Hi Bert,
 Yes I read about BlueS, but I'd prefer to have a libraty ready to use and not to have to compile it. Therefore I'd like to use the IOBluetoothUI.framework as this example in ruby: http://tinyurl.com/7ltl5
 
Thanks
 Davide

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From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org on behalf of Bert Freudenberg
Sent: Sun 1/8/2006 9:30 PM
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Subject: Re: Squeak and bluetooth




Am 08.01.2006 um 21:02 schrieb Davide Varvello:

> Hi All,
>  I'd like to interface Squeak, running on my mac, with a bluetooth 
> device, but I'm a bit confused on what kind of approach to choose.
> First: FFI or plugins? I read FFI is quite slow compared to 
> plugins, but if I have to call an os library and the rate of calls 
> are not very frequent, probably FFI is a better choice (correct me 
> if I'm wrong)
> Second: Carbon or Cocoa? As I read from the list and the swiki, 
> there is a bridge, from Avi, to connect to Cocoa, but I didn't 
> understand if I can use it from FFI.
> Finally: I tried the examples of FFI in a 3.8 image for MacOSX (ex. 
> MacPixPatPtr, MacRect, ...), but the code use an obsolete module, 
> InterfaceLib, instead of Carbon.framework (see http://
> minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/5585), I changed the first with the 
> second and I had no errors, but nothing displayed.
>  Suggestions?

Are you aware of BlueS?

        http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/3321

- Bert -




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