On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 at 6:13 am, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Ralph,
>
> > On Jan 27, 2018, at 8:23 PM, Ralph Boland <rpboland at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am writing in Squeak some software for teaching (mostly math) to
> > kids (ages 4-10).
> > These kids and their schools often have chrome OS based computers.
> > So it would be great if my software can run on these machines.
> >
> > So I would like to know the status of Squeak (and perhaps Pharo) in
> terms of
> > running on  chrome OS.
>
> Looking at the Wikipedia page it looks hopeful. Chrome OS is a Linux
> variant that runs on x86 and ARMv7 hardware.  The Cog JIT VM should run on
> that configuration.  But I don't know if anyone has tried it.


Chrome OS primarily supports web apps and I would be surprised if you can
run arbitrary binaries without rooting it.
You might want to check out https://goo.gl/PP6ARW and https://goo.gl/1NNMSS
.
SqueakJS does support touch events but maps them to mouse events, so fancy
touch interactions aren't supported yet.

Hope this helps,
Fabio


>
> Building my the VM should be straight forward on an x86 or ARMv7 Linux.
> If you check out the opensmalltalk-vm read build.linux32x86/HowToBuild and
> build.linux32ARMv7/HowToBuild and see how you get on.
>
> > Also, I would be able to take advantage of the touch screen these
> devices have.
> >
> > Where is Squeak in terms of using touch screens?
>
> I don't know where the image is but do know that the VM does pass up touch
> events.  He Geo is touch based and IIRC it runs on Pharo on iPhone (&
> perhaps elsewhere).
>
> > Ralph Boland
>
>
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