[squeak-dev] Re: Squeak All-in-One

Lawson English lenglish5 at cox.net
Thu Apr 29 17:47:53 UTC 2010


Hannes Hirzel wrote:
> On 4/29/10, Sean P. DeNigris <sean at clipperadams.com> wrote:
>   
>> Given that it seems developers will not use an all-in-one image,
>>     
>
> This morning I have downloaded the all-in-one image and use it right
> now to develop code.
> It is handy that I can do either under MSWindows and Ubuntu (I have a
> dual boot installation). It is helpful for testing purposes in
> addition.
>
> I thought
>   
>> Michael's "Taste of Squeak" idea was awesome - bundle some of the coolest
>> apps together to get a new user hooked on Squeak's power, and they will be
>> willing to put in the extra effort to get a standard download.
>>     
>
> I like this idea. An extended image prepackaged with interesting things.
> I think this is just what we should encourage.
>
> --Hannes
>
>
>   
Again, that simple applescript provides a shell to launch the squeak VM 
using a selection of image versions. I'm sure that Linux and Windows 
shell scripting can provide a similar capability:

Its not as professional looking as it might be (what I whipped up) but 
it lets you choose which version of hte image to launch


Lawson




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