Trygve,

Trygve Reenskaug wrote:
> Hannes,
> I tried Squeak3.8a-5987.image and the collaboration worked.
> 
> I then tried Squeak3.8g-6527 and the loading of connectors failed due to 
> an array out of bounds bug in StrikeFontSet>>maxWidth.
> 
> Try to compile this change before you load Connectors 1.9.
>    StrikeFontSet>>maxWidth
>         ^ (fontArray at: (2 min: fontArray size)) maxWidth.
> Load Connectors 1.9
> Load BabySRE-TRee11
> 

Yes this worked! The collaboration diagram tool is very useful.  It emphasizes
the fact that everything is an object in Smalltalk. It allows mind-map like
browsing/navigating and documentation of designs. On can think of having
graphical browsers now.

I did an example today and put the diagram here
http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/1934

It is very easy and straightforward to use. Not more than 10 minutes to learn
using it.
It extends the IDE in an important way.


The downside so far:
The installation process is not smooth.
I have installed  in a 3.8g-6527 image
- Monticello223
- RefactoringBrowser3.8.10 (or was it 11?) (RFB)
- Fix for RFB
- maxWidth-Fix in StrikeFontSet (see other thread)
- Connectors 1.9
- and finally SRE


Remarks:

a) SRE works fine. But when I develop the decompiler does not work correctly
anymore. The parameters and local variables are replaced by t1,t2,t3....
I do not know where this comes from.

b) RefactoringBrowser
Today Marcus Denker put out 3.8.12 where you no
longer need to install the fix (mentioned in another thread today).

c) Redoing an 3.8base image with additional packages
I then tried to redo the same thing from scratch again this evening
but this time SRE didn't load anymore.

d) Current work method
So for the time beeing I will use the image with SRE that works by loading my
code from the Monticello repository do draw the diagrams wheras I will develop
it in another image. Not ideal but a big step forward in any case.

e) base image plus MC, RFB, Conn1.9, SRE
If somebody other is successful assembling a 3.8gamma image with Monticello,
RFB, Connectors and SRE without the aforementioned limit I will happily provide
webspace that other poeple can get started right away. This will be for a few
months as I think later we will have better solutions (New version of
SqueakMap).


Thank you , Trygve, for this path-leading contribution!

Hannes