[Squeakland] [BUG] Can't use Squeakland plugin very well from Firefox...

Ken G. Brown kbrown at mac.com
Sat Nov 18 15:55:17 PST 2006


John McIntosh Posted this a couple days ago to Squeak-dev.
   Ken

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At 4:36 AM -0800 11/17/06, squeak-dev-request at lists.squeakfoundation.org wrote:
>Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:18:06 -0800
>From: John M McIntosh <johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com>
>Subject: mac carbon VM 3.8.14b3 pending
>To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
>	<squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
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>	<55A53A0E-9BFE-4B24-AAEB-CC95D663FD81 at smalltalkconsulting.com>
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>I've posted a 3.8.14b3 Mac carbon VM to my ftp site and idisk for 
>testing.  Some notes are below, the big changes are for ppc, and 
>macIntel browser support (safari/firefix), headless support, 
>remapping of mouse buttons, and adding Exupery support for MacIntel.
>
>http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com/squeak.html
>
>
>Please let me know if there are issues.
>
>PS Yes I know sound recording is broken somehow, I hope to explore 
>why at some point this weekend, although the unix code was swapped in 
>at 3.8.6b5 and no one noticed anything, assuming anyone does sound 
>recording anymore, and perhaps it's just a macintel issue, yet 
>another endian issue one can hope.
>
>
>3.8.14b3 sqMacWIndowUnversial.c  Ensure window is created when non-
>headless and not running under the browser
>		typo in check prevent squeak from showing the window when running 
>standalone for 3.8.14b2.
>		
>		sqMacMain.c		Check processsor status at startup, if non-headless 
>and LSBackgroundOnly is true, then
>						switch process to foreground.
>		info.plist			rest LSBackgroundOnly to false, from true, to avoid 
>Dock display issue. People
>						wanting true headless app need then to alter info.plist
>
>		revert bitBlt>copyLoop changes, introduced drawing problems, look 
>at fixing later, or never as time permits
>
>3.8.14b2 Fixes for browser support
>		
>3.8.14b1	New browser support on os-x mac/macintel for safari and 
>firefox.
>		This logic now follows the example set by the unix plugin, where we
>		run the VM headless and talk to the browser plugin stub via a two-
>way pipe to
>		enable fetching data via a URL, drawing the screen, and setting the 
>cursor.
>
>		Thanks to Viewpoint Research for funding this effort.
>		This VM had limited distribution.
>
>		sqMacOpenGL.c			- remove BROWSERPLUGIN
>		sqMacUnixFileInterface.c	- needed include for sqUnixCharConv.h
>		sqMacHostWindow.c		- remove BROWSERPLUGIN
>		sqMacMain.c				- remove BROWSERPLUGIN, add browser pipe logic,
>								rearrange startup to handle startup with out window for 
>browser support.
>		sqMacMemory.c			- remove BROWSERPLUGIN
>		sqMacTime.c				- remove BROWSERPLUGIN
>		sqMacUIAppleEvents.c		- remove BROWSERPLUGIN
>		sqMacUIEventsUniversal.c	- remove BROWSERPLUGIN, expose some 
>internals so new browser
>								support code can call or access.
>		sqMacUnixCommandLineInterface.c	- add headfull cmd for browser testing
>		sqMacUnixExernalPrims.c	- remove BROWSERPLUGIN
>		sqMacWIndowUnversial.c	- remove BROWSERPLUGIN, changes for browser 
>support,
>								assume window is hidden which is different from being headless.
>		sqNamedPrims.h			- remove BROWSERPLUGIN
>		sqPlatformSpecific.h		- remove BROWSERPLUGIN, add URL_FETCH
>		npSqueak					- Directory, add plugin for browser into source tree
>		sqMacNSPLuginUILogic2.c	- new file to replace sqmacNSPluginUILogic.c
>		sqMacNSPLuginUILogic2.h	- new file to replace sqmacNSPluginUILogic2.c
>
>
>3.8.13.b4  Headless support
>		sqMacMain.c
>			headless, set background to false if not headless.
>			alter uuid returned to signify which VM this is
>
>		info.plist
>		swap buttons to ensure cmd/opt of trackpad is right
>		Add LSBackgroundOnly to yes i
>
>		sqMacEventsUniversal.c
>		headless support
>		
>		sqMacUnixCommandLineInterface.c
>		headless parm -headless added
>		
>		sqMacWindowUniversal.c
>		headless support
>		
>		platforms/Cross/plugins/ExuperyPLugin created
>
>3.8.13.b4, b5, b6, b7
>		Had limited distribution to test new button modification logic
>		
>3.8.13.b3
>		bitBlt>copyLoop changes, normally it prefetchs the next byte for 
>barrel shifting 64 bits when copying from
>		one form to another, and a dirty secret and old bug is that it 
>reads one word past the end of the Form
>		when it processes the last word in the Form. However when you use 
>surfaces where the surface is
>		allocated elsewhere not in object space and in fact say the 
>allocated form is 2MB and the vm memory
>		system makes the frame past the 2MB range non-readable, why then 
>you die on a read protection failure.
>		So alter the loop to consider if it's preload and the last line we 
>don't do the pre-fetch because that could
>		cause a read failure.
>3.8.13.b2
>		Exupery support, via plugin and changes in the VM for Mac Intel, 
>use merged VMMaker-Exupery change set
>
>3.8.13.b1
>		Exupery support, via plugin and changes in the VM for Mac Intel.
>		http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/5672
>
>--
>========================================================================
>===
>John M. McIntosh <johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com>
>Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd.  http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com
>========================================================================
>===

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>Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:53:04 -0500
>From: Frank Caggiano <frankcag at crystal-objects.com>
>Subject: Re: [Squeakland] [BUG] Can't use Squeakland plugin very well
>	from	Firefox...
>To: Ned Konz <ned at bike-nomad.com>
>Cc: squeakland at squeakland.org
>Message-ID: <C5041CB6-A8C0-48C6-8E3A-939F2C918B84 at crystal-objects.com>
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>On Nov 17, 2006, at 11:02, Ned Konz wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just tried to use the Squeakland plugin on my Mac Mini. I'm running
>> the most recent version of Tiger (10.4.8), and I have a Squeakland 
>> image
>> that I just downloaded.
>>
>> I'm using Firefox 2.0 as a browser.
>>
>> When I try to run the test project from the Squeakland website (or the
>> Weasel Essay):
>>
>> * I get a SyntaxError notification, with the text:
>>
>> 'Nothing more expected-><'
>>
>
>I'm getting the same error on a PowerPc G5  with 10.4.8 in both 
>Firefox 2 and Safari.
>
>------------------------
>Frank Caggiano
>frankcag at crystal-objects dot com
>http://www.crystal-objects.com
>
>The best education for the best is the best education for all.
>                     Robert Maynard Hutchins



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