[squeak-dev] Transcript not working in Morphic projects ?

karl ramberg karlramberg at gmail.com
Mon Dec 5 12:01:15 UTC 2022


On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 10:18 AM Bruce O'Neel <bruce.oneel at pckswarms.ch>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> MacOS x86-64, Squeak 6.0 as shipped with image 22104 - fresh install with
> nothing else Squeak related on the system.
>
> Start a new image
> Open Transcript
> Open Workspace
> In the workspace type:  Transcript show: 'hello 1'.
> Shows in Transcript
>
> Next Create a Morphic project
> Open it
> Open Transcript
> Open Workspace
> In the workspace type: Transcript show: 'hello 2'.
> Nothing shows.
>

Yes, I saw the same. Glad you could confirm my sanity :-D


>
> Return to Previous Project
>
> Create a MVC project
> Open it
> Open Transcript
> Open Workspace
> In the workspace type: Transcript show: 'hello 3'
> Shows in Transcript.
>
> Now if I do the same thing in Squeak 6.1 22297, downloading just the
> images/changes/sources, again on MacOS X x86-64 then it works fine.
>
> And now, very interestingly, if I return to the as downloaded MacOS X
> Squeak 6.0 22104 the problem has gone away.
>


>
> So I am running the same VM in both cases, but clearly 2 different
> images.  One in the Downloaded app directory and then one separately
> downloaded.
>
> Now...  If I remove all trace of Squeak from the system, re-install Squeak
> 6.0 22104 from the dmg, the problem comes back with Squeak 6.0 update 22104,
>
> But downloading and running just the Squeak 6.1 images/changes .zip,
> unzipping it, running the above commands make the same set of commands run
> correctly in Squeak 6.0 22104.
>
> I don't see anything changing in the Squeak app directory.    A find
> looking for recently modified files under Library/Saved
> Application/Sate/org.squeak.squeak6.0-64bit.savedState and I can't see how
> this is changing things.
>
> On Windows this works fine with Squeak 6.0 22104.  Ditto x86-64 Linux
>
> Karl - Are you running on MacOS?
>

No, all testing I did was on Windows 10 and 11.
It's a very peculiar issue.

Best,
Karl


>
> cheers
>
> bruce
>
>
>
> On 2022-12-05T07:21:36.000+01:00, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 12:33 AM tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 2022-12-04, at 1:51 PM, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hm,
> > I got the same issue with a fresh downloaded Trunk image.
> > No text is displayed in the Transcript
> >
> > To reproduce:
> > -Make a new Morphic Project
> > -Enter project and open a Workspace and Transcript
> > -See if the Transcript responds.
>
>
> This is very odd; it works perfectly well in my 22114 update image (Pi
> 64bit as usual). Not sure the new project should default to having
> flap/tabs though.
>
> Just in case I tried it in both possible orders
> - create transcript then workspace
> - create workspace and then transcript
> in case it was something to do with binding the morph to the name.
>
>
> I'm mystified.
> I got his error several times.
> Now I can't reprodroduce it.
>
> Best,
> Karl
>
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