Try this: 1. Left click on the Squeak Desktop. You should get the "World" menu 2. Select "open...", then "SqueakMap Package Loader." It may ask you if you want to update the cache from the network or something like that. Say yes if it does... 3. Find "Chess" in the list of packages. Right click, and choose "install." 4. Open a workspace by getting the World menu again (step 1) and selecting "open..." again, and then "workspace" 5. Type ChessMorph new openInWorld. 6. With the cursor on the line you typed, Ctrl-D in Windows, I think Alt-D on a Mac. Or, highlight the line, right click, and select "do it (d) 7. A chess board should open. You're on your own; I have never played!
Hope this helps,
Rob
On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Felix Dorner felix_do@web.de wrote:
I am a noob, so handle with care. You got a file named Chess.st? So maybe look for 'how do I load a .st file in smalltalk?' Looking in the Squeak FAQ gave me this:
http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/1105
Now that does tell me something about what a .st file is. However it doesn't tell me how to load such a piece of code. Searching further got me to this page:
http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/cs2340/3667
He tells me to just 'do': FileStream fileIn: 'C:\foo.st'
( If you don't know how to 'do' something, you should probably postpone your chess adventure and read the Squeak by Example Book. Probably everyone highly recomends it. )
Now you need to find a Class that you could call the 'main entry point' for the Chess program you are trying to run. Open the Class browser and search for "Chess". You could also try something as:
Chess new openInWorld (which is kind of a Pattern I've seen through all Squeak UI apps.)
Hope that helps a little. Don't give up.
Felix
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