On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Torsten Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> > In the days of web based applications and Smalltalk web > frameworks etc. it is often very usefull to open a browser/URL > from within Smalltalk. > Currently one has to load FFI and ExternalWebBrowser > package. > > Why not add support into the VM for that. This would > allow us: > > - provide a link to the homepage of Squeak and Pharo > in the about box so people can easy access it > right from the image > > - to give Seaside/Pier/Iliad/Aida served images > a button that opens the browser to the served > sites > > - server an html based "Help system" from the image > and by choosing "Help" from the menu open it > > - ... > > On Windows it is just a ShellExecute API call - dont > know about the other platforms. Is it possible that > VM developers agree on a common protocol and provide > it in the next VM release cycle? > > Any comments? > The thing is... why adding it in the vm and not in the image directly via FFI? I mean, you already have support in the vm for that -> FFI plugin (and Native boost in NBCog). And it's abstract enough to do the job... I think that in the path to 2.0 there is the idea to have NativeBoost/FFI in the core distribution. It's just that there are plenty of things to do before :P. > Thx > T. >
