[ANN] basic Morphic package for the KernelImage

Pavel Krivanek squeak1 at continentalbrno.cz
Tue Nov 7 09:15:17 UTC 2006


Thank you Andreas,

do you know what class does similar behavior in the official image?
This should probably be part of startUp code of some class.

Whole code of Morphic initialization should be reviewed by somebody
more skilled in this area. I have to create some temporary projects
etc. and it's very ugly.

-- Pavel


On 11/7/06, Andreas Raab <andreas.raab at gmx.de> wrote:
> Avi Bryant wrote:
> >> here -  http://www.comtalk.net/Squeak/98 - you can download special
> >> package for the KernelImage that includes basic Morphic without eToys.
> >> Prepared image is included too (6.8 MB). This image has no
> >> obsoleteClasses and Undeclared.
> >
> > For some reason, on a MacBook Pro, the prebuilt image only works with a
> > unix VM - the Carbon VM never shows a window for it.
>
> The startup sequence of the image seems buggy. On Windows, the image
> comes but doesn't display anything unless you do a "restore display".
> And if John delayed the creation of the main window until the first time
> one of the display update methods is called it may never show. Executing
> the following manually will fix the problem:
>
>    SmalltalkImage current snapshot: true andQuit: true.
>    World install.
>    Display forceToScreen.
>
> Cheers,
>    - Andreas
>
>



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