Yoshiki,

> >     I guess this tool only works on image of the same version and with a
> > change set only.
>
>   No, no, there is nothing that depends on specifically 3.2 or even
> 3.x, except a line in #openSourceFilesForImage: which specifies the
> .sources file name.  As long as corresponding .changes exists, it
> should be possible to load V2 image onto V3 and vice versa.

    I have quite a few of 1.x and 2.x and 3.x images on my machines
    (with full source and changes files) only the 3.x work as expected.

>   I don't quite get what you mean by "with a change set," but that the
> way it works.

    Sorry, I meant .changes file. :-)

> >     Is it doable ? Would you consider that as a feature request.
>
>   If you look at the class comment of ImageBrowser, you'll find the
> answer:-)

    Just read it and got all that I want to know  ;-)

    Thanks for the tips,  Yoshiki.

    Cheers,

    PhiHo

PS:
> P.S.
>   PhiHo, if you are going to reply my email, please include the
> entire part of this message.  I still have a suspision that this one
> won't go through the normal channel.  Thank you,

    I received only 1 copy of your mail,
    so assumingly it did not get to the list.

----- Original Message -----
From: <Yoshiki.Ohshima at acm.org>
To: <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Cc: "PhiHo Hoang" <phiho.hoang at rogers.com>; <sgelkins at bellsouth.net>;
<cg at cdegroot.com>; <evan at telemessage.co.za>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 4:06 AM
Subject: Re: [ENH] Image Browser: for browsing code in the other .image file


>   PhiHo,
>
> >     I guess this tool only works on image of the same version and with a
> > change set only.
>
>   No, no, there is nothing that depends on specifically 3.2 or even
> 3.x, except a line in #openSourceFilesForImage: which specifies the
> .sources file name.  As long as corresponding .changes exists, it
> should be possible to load V2 image onto V3 and vice versa.
>
>   I don't quite get what you mean by "with a change set," but that the
> way it works.
>
> >     It would be nice if I can use it to browse a headless image with no
> > source and change.
>
>   Yes.
>
> >     Is it doable ? Would you consider that as a feature request.
>
>   If you look at the class comment of ImageBrowser, you'll find the
> answer:-)
>
>   I think it is not actually that hard.  All you have to do is to
> write a modified version of InstructionStream and Decompiler which
> access the bytes and bits through the interpreter simulator's #longAt:
> and #fetchPointer:ofObject: and alike.  The bytecodes are just same
> byte value.  The literals have to be located in the simulated image,
> but it should be too hard.
>
> -- Yoshiki
>
> P.S.
>   PhiHo, if you are going to reply my email, please include the
> entire part of this message.  I still have a suspision that this one
> won't go through the normal channel.  Thank you,