Squeak 1.3 for Windows
Kevin Driedger
kdriedge at crosskeys.com
Wed Jan 21 14:33:19 UTC 1998
Can anyone confirm the existance of a version of Squeak for Windows CE?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Raab [SMTP:raab at isgnw.cs.Uni-Magdeburg.DE]
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 1998 6:29 PM
> To: squeak-annc at cs.uiuc.edu; squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Cc: @cs.uiuc.edu at nfsbrute
> Subject: Squeak 1.3 for Windows
>
> Fellow Squeakers,
>
> Squeak 1.3 is available for Win32 at
>
> http://isgwww.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~raab/squeak/
> ftp://ftp.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/pub/Smalltalk/free/squeak/win32/
>
> in the image/1.30 directory and should show up at the UIUC archive
> soon.
> Besides the new features of Squeak 1.3 and some bug fixes (such as
> time
> zones and a net work fix fir PWS) there are couple of changes to the
> VM
> (quoting the ReleaseNotes):
>
> Notes for the 1.3 version of Squeak
> -----------------------------------
>
> The directory contains two executables one simply called Squeak.exe
> the
> other one called SqueakJ.exe. The latter contains the dynamic
> translator
> (called Jitter) developed by Ian Piumarta. Note that this VM will
> _not_
> run with images prior to 1.3!
>
> Also, there are now some preferences which can be set in the VM. You
> can
> access these from the system menu or by pressing the F2 key. The
> preferences currently include:
> * "Defer display update"
> Some people didn't like it therefore you can turn it now on and off
> (and
> compare the speed difference ;-)
> * "Run full screen"
> An idea of Reinier van der Loon (thanks!) allowing Squeak to occupy
> the
> whole screen. You won't notice that you're running Windows -- you
> feel
> like running SqueakOS ;-)
> Remember: Since you can't access the system menu in this mode you
> need
> to press F2 to make Squeak run in a window again!
> * "Show output console"
> Extremely helpful for VM developers. Opens a small window at the
> bottom
> showing the standard output messages. Thus, if you have any
> "printf"s in
> your C code you can see it right there.
> * "Display version information"
> Displays the version of the sqWin32Window.c file being used. Good
> for
> bug reports if the VM crashes.
>
> All of the above settings are stored in a file named "Squeak.ini"
> which
> can be found in your VMs directory. Note that the settings are
> immediately
> updated meaning that if you
> - start Squeak
> - Make it run full screen
> - quit Squeak WITHOUT saving
> - start Squeak again
> you will be in full screen mode - that's why you have to
>
> ------> REMEMBER THE F2 KEY! <------
>
> If you don't, you can still modify/delete the Squeak.ini file.
>
>
> Andreas
> --
> Linear algebra is your friend - Trigonometry is your enemy.
> +===== Andreas Raab ============= (raab at isg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de)
> =====+
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> I
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