Dan Ingalls <DanI at wdi.disney.com> wrote:


Wow...thanks for the patch, Dan!  That sure does the trick when you run
Squeak on an Xterminal on a busy LAN!  I notice that CPU usage is also
way down with Squeak 2.2b...great stuff!

Also, thanks for the information about the interpreter.



> 
> Kevin -
> 
> >I performed the upgrade to Squeak 2.2 beta as per Dan Ingalls' instructions 
> >and everything seems to work fine.  However, I remember when I was attempting 
> >to move from Squeak 2.0 -> 2.1 I could not get the interpreter to work properly 
> >with the 2.1 image.  With 2.2 I haven't recompiled interp.c, I'm using the 
> >same executable I had with 2.1.
> 
> This depends entirely on whether we make incompatible changes in the VM.  There were a couple of bitblt changes in 2.1 that were somewhat incompatible.
> 
> >So, my question is, do I need to generate a new interp.c from within my 
> >updated Squeak 2.2b image, and recompile that?  Or am I fine using what
> >I have?  I haven't run into any problems so far...  (Oh and I'm using
> >UNIX/X11 Squeak).
> 
> You should be fine using what you have.  There are a couple of improvements relating to Delays and LoopedSampledSounds, but no incompatibilities that we know of.
> 
> >Oh and one more question...is there any way to turn off the 'opaque' movement
> >of Morphic windows?  It isn't very fast on my machine and I'd rather the 
> >windows become 'frames' (like MVC) when I move them, rather than being able to 
> >see the contents as I move the window (slow!).
> 
> We have not done this, but it should not be hard.  If someone produced such a goodie, we would make it available as a preference.
> 
> Oops - there I went and did it.  Attached are two methods that should do what you want.  I'll make it a preference.
> 
> 	- Dan
> 
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> 'From Squeak 2.2beta of Sept 16, 1998 on 19 September 1998 at 3:54:09 pm'!
> 
> !SystemWindow methodsFor: 'events' stamp: 'di 9/19/1998 15:46'!
> handlesMouseDown: evt
> 	"If I am not the topWindow, then my mouseDown action dominates"
> 
> 	^ true! !
> 
> !SystemWindow methodsFor: 'events' stamp: 'di 9/19/1998 15:52'!
> mouseDown: evt
> 	| cp offset newBounds |
> 	self activate.
> 	(Sensor redButtonPressed "If mouse is really still down after activate"
> 		and: [self labelRect containsPoint: evt cursorPoint]) ifTrue:
> 		[offset _ self position - Sensor cursorPoint.
> 		newBounds _ self bounds newRectFrom:
> 					[:f | Sensor cursorPoint + offset extent: self extent].
> 		self position: newBounds topLeft].
> 	model windowActiveOnFirstClick ifTrue:
> 		["Normally window keeps control of first click.
> 		Need explicit transmission for first-click activity."
> 		cp _ evt cursorPoint.
> 		submorphs do: [:m | (m containsPoint: cp) ifTrue: [m mouseDown: evt]]]! !
> 
> 
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