[squeak-dev] Re: [Ann] Cuis: A new Squeak distribution

Klaus D. Witzel klaus.witzel at cobss.com
Sun Mar 29 07:10:01 UTC 2009


On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:17:19 +0100, Juan Vuletich wrote:

> Hi Klaus,
>
> Klaus D. Witzel wrote:
>> Hi Juan,
>>
>> on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:16:07 +0100, you wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> I'm pleased to announce that Cuis is available. Cuis is a Squeak  
>>> distribution with emphasis on simplicity. You can download it from  
>>> http://www.jvuletich.org/Cuis/Cuis1.0-0158.zip .
>>
>> Thank you Juan, this looks & feels good :)
>>
...
>>
>> I'm under the impression that system windows flash when focused; is  
>> this intended or can the flash be turned off somehow?
>>
> No, it was not intended, and I don't see it... How do you make them  
> flash? Just clicking on each Workspace doesn't make them flash here...

Right, clicking into the text pane of your two workspaces doesn't make  
them flash but, clicking instead their title bar does make their window  
flash.

>>> - No MVC or Etoys
>>
>> :) there is still one sender of #isMorphic and it causes DNU when doing  
>> alt-W :(
>>
> Good! First bug report! It will be fixed in the next release.
>
>>> - No M17N, Traits, Monticello, Omnibrowser, TTFonts, FreeType
>>
>> I have many platform fonts which I access with the FT2 plugin, do you  
>> plan support or is there experience with FT2 running in Cuis?
>>
> No. But you can load those fonts in Cuis anytime. You just need to build  
> a couple of files for importing, using some other Squeak environment  
> that does support FT2.

Okay; how would I do that?

...
>>> - Backwards compatibility not important
>>
>> :) can I have my (#scrollBarsOnRight false) preference back?
>>
> Sure! You can implement it. It could be another community supported  
> optional package. Much simpler than FT2, I guess.

I'll give it a try next week.

...
>>> Cuis is under MIT license. It is the result of several years of  
>>> cleanup, and it is currently being used in one commercial project. It  
>>> is small and fast, and good for dev and learning. Besides PCs, it also  
>>> runs great on older machines, PDAs and embedded devices.
>>>
>>> I hope you like it.
>>
>> Thank you Juan, good work! I'll use Cuis instead of  
>> Squeak3.10.2-7179-basic. Did I ask, can I have my (#scrollBarsOnRight  
>> false) preference back? :)
>>
>> /Klaus
>
> Hey, this is great to know!
>
> Cheers,
> Juan Vuletich
>

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