2009/2/23 Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com>:
> 2009/2/22 Rob Rothwell <r.j.rothwell at gmail.com>:
>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Klaus D. Witzel <klaus.witzel at cobss.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, "classic" Hydra loads the second .image from file and mitosis Hydra
>>> populates (the second) an empty .image from am arrayOfObjects passed in.
>>
>> Ok...this is just, well, fun, but I can't quite figure out how to get a
>> second image loaded with the #doIt channel "working."  I figure it's because
>> I don't have the image I created it from set up right?  All I did was go
>> down the line of in the Helpful doits workspace:
>>
>> "Sanity check, are we running HydraVM?"
>> HydraVM isHydra  [true]
>>
>> "To prepare an image for running in background thread (careful, VM will quit
>> if you run this)"
>> HydraVM saveAsHeadlessImage: 'test.image'  [current image shut down and
>> created another image]
>>
>> "To run previously prepared image"
>> HydraVM loadAndRunNewImage: 'test.image'  [seemed to work]
>>
>> "How many interpreters VM currently running"
>> HydraVM interpreterInstanceCount [2...this is good!]
>>
>> "Test to check if main image listening for #transcript channel ..."
>> HydraChannel send: 'Transcript test' to: (HydraInterpreter current) channel:
>> #transcript [true after the following line]
>>
>> "... if not, try doing this first: "
>> HydraTranscript install
>>
>> "Simple test to check if second image listens #doIt channel "
>> HydraChannel hasChannel: #doIt at: (HydraInterpreter at: 2)  [false]
>>
>> Drat!!!
>>
>
> Yep.. in 3.10 this not working..
> It looks like there are some crap in image startup method.
> As a workaround, you can register the #doIt channel in your base image:
>
> HydraVM registerDoItChannel.
> and only then do
> HydraVM saveAsHeadlessImage: 'test.image'
>
> should work ok.
>

oh it looks like that probles is deeper than i thought.. need to look
at it more closely.

>> " ... and has Transcript global var replaced to redirect all input to main
>> image"
>> (HydraInterpreter at: 2) doIt: 'Transcript show: ''Doit Test'''
>>
>> "Do you like to install something to secondary image?"
>> (HydraInterpreter at: 2) doIt: '(HTTPSocket httpGet:
>> ''installer.pbwiki.com/f/Installer.st'') fileIn '
>>
>> "Do you like to save it? "
>> (HydraInterpreter at: 2) doIt: 'Smalltalk snapshot: true andQuit: false '
>>
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Rob
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> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
>



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