[Squeakland] Help recovering continued

[Randy Heiland]

Not wanting to confuse the situation, but just for my own understanding, I
have seemingly contradictory ways of obtaining the current version.  (I too
am running on WinXP).  I can use Ned's method:  Esc->Help->about this system
and I get "Squeakland 3.8.5976, update #371"

Or, I can rightmouse in the top border of the Squeak window, when a popup
window appears and I do "VM Prefs -> Display version info"  and I get
"Squeak 3.6.2/Tea 1.9 VM (release) from Nov 12 2003.  Compiler gcc2.95.2..."

Anyway, fwiw, when I hold down on the "PUBLISH IT" button, I have the 4
options:
Publish
Publish as...
Publish to different server
edit Project info

Only when I select 'Publish to different server' do I see folders on disk
(local machine).  Selecting 'Publish as...' or simply quick-clicking on the
"PUBLISH IT" button results in the same thing - only one selectable folder,
called 'squeak'.  (BTW, I also have an intermediate window that pops up,
telling me to describe the project).  This PUBLISH IT button has always
seemed a little unintuitive to me, but probably because I want to equate it
to being a 'Save' menu item that's ubiquitous in computer apps.  I guess I
want to be asked where I want it saved/published, since I typically want to
put different Squeak projects (.pr files) in different
projects/folders/directories.  And I realize that is indeed possible via the
"Publish to different server" option.  I suspect the simplicity of the
quick-click PUBLISH IT button (followed later by the Find button) is
well-suited to kids.

Anyway, I'm starting to ramble and it is a Sat. morning and my kids will be
waking up soon, so gotta go.  But, fwiw, I never have the 'hanging grid'
problem that you mentioned, Bob, regardless of my publish option.

One last question - I installed Squeak as user 'heiland', then I created a
2nd user acct ('tester') and installed Squeak under him too.  Now, while
working as heiland and running Squeak, when I save a project, it gets saved
in tester's squeak folder, whereas I expect it to be saved in my/heiland's
squeak folder.  Suggestions?

--Randy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeakland-bounces at squeakland.org [mailto:squeakland-
> bounces at squeakland.org] On Behalf Of Bob Irving
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 3:27 PM
> To: squeakland at squeakland.org
> Subject: [Squeakland] Help recovering continued
> 
> Thanks for the responses so far.
> 
> Here is the pertinent info *
> 
> Win XP
> IE 6
> Sqeak 3.2.4913
> Update 227
> 
> I choose Publish As when I click and hold on the Publish It! option on
> the Navigator.
> I then get the Publish This Project dialog box, and one of the options
> is the MyDocuments folder on the local machine.  However, if you don't
> know to click and hold on the Publish It! option, I think it defaults to
> publish on a server or somewhere else, and the system hangs.
> 
> Hope this helps.  I won't be able to find an errorlog until next week
> (got all the computers locked in their cart).
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> 
> Bob Irving
> Middle School Technology Facilitator
> Lancaster Country Day School
> Lancaster, PA
> "It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory." W. Edward
> Deming
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