[ANN] [Squeak Installer] SqM - The Network is The Mouse (half of it, for now ;-)

PhiHo Hoang phiho.hoang at home.com
Sun Sep 9 23:39:26 UTC 2001


Sorry Andreas, I hit the send button too soon before proof reading the
reply.

Please accept my apologies for mis-spelling your name.

Sincerely,

PhiHo

----- Original Message -----
From: "PhiHo Hoang" <phiho.hoang at home.com>
To: <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [ANN] [Squeak Installer] SqM - The Network is The Mouse (half
of it, for now ;-)


> Adreas,
>
>     Thanks for trying it out.
>
> > Pretty neat! I noticed one little issue - when you start the VM by
double
> > clicking on the executable and go through the file open dialog, the
first
> > bunch of plugins gets installed into vmdir/plugins and the next bunch
> (after
> > the image is loaded) into imagedir/plugins. It would probably be better
if
> > they all end up in the vmdir/plugins directory.
>
>     Totally agreed. It looked weird when I first noticed it. It was left
> like that for a purpose.
>
>     The first bunch you mentioned consists of : PlugManPlugin,
ModManPlugin,
> PlatformPlugin, WindowPlugin and InterpreterPlugin.
>
>     Ideally, at this stage, only the first 3 should be needed. If properly
> factored, WindowPlugin and InterpreterPlugin should not be loaded here ?
>
>     Also, did you notice that you can unload 'ModManPlugin', Squeak will
be
> happily running forever. Currently, it only serves to initialise things
for
> the InterpreterPlugin to work.
>
>     It will be fixed as you suggested. Especially considering when the
other
> half comes along, there will be no longer an imagedir (?) , images will be
> custom made on demand according to a work order, assembled and delivered
> from a server somewhere on the network. ModManPlugin will only have to
'load
> and initialise' in memory, ready for interpret() ?
>
>     However, one still wants to have an imagedir to store the favorite
> images ready made. ;-)
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     PhiHo.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andreas Raab" <Andreas.Raab at gmx.de>
> To: <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 5:16 PM
> Subject: RE: [ANN] [Squeak Installer] SqM - The Network is The Mouse (half
> of it, for now ;-)
>
>
> > PhiHo,
> >
> > Pretty neat! I noticed one little issue - when you start the VM by
double
> > clicking on the executable and go through the file open dialog, the
first
> > bunch of plugins gets installed into vmdir/plugins and the next bunch
> (after
> > the image is loaded) into imagedir/plugins. It would probably be better
if
> > they all end up in the vmdir/plugins directory.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >   - Andreas
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: squeak-dev-admin at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> > > [mailto:squeak-dev-admin at lists.squeakfoundation.org]On Behalf Of PhiHo
> > > Hoang
> > > Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 4:53 AM
> > > To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> > > Subject: [ANN] [Squeak Installer] SqM - The Network is The Mouse (half
> > > of it, for now ;-)
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >     Please find attached the file 'SqM2Files.zip' which
> > > contains 'SqM.exe',
> > > 'install.ini' and 'Readme.SqM'. I aimed at 1 file install and
> > > now only have
> > > a 2 file install (Readme is not counted, no one needs it, no
> > > one reads it
> > > ;-)
> > >
> > >     This is for Windows only. It works for me. Please let me
> > > know if it also
> > > works for you and what you don't like about it.
> > >
> > >     However, please consider this as pre-existing, still
> > > bleeding, barely
> > > cooked and certainly rare ;-)
> > >
> > >     Your feedback, comments, bugs reports are more than welcome.
> > >
> > >     Enjoy,
> > >
> > >     PhiHo
> > >
> > >     P.S: Any hope for the other half any time soon, it might
> > > help to stop
> > > the bleeding of this half  ;-)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>





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