Re: deploying Squeak applications

On Aug 13, 2007, at 8:26 AM, Michael Haupt wrote:

Hi Mark,

On 8/13/07, Mark Volkmann <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

How are Squeak applications typically deployed to users?

I'd package the image and changes file, maybe along with the VM, and ship those.

Tell me more about the changes file. When I do a save it seems to update both my image file and my changes file. If all my changes are saved in the changes file, why is the image file modified?

Is there a way to

create an image that runs a given method when double-clicked?

You can add a class to the startup list:

SystemDictionary>>#addToStartUpList: will do that. The class is

required to understand the #startUp: message, which will be sent to it

when the image is loaded and started. #startUp: accepts a Boolean

telling it whether the image is resuming (newly started).

Would you say this is the most common way to deploy a Smalltalk application to users, at least with Squeak?

Is there a way

to reduce an image to contain only the classes used from a given starting

class?

That one, I cannot answer.

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Mark Volkmann

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