez Deck <DiegoGomezDeck(a)ConsultAr.com> More translatable strings"!

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My 12 year old son and e-toys in Squeak
by Stephen Davies 26 Dec '03

26 Dec '03

Hi, I just wanted to send my compliments to the developers of the Morphic/e-Toys stuff in Squeak. I had Squeak open on my iBook the other day and my 12-year old son came to have a look. I thought to show him etoys - and a little scripting. He already knows and uses Logo to a good level. He understood what was happening straight away. I put a copy of Squeak on the computer that he uses and let him "get on with it". I asked him to show me his squeak the other day, and: - he's decorated his workspace with all sorts of morphs and things - he's written a car racing game with: detection of going off the track - you get "damage" when you do 100% damage is game-over its got a limited time to drive. he measures how far you get by counting laps and partial laps. - he's also been playing with the 3D stuff, and done something that randomly animates some giraffes around. I'm really impressed with how easily he got started and how much he's done. Like Logo, Squeak/etoys is just SO much more interesting and fullfilling than learning "how to write in MS Word", which much school computer classes seems to have degenerated to. By contrast, the Squeak environment really does work as an exploratory environment that kids can get to grips with. So thanks and compliments, Steve Davies

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[BUG][FIX][VM] JPEGReadWriter2Plugin not loading under certain compiler optimizations conditions
by John M McIntosh 26 Dec '03

26 Dec '03

The usage of Apple GCC compiler option -fast in the Mac VM 3.7.x VM has pointed out a compiler optimization issue that uncovers a bug in JPEGReadWriter2Plugin, Masahiro Sakai <masa(a)micronet-japan.jp> was kind enough to send me email about the issue. JPEGReaderWriter2Plugin has JPEGReaderWriter2Plugin>>initialiseModule self export: true which translates to EXPORT(int) initialiseModule(void) { } You will note the absence of a return value, this routine *is expected* to return true or false, the compiler when testing returns a value which is > 0 and we are happy, although I'm not sure why it does that or even if it does, perhaps it decided the routine doesn't exist? Certainly it gives a warning about a missing return value which we ignore, isn't C fun... Hah, a typed language... However when the optimizer is turned on, then at a certain feature level it notices no return value and ensures the value is 0, versus say a random non-zero. Well it doesn't matter if you expect a value back, and don't give a value, then who knows??? Certainly compiler issues are fun to debug and this as a side effect causes the initialization of the JPEGReaderWriter2Plugin plugin to fail, and we fall back to the old Smalltalk code for JPEGS which does not understand progressive jpegs. Of course I'm quite curious about what compilers do on other platforms with this code gem. PS attached is a change set to add return true to the initialize and release module methods in JPEGReaderWriter2Plugin -- ======================================================================== === John M. McIntosh <johnmci(a)smalltalkconsulting.com> 1-800-477-2659 Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd. http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com ======================================================================== ===

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Squeak on zSeries Linux?
by Cees de Groot 25 Dec '03

25 Dec '03

Hi, As the first generation of our ISP server farm nears full depreciation, we're thinking about alternative methods to get access to the computing/storage power we need. One obvious candidate would be IBM's on-demand service (obvious for us because we usually buy IBM kit). Has anyone ported Squeak to zSeries? If not - I think it should be a matter of simply recompiling; is there any reason to think otherwise? Regards, Cees

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[BUG]BFAV2.01
by Steve Moffitt 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

Ken -- I'm not sure what was done , but I did get it installed -- thanks for the help and Happy holidays. Steve

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[BUG]BFAV2.01
by Steve Moffitt 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

Ken -- loaded SqMap2 -- got message an obsolete SMCard>>noteInstalled. It seemed to work though I got same error loading BFAV2.01. Steve

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[BUG]BFAV2.01
by Steve Moffitt 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

Ken -- I just tried installing another arbitrary package and got the same error -- so is it in SqMap1.9 ? I'll install SqMap2 and try it. Steve

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