On 03.09.2010, at 03:25, John M McIntosh wrote:

> I've stuck a version (5.8b7) of the cocoa based os-x squeak cog JIT based VM in my experimental folder. 
> Please ensure drawing looks sane, and how it interacts with the mouse and keyboard seems viable. 
> 
> http://homepage.mac.com/johnmci/.Public/experimental/Squeak%205.8b7.app.zip
> 
> I finished the open/GL tuning and based on benchmarking I simplified the explicit flush required when a 
> Smalltalk Morphic draw cycle fails to do a flush. Lastly I cross check the source code to ensure it compiles
> correctly for the iOS platform. 

Drawing performance is nice now :)

Keyboard handling is subtly different using a trunk image.

E.g., Cmd-Shift-N in a text pane browses class refs correctly. But in browser's class list, it brings up the selector finder instead (using the 4.2.4 VM browses class refs as expected).

- Bert -