[Etoys] How to distribute amd install MO for Apps

[Hilaire Fernandes]

Now I remember Yoshiki wrote several weak ago about another possibility.

To just ship alternative Squeak/Smalltalk application like DrGeo in
their own .image.
What will be required to do that ? Starting from the standard etoys image?
This solution will solve the problem about loading project file with
existing geometric diagram.

Hilaire

2007/11/14, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>:
>
> On Nov 14, 2007, at 20:44 , karl wrote:
>
> > Hilaire Fernandes wrote:
> >> 2007/11/11, korakurider at yahoo.co.jp <korakurider at yahoo.co.jp>:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I hit fundamental question: how to distribute and install addon
> >>> application with translation.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Yes, you got a point.
> >> Which features do we need ?
> >>
> >> - a Squeak application should be installable at runtime, without
> >> modifying the image
> >> - a project using a loaded application should re-load the application
> >> - application translation should be reloadable at runtime aswel.
> >>
> >> I have tested loading DrGeo SAR into the OLPC. In my opinion it is
> >> too
> >> slow and I am afraid teachers and kids will run away. Imagine a
> >> situation where a kid need to review sever interactive geometric
> >> sketch. We will have an acceptability problem there.
> >>
> >> I have heard about ImageSegment, I only got an overall understanding
> >> about it but I have the felling it may be the fastest solution.
> > Projects are saved in image segments, but code changes are not
> > captured in the segment so those are filed in from a changeset.
> > This is quite slow.
>
> Loading an ImageSegment is indeed extremely fast. Even classes and
> compiled methods can be included in a segment. The problem is that
> after loading the segment, references ("outpointers") have to be
> fixed up - for example, all symbols must be made to point to the
> symbol instance in the image, otherwise you would have duplicate
> symbols. And we accumulated a lot of cruft over the years that is
> performed on project load time - fixing up fonts, migrating instances
> to new class layout etc. Working this out would be very valuable.
>
> - Bert -
>
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