[Etoys] etoys image freezing?

[polishookm]

Yoshiki Ohshima wrote:
> At Sun, 11 May 2008 21:11:48 -0400,
> polishookm wrote:
>   
>> I'm not sure if it's something I've done or something that's appeared 
>> after downloading the last set of code updates. But basically, I'm 
>> finding the etoys-dev.image freezes as soon as I accept anything 
>> anywhere in the image (in a code browser, in a workspace window, etc.). 
>> I've tossed everything and started again from scratch but the same thing 
>> keeps happening - the image keeps freezing.
>>
>> ... All advice welcome. Thanks in advance -
>>     
>
>   Did you:
>
>   - update a "clean" image (i.e., an image without any of non official
>     update changes)?
>   
Starting from this image

http://etoys.laptop.org/src/etoys-dev.zip

I then loaded the 101 or so code updates that come from pressing the 
'load code updates' button on the desktop. Then I saved the image (from 
the button on the desktop)

Then I went to FileDirectory startup and changed the following line

self setDefaultDirectory: (self dirPathFor: SmalltalkImage current 
imageName)

to

self setDefaultDirectory: '/Users/home'

and did Cmd-s (to accept) and entered my initials.

Then after then leaving the browser and going back to the desktop and 
opening a workspace, I've found several times that Squeak is frozen.



>   - "Accept anything" means a method?  What method for what class?  In
>     a workspace, you mean to evaluate "do it"?
>   

But, also, I've also found that after making the change in FileDirectory 
as described above, I can freeze Squeak if I open a text file outside of 
Squeak and copied and paste a few lines of code from that file to a 
workspace.

 Here's the code

" Ways to play sound "

SampledSound playSoundNamed: 'this'

s := (SampledSound soundNamed:  'this').
s play.

snd := SampledSound fromAIFFfileNamed: '/Users/home/Desktop/this.aiff'.
snd play.

r := RepeatingSound repeat: s count: 2.
r play

s := (SampledSound soundNamed:  'this').
s samples

Option-clicking on the workspace and accepting the code seems to lead to 
a freeze. I'm not sure if I _should be doing this (accepting in a 
workspace .... ). I know this would be different than selecting 'doit'.

But I also found too that without the "copy/paste from an external file 
series of steps" that changing (in a workspace) this line

SampledSound playSoundNamed: 'this'

to this line

SampledSound playSoundNamed: 'fox'

is freezing Squeak.

>   - What do you mean by "tossed everything"?  Did you go back to a
>     clean image?
>   

Yes. I went back several times to the zip file from

http://etoys.laptop.org/src/etoys-dev.zip

and started again (and then again) with fresh files to which I added 
Squeakland.app and then downloaded the 101 or so code updates.
> There may be a problem but I haven't seen it with the latest updates.
> Can you elaborate a bit?
>   
If I'm not giving you enough information let me know and if they're a 
specific sequence of steps I should try, let me know that as well.

Thanks very much in advance.

- Mark



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