Hi
I'm a total newbie at all ;-) I don't know about squeak, I'm not a programmer...
so am I
First of all, squeak overload my CPU. 80-90% all the time, even if I do nothing. Except if I move the mouse (then I get 100%).
Maybe you can use an older version of squeak http://ftp.squeak.org/ but maybe, using some parameters when launching squeak will help... squeak -m ... etc.. somebody will tell you
Second, I don't understand very well squeak one thing, I have to install an image of squeak, a VM and a sources file. Why sources file has another version that image of squeak.
Sources files allows to properly display the code in the browser... but you don't really have to care about that... except 3.9 has a new sources files...
Third, I have read almost all post in the list and I have the feeling that with squeak/smalltalk I could do anything, but then, why the projects you can find are so few and so strange? You can't find an mp3 ripper or a CD burner or a program for doing a backup or a fast downloader or a DVD author or a simple image cutter...
projects are more etoys stuff... programs in squeak/ST are self contained in the image... you can look at the class and find appropriate method. For instance, to read a flash file... it's something like: FlashFileReader fileNamed: '/MyDocs/aFile.swf' to read a mp3 file... you can open a file list and right clic on a mp3 file... MPEGMoviePlayerMorph playFile: '/MyDocs/aFile.mp3 ...
Forth, is it possible the comunication with the exterior of squeak? What I mean is, if we could do, for example, a gui interface for a console program (a frontend). Or a program with needs comunication with special devices like webcams or scanners...?
possible but more complicated I guess you probably need to use OSProcess hope that helps a bit ;) Cédrick
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