Squeak (file system & project structure) newbie questions
karl
karl.ramberg at chello.se
Mon Oct 24 20:02:31 UTC 2005
Chris Schreiner wrote:
> karl wrote:
>
>> Chris Muller wrote:
>>
>>>> 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)....
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think most Smalltalkers generally work in the same image
>>> ("workspace") for at
>>> least a few days or weeks (maybe months or years), saving and
>>> resuming exactly
>>> where they left off.
>>>
>>> At some point, you may want to get a "fresh" image or an image based
>>> on the
>>> next version of Squeak (i.e., 3.9 instead of 3.8). The easiest way
>>> to do this
>>> is to "export" your projects (.pr) and code (.st or .mcz) so they
>>> can be
>>> "imported" into your new image.
>>>
>>> I think of images are more "personal" and therefore, import/export
>>> also becomes
>>> essential to share code and objects..
>>>
>>>
>> Remember you can also save and file in the preferences so you can
>> continue working with the system set up like you want it.
>> karl
>>
>
> This has, in my experience, been very unreliable. I can save, ok, but
> to restore it, when in a different image, squeak is guaranteed to
> complain.
Hm, there seems to be a problem with the saving and loading from the
preference panel, but not from the preference browser
Karl
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