2018-02-22 22:23 GMT+01:00 Herbert König herbertkoenig@gmx.net:
Please note that the main problem is that I don't attack the things I want/dislike.
Same here I guess.
2018-02-22 2:36 GMT+01:00 tim Rowledge tim@rowledge.org:
What do you use Squeak for? If you don't use Squeak, why not?
No Squeak software to be shipped at work. ;-) At least I have something in VA Smalltalk to work on. But I miss Morphic halos and keyboard shortcuts there.
If you used Squeak in the past and don't now, what pulled you away? What does Squeak lack that you think might make you use it for 'regular' development?
Better integration with the OS, in my case Windows (e.g., more flexible drag-n-drop into the image, supporting more objects than just files and more options to handle the objects being dropped in the image; more features in OSProcess for Windows; details like registry editing), and/or tools that help to create bindings to APIs and external libraries, so I would not have to do all the FFI stuff myself. In the end, this is just the ecosystem argument restated from a different angle. It would be nice if Squeak were more of a team player instead of 'only' being a superior environment inside of a nutshell.
For current business matters, an official VM for AIX would be required, or more (willing) Smalltalkers being around for staffing. ;-)
What things are too hard or annoying to do? What would you like to be able to use Squeak for?
All kinds of automation stuff where a simple shell script or batch file seems inadequate. Creating little (graphical) tools that make life (and special work tasks) easier. But being aware of the other posts in this thread, I guess this just degenerates to me affirming Herbert in the first paragraph.