Squeak (file system & project structure) newbie questions

untz untz786 at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 24 10:37:58 UTC 2005


Thanks for the information, but I am going to keep posting to the  
squeak-dev list.....

On Oct 24, 2005, at 3:24 AM, Lic. Edgar J. De Cleene wrote:

> untz puso en su mail :
>
>> Thanks for all the helpful information, gentlemen...
>>
>> On Mac OS X Tiger, the equivalent of win32 executable (.exe)  
>> is .app, therefore the Squeak 3.8.6Beta6.app is the virtual machine.
>>
>> Ok, I got the hang of it now... Now what are the .pr files for and  
>> how does one use them instead of .st files and .image files?
>>
>> Do people pause / resume there work in Smalltalk loading the .pr  
>> files or the .image files or the .st files (it does seem that  
>> the .st files only contain one small source listing)....
>>
>> Many, many thanks!
>>
>> Kindest regards,
>>
>> Unnsse
>
> We have a beginners group http://ar.groups.yahoo.com/group/squeakRos/.
> Begins as Spanish only and now have people of all world, could  
> write in English, many beginners and some pros could answer you.
> The quick answer.
> In Mac OS X Tiger, you can have many directories with Squeak ,  
> several Vm, (I have 8 different in my Dock).
> All VM and SqueakXYZ.sources go to Application folder.
> All what you do or download from somewhere go to Squeaklets   
> folder, and that folder is created automatic when you load or  
> create the first .pr
> The .pr is a way for having a island of your particular world for  
> sharing with others (or with others worlds of you)
> But if you know biology know what is very dangerous introduce  
> foreign species in different habitat.
> That , in Squeak , means what not always you could move all your  
> living objects in a different .image.
> No object created on 3.8 and newer could survive in older images.
> Not always old loved pets from 3.6 or earlier could live in new  
> images. (Alice, MorphicWrappers, MathMorphs, many others).
>
> Waiting questions ...:=)
>
>
> Edgar
>
>

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