Squeak 2.3 beta available

Kevin Fisher kfisher at rim.net
Thu Nov 26 14:18:14 UTC 1998


Andreas Raab <raab at isgnw.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De> wrote:

>   to try:
>   - Playing with TrueType fonts (Yeah!!)
>     Just open one of those guys from the file list and enjoy ;-)
>     [Note that TTFs are not yet used outside this example]


Ah, this sounds intreguing....how is this done on UNIX systems?  Does it 
leveredge the various TrueType font servers out there or does it rasterize the 
fonts some other way?  I use xttfs all the time and it works quite well for 
any X application I've tried...love that Comic font under netscape!

I know that XFree86 4.0 is going to have 'native' support for TrueTupe as 
well, whenever it appears.

>   - Playing with MacroMedia Flash files
>     Flash is a vector graphics package designed for vector graphics
>     content delivery over the internet. Many sites use this to enhance
>     their web pages and it's a lot of fun to play with. If you have
> access
>     to any .SWF files just open them from the file list.
>     [Note: The integration into Scamper didn't make it for the beta.
>      It will be in the final 2.3 and I'll post a couple of links
>      for you to play with].



Wow!  This is excellent!  Is the Flash code derived from the freeware flash 
plugin for Netscape?  It's been quite a week!  Macromedia even released an 
official beta flash plugin for Linux too! :)

> 
> I think that are the biggest changes in 2.3 beta [Dan - did I miss
> anything important?!]
> 
> Cheers,
>   Andreas
> -- 
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