[etoys-notify] [JIRA] Commented: (SQ-489) Alt-. does not always work

[Bert Freudenberg (JIRA)]

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Bert Freudenberg commented on SQ-489:
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Published as System-bf.12. Still needs a changeset to actually recreate the SpecialObjectsArray and reinstall the LowSpaceWatcher.

> Alt-. does not always work
> --------------------------
>
>                 Key: SQ-489
>                 URL: http://tracker.squeakland.org/browse/SQ-489
>             Project: squeakland
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: etoys
>            Reporter: Bert Freudenberg
>            Priority: Optional
>             Fix For: etoys 2010
>
>         Attachments: LowSpaceAndInterruptHandler-3-dtl.1.cs, LowSpaceAndInterruptHandler-4Etoys-M1041-dtl.1.cs
>
>
> Would hopefully be fixed by adopting LowSpaceAndInterruptHandler-3-dtl.1.cs from
> http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=1041
> Need change set that works with the current Etoys image though.
> Discussion from mailing list:
> > > Now, in any case that *should* not cause a hard lockup but for some  
> > > reason on the Linux VM it still did not react to Alt-. to break into  
> > > the loop.
> > > 
> > > Ian, any idea? I have seen this before, but never took time to  
> > > investigate. Actually I think it did happen on John's VM too but  
> > > again, I'm not certain.
> > 
> > There was a fix for this sort of problem in Mantis 1041. The patch
> > went into Squeak 3.9, and I am not sure if it has been incorporated
> > into the Etoys image or not. Unfortunately I cannot look into it right
> > now, but will check later.
> To follow up on the above, I took a look at an Etoys-dev image, and I am
> fairly sure that Mantis 1041 is the cause of this problem. The necessary
> changes are in the VM, and are in Squeak 3.9 and beyond, but are not in
> Etoys. Unfortunately, just loading the old change set from Mantis did not
> fix it, so maybe there is some bit rot or other inconsistency that I'm not
> spotting at the moment.

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