Squeak 1.3 unusable

Serg Koren Serg at VisualNewt.com
Sat Jan 31 20:48:35 UTC 1998


This may be due to missing dictionaries I remember seeing email about?  I 
forget the 
command to rebuild it...  


----- Richard Smol said:

>On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, Andreas Raab wrote:
>
>> Richard,
>> 
>> > So, could anyone point out to me what the 
>> > heck I might be doing wrong? What precautions should I take to make 
>> > Squeak work properly, otherwise than stated in the (skimpy) documentation.
>> 
>> Try the following:
>> 1. Download a complete set of all files you need. Make sure these files
>>    are ok and not touched by any download problems. I recommend
>>    downloading a Stuffit/Zip/Tar file (depending on your preferred
>>    platform) since the compressed files usually have checksums.
>
>I am by far no newbie when it comes to the Internet. Binary download is 
>on whatever I do.... and I use the proper archivers.
>
>> 2. Decompress the files in a single folder. There should be four files
>>    now: Squeak1.X.image, Squeak1.X.changes, SqueakV1.sources (the "X"
>>    stands for the version) and an executable file (named differently
>>    because of platform specifics), e.g. Squeak.exe on Windows. If you
>>    download version 1.3 or later you may have two executables - don't
>>    worry, the other one is the experimental JITTER VM.
>
>Well, I have the same probs whether I use Jitter or not...
>
>> 3. (Assuming you're using a graphical UI) Drag the file "Squeak1.X.image"
>>    on any executable.
>
>I prefer command-line stuff whenever possible ;) But I did make a 
>shortcut on Win95.
>
>> 4. Look what's happening. If you get messages such "Squeak could not find
>>    the file XXXXXXXX" then you haven't put all of the files in the same
>>    folder. In general, you must not get such a message. If you do,
>>    something is wrong.
>
>No error-messages whatsoever. Squeak starts up nicely on all platforms I 
>mentioned. I get the spartanic gui in all its splendor: I am able to 
>browse the class-libraries and open whatever view I feel appropriate.
>
>> 5. Try the graphics/sound examples in the "Welcome to Squeak" Window. 
>> 
>
>They almost all fail :(  I don't get it. Very frustrating. I really love 
>Smalltalk and would like to get it all to work.
>
>Help?
>
>RS
>
>


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