<div dir="ltr">In the dev image, from the world menu, select "open...", then "Universe Browser (enhanced)" (or basic if you prefer). Make sure up update the list from the network.<div><br></div><div>Now others will have to chime in, because you can also select "open..." and then "Squeak Map Package Loader." Much of the same material is in both places, but they ARE different somehow. I've never been quite clear how. </div>
<div><br></div><div>However, if you take a standard dev image, and execute (in a workspace):</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>(HTTPSocket httpGet: '<a href="http://installer.pbwiki.com/f/LPF.st">installer.pbwiki.com/f/LPF.st</a>') readStream fileIn. "Bootstrap"</div>
<div><br></div><div>and then</div><div><br></div><div>Installer install: 'Packages'.</div><div><br></div><div>You will get a pretty nice stable image with nearly every dev image release, at which point you can also load packages by doing things like:</div>
<div><br></div><div>Installer sake addPackage: 'FreeTypePlus'; install.</div><div>Installer sake addPackage: 'MemoryUsage'; install.</div><div>MemoryUsage new openInWorld.</div><div><br></div><div>(These are just two packages I like to load). Anyway, the nice thing about using the Universe Browser or the Sake package loader is that they take care of the dependencies for you...</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have NO IDEA how it all works--I've just finally figured out how to use it.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, with a fresh dev image, try, in the Universe Browser, updating the list, then "select upgrades." Click the "all" button, and scroll through the list. It will show you what packages it selected. You can than update if you want...</div>
<div><br></div><div>Play around a bit, but ask folks if you can't get something to load right. However, it sure seems like things are a lot better than they were a year or so ago when the Foreign Function Interface (FFI) wouldn't load right in many images and caused a lot of problems. Everything seems very smooth now unless the server is having some issues.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Good luck, and don't forget to check out Squeak By Example for the Monticello section...</div><div><br></div><div>Rob</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Mark Volkmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mark@ociweb.com">mark@ociweb.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:31 AM, Norbert Hartl wrote:<br>
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On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 09:16 -0500, Mark Volkmann wrote:<br>
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Does the standard Squeak image contain a class for operating on<br>
regular expressions?<br>
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No, nothing beside String>>matches: But you can load<br>
a regex package from squeaksource. You know squeaksource<br>
already?<br>
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No. It sounds like I need to learn about that. Where should I start? Is there a special tool in Squeak that downloads packages from SqueakSource? Is that the main purpose of the Monticello Browser?<br>
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