Problems with using Squeak 3.8

Marcus Denker denker at iam.unibe.ch
Wed Feb 22 13:52:08 UTC 2006


On 22.02.2006, at 14:26, David Grietens wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have some problems with the squeak version that I just started to  
> evaluate.
>
> When I try to update to the latest version, as squeak offers me  
> when i start it up, "all code update servers seem to be unavailable".
>
> Loading something from the package loader (fe Games) produces an  
> error (=can't find EOCD position)
>

Are you behind a firewall and need to set a proxy to connect to the web?

> Im running squeak 3.8-6665full image on a windows XP machine portable.
>
> I was also wondering if the squeak version is still evolving ? Can  
> I expect a new version soon?
>

Squeak is evolving: There will be soon a bug-fix-only stable release  
3.8.1 and there is 3.9alpha, which is in heavy
development right now.


> Finally, I would like to find directions on how to build a GUI with  
> the tool, since I think it is not well documented, or did I miss  
> something?
>

No, you didn't miss anything: It's not really documented...

     Marcus



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