Helping MC2 to improve

> stéphane ducasse puso en su mail :
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>> Hi guys
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>> I was thinking that we should really give feedback to Colin on the
>> next version of
>> MC and even help him with tool support and UI.
>>
>> So please consider to test MC2 and provide snippets :)
>>
>> Stef
> I have MC2 loaded on my experiments, but yet I do not know how use it.
> Exists some documentation what I miss?
>
> I wish produce some mc2 package for testing and see how could be  
> attached
> some more what code (gif/png/jpg , .morph, etc) for deliver .
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> On May 20, 2006, at 11:47 AM, Lic. Edgar J. De Cleene wrote:
>
>> I have MC2 loaded on my experiments, but yet I do not know how use it.
>> Exists some documentation what I miss?
>
> No, there isn't any documentation beyond the messages that I've
> posted to this list.
>
> As a place to start, here are a few doIts that will illustrate some
> of the key concepts in MC2:
>
>
> MDSlicePanel withAllPackages open
>
> This is the list of all the PackageInfo packages in the image. If you
> 'Save to File' and enter 'test' as the file name, it will create a
> repository in a file called 'test.mcr' and save a snapshot fo the
> selected package into it. You can then open that file with the
> following doIt:
>
> (MDRepositoryPanel on: (MDFileRepository on: (FileStream
> oldFileNamed: 'test.mcr'))) open
>
> This will bring up a repository inspector that will let you load or
> merge that snapshot back into the image. Finally, try this:
>
> wc := MDWorkingCopy forImageProxy: MDWorkingCopy defaultImageProxy.
> memory := MDMemoryRepository new.
> slice := MDPackageInfoSlice named: 'SMBase'.
> snapshot _ slice saveFrom: wc to: memory.
> snapshot explore.
> memory explore.
>
> This will create a working copy, a repository in memory, and a slice
> for the package SMBase. It saves a snapshot of SMBase into the
> repository, and then opens explorers so you can look at the contents
> of the repository and the snapshot. Hint: all the garbled strings are
> instances of MDHashstamp.
>
>> I wish produce some mc2 package for testing and see how could be
>> attached
>> some more what code (gif/png/jpg , .morph, etc) for deliver .
>
>>> I haven't thought about this much, but I think a SAR would work fine.
>>> You could create a SAR that contained an MC2 repository file, your
>>> media and an install script that loaded a snapshot from the repository.
>
> Colin

>
> On May 20, 2006, at 11:47 AM, Lic. Edgar J. De Cleene wrote:
>
>> I have MC2 loaded on my experiments, but yet I do not know how use  
>> it.
>> Exists some documentation what I miss?
>
> No, there isn't any documentation beyond the messages that I've  
> posted to this list.
>
> As a place to start, here are a few doIts that will illustrate some  
> of the key concepts in MC2:
>
>
> MDSlicePanel withAllPackages open
>
> This is the list of all the PackageInfo packages in the image. If  
> you 'Save to File' and enter 'test' as the file name, it will  
> create a repository in a file called 'test.mcr' and save a snapshot  
> fo the selected package into it. You can then open that file with  
> the following doIt:
>
> (MDRepositoryPanel on: (MDFileRepository on: (FileStream  
> oldFileNamed: 'test.mcr'))) open
>
> This will bring up a repository inspector that will let you load or  
> merge that snapshot back into the image. Finally, try this:
>
> wc := MDWorkingCopy forImageProxy: MDWorkingCopy defaultImageProxy.
> memory := MDMemoryRepository new.
> slice := MDPackageInfoSlice named: 'SMBase'.
> snapshot _ slice saveFrom: wc to: memory.
> snapshot explore.
> memory explore.
>
> This will create a working copy, a repository in memory, and a  
> slice for the package SMBase. It saves a snapshot of SMBase into  
> the repository, and then opens explorers so you can look at the  
> contents of the repository and the snapshot. Hint: all the garbled  
> strings are instances of MDHashstamp.
>
>> I wish produce some mc2 package for testing and see how could be  
>> attached
>> some more what code (gif/png/jpg , .morph, etc) for deliver .
>
> I haven't thought about this much, but I think a SAR would work  
> fine. You could create a SAR that contained an MC2 repository file,  
> your media and an install script that loaded a snapshot from the  
> repository.
>
> Colin
>