Re-2: [Newbies] Stef, BotsInc problem...

Frank Urbach frank.urbach at schmees.com
Wed Jan 24 09:21:59 UTC 2007


Hi David,

I was digging a little bit in the code of the MicroWorkspace. I saw
that Stef changed the behavior of the execution for the content of 
this Workspace by clicking on the button. Every execution is bounded
with the execution of a block. This block forks. So I didn't see the 
behavior of stepping in this morph but this would explain why the script
is still running after a halt. 
I do not know enough to see why Stef did it in this way. 
And after all I guess that the programming environment is not the goal
of the book and BotsInc.

Cheers,
  Frank

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Newbies] Stef, BotsInc problem... (24-Jan-2007 5:19)
From:    David Mitchell <david.mitchell at gmail.com>
To:      frank.urbach at schmees.com

> I downloaded the ReadyPC image from the SCGSmallWiki site and I am able 
> to repeat the problem.
> 
> I think it is something wrong with the Bot Workspace. I am able to 
> repeat your bug if I click the Do It or Do It All buttons in the Bot 
> Workspace.
> 
> The good news is you can workaround the problem (by not using the 
> buttons). Instead, press Alt+D or (Command+D on Mac) to invoke the do it 
> command. This is what I normally do and explains why I didn't notice the 
> problem when working through the book.
> 
> The Bot Workspace was added for the book. I bet the buttons worked at 
> one point and a code change broke them. Went unnoticed because a lot of 
> Squeakers already use the right-click context menus or the keyboard 
> shortcuts.
> 
> I'm running windows. Can someone test on Mac and/or Linux?
> 
> I downloaded the ReadyPC image from
> 
> Blake wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:19:55 -0800, David Mitchell  
> > <david.mitchell at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> That's true enough, but the stack you are debugging shouldn't continue.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, I can't think what might be wrong. I've gone through 
> >> Bots  Inc without hitting this one.
> >
> >
> > I haven't had a chance to try this out but if it doesn't 
> > work...reinstall?
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