FAQ: Re:problem with sources

Jason Karney jason at netgenics.com
Tue Nov 17 14:00:04 UTC 1998


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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