Err, I wouldn't call that a "stand-alone Squeak application".

1) it would require that the Squeak Unix VM is already installed, and  
registered in the search path
2) the image file has to be installed in your home directory, so you  
couldn't put your "app" elsewhere
3) It starts Terminal.app and leaves behind a totally unnecessay  
terminal window

1 and 2 could be dealt with by a more sophisticated shell script, but  
that Terminal window is really a show stopper. Also, it wouldn't work  
if someone deleted Terminal.app for security reasons.

Similar issues apply to an AppleScript, but at least you could get  
around using Terminal.app. Croquet uses that approach.

- Bert -

Am 15.06.2006 um 09:37 schrieb Alexandre Bergel:

> If you use the VM form Ian (which can be launched from the command  
> line), you can create a file named myapplication.command containing:
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> #!/bin/bash
> squeak -nodisplay myimage.image
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
> The fact that the name ends with .command makes this file  
> executable by double-clicking on it.
>
> Cheers,
> Alexandre
>
>
> Am Jun 14, 2006 um 10:58 AM schrieb Eugene Beschastnov:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Can anybody suggest, how to make stand-alone Squeak application for
>> MacOS X (i.e. Squeak VM with embedded image)?
>>
>> I have the prepared image, that is used for making stand-alone  
>> Windows
>> application. This image made with method
>> MySoftware class>>deploy
>> 	Smalltalk addToStartUpList: self.
>> 	Smalltalk abandonSources.
>> 	Preferences disableProgrammerFacilities.
>> so it doesn't need .sources and .changes files. Also I have standard
>> 3.7-7 VM without modifications.
>>
>> What I want is that I click on Squeak VM application (on MacOS X) and
>> Squeak starts with my image, without asking what image to open.
>>
>> I found on Squeak Swiki information, saying that "with a Mac VM at
>> least as new as 3.2.6b3, you can put .image .sources and .changes in
>> the resource path of the VM .app" (
>> http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/778 ). But when I put my image  
>> file
>> to Contents/Resources directory of Squeak VM application, it didn't
>> change anything - when I click on Squeak VM it still asks about image
>> file to open. I also tried to put .sources and empty .changes near my
>> image, I tried to put image, .sources and .changes to Contents/ 
>> MacOS -
>> but nothing help.
>>
>> You are my last hope, please suggest something :-)
>>
>> -- 
>> Eugene
>>
>
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