Jason,
The last time I saw this happen, there was an 'off by one' problem in the
sources file. As I recall, the sources file was downloaded missing a byte, a
result of a communications misunderstanding with the server. This results in
the missing character in the front of some methods. Methods that are before
the missing byte look fine, the ones after the missing byte are, well,
missing a byte. As always, if the system doesn't look correct after
downloading, it probably didn't download correctly.

jb
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Karney <jason at netgenics.com>
To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu <squeak at cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: FAQ: Re:problem with sources


>Well, while people were discussing whether or not my problem belongs in a
FAQ, I
>downloaded another copy of SqueakV2.sources for the Mac, and I can now
browse thru
>the system just fine. But if somebody knows what the problem was, I would
still be
>interested in knowing about it. Could my sources file have been corrupt? Or
is it
>some simple matter?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Jason
>
>Bill Felton wrote:
>
>> At 10:08 AM 11/16/98 -0800, you wrote:
>> >>I ran into a frustrating, yet interesting, problem over the weekend
with
>> >>Squeak
>> >>2.2 running on a Mac. While browsing source methods, I noticed that
many
>> (but
>> >>not all) methods would show up in the source window with the first
letter
>> >>missing, e.g. "mphasizeLabel" and "nitialize" for "emphasizeLabel" and
>> >>"initialize." My standard test case was the TextAttribute methods,
which all
>> >>displayed the problem. And accepting any changes for these corrupt
methods
>> >>resulted in creating a new, misnamed version of the method.
>> >
>> >THIS is why we need a REAL FAQ. Swiki by itself will not do because:
>> >
>> >1) It isn't independent of the web (not downloadable).
>> >2) It isn't guaranteed to be up and running.
>> >3) It isn't KNOWN by everyone.
>>
>> And not only is it not independant of the web, it REQUIRES the
>> web.
>> And this is a problem because not all Squeak users have direct
>> connection to the internet, or do not have it for the machine
>> executing Squeak for them.
>> While I think its wonderful that Squeak has these nifty features
>> for on line updates and so forth, those same features are a
>> nightmare, or at least major speed-bump, for those of us who
>> run Squeak on machines that are not internetted.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> Lets by no means limit or eliminate the 'live update' features,
>> but let us also never lose sight of the fact that we must provide
>> ways to get Squeak and Squeak updates onto machines that are not
>> directly connected (or connectable) to the internet.  And these
>> ways must not translate into a sort of 'second class citizenship'
>> for those whose Squeak machines are not on the net.
>>
>> regards,
>> Bill F.
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