Chris Schreiner wrote:

> karl wrote:
>
>> Chris Muller wrote:
>>
>>>> Do people pause / resume there work in Smalltalk loading the .pr
>>>> files or the .image files or the .st files (it does seem that the .st
>>>> files only contain one small source listing)....
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think most Smalltalkers generally work in the same image 
>>> ("workspace") for at
>>> least a few days or weeks (maybe months or years), saving and 
>>> resuming exactly
>>> where they left off.
>>>
>>> At some point, you may want to get a "fresh" image or an image based 
>>> on the
>>> next version of Squeak (i.e., 3.9 instead of 3.8).  The easiest way 
>>> to do this
>>> is to "export" your projects (.pr) and code (.st or .mcz) so they 
>>> can be
>>> "imported" into your new image.
>>>
>>> I think of images are more "personal" and therefore, import/export 
>>> also becomes
>>> essential to share code and objects..
>>>  
>>>
>> Remember you can also save and file in the preferences so you can 
>> continue working with the system set up like you want it.
>> karl
>>
>
> This has, in my experience, been very unreliable. I can save, ok, but 
> to restore it, when in a different image, squeak is guaranteed to 
> complain. 

Hm, there seems to be a problem with the saving and loading  from the 
preference panel, but not from the preference browser

Karl