[squeak-dev] Re: etoys touch on linux (was [OT] How this bring
Squeak closer to iPad ?)
Bert Freudenberg
bert at freudenbergs.de
Fri Aug 6 07:30:52 UTC 2010
On 06.08.2010, at 05:09, Chris Kassopulo wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 00:40:42 +0200
> Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 05.08.2010, at 23:33, Chris Kassopulo wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 10:03:43 +0200
>>> Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Also, if someone just wants to know how it feels to use Squeak on a
>>>> touch screen, please download my touch emulator image. Should work
>>>> on all platforms:
>>>>
>>>> http://etoys.squeak.org/experimental/etoys-touch-100620.zip
>>>>
>>>> I'd be interested in feedback if this works on Windows and Linux,
>>>> too
>>>> - you should get a huge hand instead of a mouse pointer (and tap
>>>> the About flap to try some preferences).
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Bert,
>>>
>>> On Ubuntu 9.04 I get a normal cursor and an error window.
>>> I'm using Squeak-4.0.3.2202-linux_i386.
>>> Debug log attached.
>>
>> Ah, interesting bug. That zip was missing the Etoys support files, in
>> this case the locale information.
>>
>> I'll fix the bug, but in the mean time, you could try this instead
>> which has all the necessary files:
>>
>> http://etoys.squeak.org/experimental/Etoys-Touch-Emu-100620.zip
>>
>> - Bert -
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> normal cursor regardless of emulateTouch selection
> indicateTouchPosition works
>
> Chris
Was that using the VM in the zip (run etoys.sh) or your VM?
This relies on the "big-cursor" support which is only compiled in if the XRender headers were installed when compiling the VM, and the X server supports it.
- Bert -
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