[Vm-dev] Loading VMMaker
Yoshiki Ohshima
Yoshiki.Ohshima at acm.org
Thu Jun 23 00:26:34 UTC 2016
Thank you Timothy and Ben! I managed to build SpurVMMaker image and
it does run. I'll add a simple VM plugin soon to see that works.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Ben Coman <btc at openinworld.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 4:13 AM, Yoshiki Ohshima <Yoshiki.Ohshima at acm.org> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> Just to refresh my skill on compiling the Squeak VM (I'd like to play
>> with Kinect; I found some efforts like: http://tecnodacta.com.ar/gira/
>> but want to make a plugin that is suitable for my need.)
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>> Let us say I'd like to compile a VM and my plugins on Mac, what are
>> the right steps? (I had some experiences with VMMaker but that was
>> before I need to specify Interpreter class name in the VMMakerTool,
>> for example.
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>> I added VMMaker repository in the Monticello browser, and opened it.
>> As trying to just load VMMaker shows a warning of missing FFI
>> constants, I turned to 'update' and load update-dtl.17.mcm. Is this a
>> right thing to do?
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>> But then, trying to load update-dtl.17.mcm onto the VM and image in
>> the 5.0 all in one package, the VM crashes. Do you see this?
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>> I'd like to get the files and image set up so that I can compile an
>> external plugin, preferably for Cog/Spur. Some up to date guidance
>> would be greatly appreciated.
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> Use a combination of...
> * https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/vm/blob/Cog/CONTRIBUTING.md
> * http://www.mirandabanda.org/cogblog/compiling-the-vm/
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-- Yoshiki
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