Hi Alistair,


> On Apr 7, 2018, at 4:11 AM, Alistair Grant <akgrant0710 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Benoit,
> 
>> On 7 April 2018 at 10:24, Alistair Grant <akgrant0710 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Benoit,
>> 
>> On 7 April 2018 at 02:38, Benoit St-Jean via Squeak-dev
>> <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org> wrote:
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>> 
>>> So far, I've had :
>>> 
>>> a) lots of "primitive failed", most of the time primitiveFileAtEnd
>>> (FilePlugin)
>> 
>> I've been able to reproduce this one.  I'll take a look and get back to you.
> 
> Can you send me steps to reproduce the problem?

$ cd image
$ ./buildspurtrunkreaderimage.sh
$ myvm spurreader.image
squeak> 3 + 4!
7
squeak> Smalltalk quit!
$ ./buildspurtrunkreader64image.sh
$ myvm spurreader-64.image
squeak> 3 + 4!
7
squeak> Smalltalk quit!
$

This no longer works on Mac OS X with the latest VMs either.

> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Alistair
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>> b) An error/warning message in the console,
>>> "VirtualProtect(x,y,PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE): No error" and then nothing
>>> happens, not even a prompt!
>>> c) A "Manufactured file handle detected" error
>>> d) An emergency error handler
>>> e) An error saying "stdout is not open"
>>> f) the VM terminating abruptly
>>> g) The "Squeak Cog Spur Virtual Machine" unresponsive and totally frozen
>>> (not even able to interrupt it!)
>>> 
>>> I tried the original and some refactored (VERY simple snippets) examples I
>>> could find on the net using :
>>> 
>>> a) OSProcess
>>> b) FileStream
>>> c) StdioListener
>>> 
>>> I have tried all tips & tricks :
>>> a) load the "application code" from a script
>>> b) doIt the code in a workspace and save the image
>>> c) doIt some code with code to save the image first so the rest of the doIt
>>> resumes at startup
>>> d) I tried so many things I don't remember it all!!
>>> 
>>> So far, nothing worked, not even was I once close !  Except for the example
>>> with StdioListener : it shows the prompt but does nothing with the input...
>>> 
>>> I'm using Squeak 5.1 32bit on Windows 10.
>>> 
>>> My goal is to produce a headless application is a *simple* way.  It can be a
>>> script or some code I execute in a workspace.  Then save the image (or
>>> whatever step is required).
>>> 
>>> When running the application, I don't want to have to specify a script to
>>> start it up from the console.  Also, I don't want to open another command
>>> window!  I want the app/image to run from the command window without any
>>> artifact/trick the same way any other Windows utility/app would work.  I
>>> also want the application to be interactive (it waits for input, does
>>> something with the input, then shows result and presents me with a prompt
>>> again).
>>> 
>>> Once I get this to work, you can be sure I'll document it in detail !!!!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----------------
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Friday, April 6, 2018, 5:42:27 p.m. EDT, tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 06-04-2018, at 11:10 AM, Alistair Grant <akgrant0710 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Benoit,
>>>> 
>>>> On 6 April 2018 at 12:16, Benoit St-Jean via Squeak-dev
>>>> <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org> wrote:
>>>>> Is there any way I can start squeak from a command window, *headless*,
>>>>> and
>>>>> WITHOUT providing a script and have an interactive application^  Say, for
>>>>> instance, my application waits for input and answers back the square of
>>>>> the
>>>>> number I type in?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've tried a gazillion examples I found and it just doesn't work at
>>>>> all...
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm on Windows 10 if that helps.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/blob/Cog/image/buildspurtrunkreaderimage.sh
>>> 
>>> Just for the record here for the future - this process
>>> a) simply loads the CogTools-Listener (sub)package from the VMMaker
>>> repository - which is a very small bit of code we could very sensibly
>>> include in the default image
>>> b) uses a simple initial script to create an image that will start up at the
>>> beginning of an incantation that loops around the StdioListener. All you do
>>> is start up the image saved after loading the Listener tools with the
>>> StartReader.st - subsequent runs do not need that.
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be working quite right on my Pi at the
>>> moment; I get a "squeak>" prompt but it doesn't seem to ever read any input.
>>> I know it works in principle because I've used it plenty of times in the
>>> past , but clearly I'm forgetting some important detail.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> tim
>>> --
>>> tim Rowledge; tim at rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim
>>> 
>>> Useful Latin Phrases:- Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
>>> = I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear.
>