[Vm-dev] Re: Mac + Cog - mouse clicks

[Andreas Raab]

On 12/23/2010 6:57 PM, Igor Stasenko wrote:
> On 24 December 2010 03:46, Andreas Raab<andreas.raab at gmx.de>  wrote:
>> On 12/23/2010 6:30 PM, Igor Stasenko wrote:
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>>>> mmm other thoughts.
>>>> The plugins *could* be just the raw binaries ala unix builds. The only
>>>> reason they were bundles is because in early 2000 era we ran os-9 and os-x
>>>> flavors.
>>>> That could be all dropped, and maybe just forgo creating plugin bundles.
>>>>
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>>> Thanks for details, i added an issue ticket to not forget this.
>>> (http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3480)
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>> I think it would be better to file general VM issues on bugs.squeak.org.
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> done (http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=7590).
> i put it simply put it as a reminder for my self, because considered
> John's comments worth it.

Agreed. It's good change and shouldn't be lost in the cracks of the 
internets :-)

Cheers,
   - Andreas

>>>> On 2010-12-23, at 5:46 PM, Igor Stasenko wrote:
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>>>>> On 24 December 2010 02:16, John M McIntosh
>>>>> <johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com>    wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Historically I had not put the defaults in the binary because people
>>>>>> sometimes would grab the binary and toss all the other parts of the bundle.
>>>>>>   Later no one understood how to change a default because the plist hint was
>>>>>> missing.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah.. well.. to prevent tossing, i would simply bummer with message
>>>>> like 'hey! where is my bundle?'. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> It is easy to do by applying following pattern everywhere:
>>>>>
>>>>> replace all calls like
>>>>> value := getKeyValue( KeyName)
>>>>> with:
>>>>> value := getKeyValue( KeyName , defaultValue)
>>>>>
>>>>> so, there is no chance to get NULL&    crash, because returned values
>>>>> are always valid.
>>>>>
>>>>> Esteban, it all yours..
>>>>> I don't have time doing it right now, because i got like 6 other
>>>>> configs to write :)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>>   squeaker68882
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