Yes, OSProcess is designed to work on Windows also. However, the functionality is limited on Windows and the plugin is not distributed with the Windows VM, so for most people this is not a practical solution. FFI is another alternative.
Dave On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 10:53:30AM -0500, Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote: > Carlos, > > OSProcess appears to be _designed_ to run on Windows (lots of code for same), > but I am not aware that it works there. The existing gnuplot package uses > OSProcess on Linux/Mac and ProcessWrapper on Windows, and I have done the > same thing when I need to run on Windows. > > I have seen no evidence that ProcessWrapper works other than on Windows; if > you find that it does, please make noise about that. I *think* I like it > better than OSProcess, but I do a lot more relevant work on Linux where I > can't use ProcessWrapper. > > Bill > > > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carlos > Crosetti > Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 9:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Pharo-project] OSProcess > > > Hi, is rhe OSProcess designed to call out an external program from a Windows > vm? > > Regards, Carlos > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
