On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 04:10:39AM +0100, S??verin Lemaignan wrote:
> Thanks, Dave, for the answer.
> 
> > A slightly more difficult change would be to add an optional primitive for
> > Unix/Linux that sets the serialPortBaseName string. That would let you control
> > it from Squeak, and would not require any changes to the existing primitives.
> 
> That's actually probably what I'll try to do. Stupid question, but
> where can I fetch the sqUnixSerial.c file (and it's MacOS
> counterpart)?

Severin,

The sqUnixSerial.c file is part of the external support code (as opposed
to the parts that are distributed in the VMMaker package). The external
support code is maintained in a Subversion repository at http://squeakvm.org
and you will also find it at the various VM home pages. If you are working
with Linux for example, just grab one of Ian's distributions on
http://squeakvm.org/unix/.

The sqUnixSerial.c file is in platforms/unix/plugins/SerialPlugin.
The corresponding support code for other platforms is in e.g.
platforms/Mac OS/plugins/serialPlugin.

I don't know enough about Mac OS to give any guidance there, but the
support code for SerialPlugin looks like it might be for some older
version of Mac OS. I understand that on OS X you can actually use
a plugin from the unix sources, but I'm afraid I don't know the details.

Dave