linux squeak

Lex Spoon lex at cc.gatech.edu
Tue Jul 15 23:01:25 UTC 2003


David Farber <dfarber at numenor.com> wrote:
> 
> The way it used to work was that the executable and any plugins got installed into a directory like /usr/bin that everyone could access. Then you could run inisqueak in a clean directory of your own and it would copy a fresh image there for you to use. So each user wound up having their own image file, but shared the executeable.
> 

Yes.  There are two great things about this script:

	1. It is a single command to run Squeak, which is great for Squeak
newbies.  You don't have to think about image files, etc. -- just type
inisqueak.

	2. It is suitable from running from a menu, so that you can install the
Squeak package and then run it from a menu to try it out.

IMHO, this is such a convenient script that inisqueak should be named
"squeak", and squeak should be named "squeak-vm".  But I wouldn't relish
getting into *that* debate, much less dealing with the inconsistency
with other platforms.


Lex



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