Is there an up to date tutorial for making plugins?

I have search the web and found several links that sounds useful. But they seem out of date and do not work as instructed. Is there an up to date one for a simple example plugin?

Thanks,

Ang Beepeng wrote

I have search the web and found several links that sounds useful. But they seem out of date and do not work as instructed. Is there an up to date one for a simple example plugin?

The first useful tutorial I encounter is to set up the tools for VM compilation. I am going to simplify the steps as follows:

1. Download the Squeak VM Win32 Source from the release directory, into C:\. It saves you a lot of fine tuning work instead of putting your stuff in other folders, for example, the Makefile adjustment.

2. Install VMMaker() from the package loader in Squeak, and check the System Browser for the Win32VMMaker class, remove it and replace it by filing in the new Win32VMMaker.st from here.

3. Execute "VMMakerTool openInWorld", and complete the fields as follows:
    Interpreter class name: Interpreter
    Path to platform code: C:\SqueakVM\platforms
    Platform name: Win32
    Path to generate sources: C:\SqueakVM\platforms\win32\build\src

4. Then drag the plugins from Plugins not build into Internal Plugins, and then click on the generate entire button. This will generate the corresponding C files that are used to compile your new VM.

5. The next step is to get the compiling tools. After extracting the file, you should have two folders "dx7sdk" and "gnutools". Put these folders in C:\ as well.

6. Next, set the path by going into System Properties>Advanced>Environmental Variables. Edit the variable path, by adding in "C:\GNUTools\bin", with a semicolon as a separator.

7. Then, go to the commamd prompt C:\SqueakVM\platforms\win32\build\ and invoke "make". If there exists an error, generate the plugins again from Squeak, and invoke make again. After a few minutes of waiting, you should have your VM in the obj\vm directory of the build.

8. If you want a custom VM, there are a few things that need to be done. First, edit the Makefile in the build directory, change VM = Whatever; then, add another rule right at the bottom of the file,

#       Whatever.res: misc/Whatever.rc
#     $(RC) $(RCFLAGS) -i $< -o $(OBJDIR)/$@ Then save and close Makefile.

9. Duplicate a Whatever.def.in file from Squeak.def.in in the build directory and Duplicate a Whatever.rc file from Squeak.rc in the win32/misc folder and you can actually edit your icons there. For example, if you prefer the Croquet icon rather than the original Squeak icon, duplicate from Croquet.rc instead !

10. Invoke make in the command prompt again to enjoy your first VM !!

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On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:43 AM, EthanChang <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Ang Beepeng wrote:
>> I have search the web and found several links that sounds useful. But they
>> seem out of date and do not work as instructed. Is there an up to date one
>> for a simple example plugin?
>>
>
> The first  http://www.squeakvm.org/win32/compiling.html useful tutorial  I
> encounter is to set up the tools for VM compilation. I am going to simplify
> the steps as follows:

I wrote http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/3408 ages ago, it may complement
Ethan's mail as it deals with the smalltalk part and, hopefully a bit
relevant.

--
Ragnar

Thanks Ragnar. I am trying to build plugin on Win32, how and what should I modify if I am to follow the example from the page you wrote?

Thanks,
Ang Beepeng


I wrote http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/3408 ages ago, it may complement
Ethan's mail as it deals with the smalltalk part and, hopefully a bit
relevant.

--
Ragnar

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Ang Beepeng <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Thanks Ragnar. I am trying to build plugin on Win32, how and what should I
> modify if I am to follow the example from the page you wrote?

Ethan's post is good on setting up the build environment. My page,
other than the references to platforms/unix/config/ and maybe the
-lncurses.so, should be applicable to win32. You could start by
building a sample plugin without using any external libraries just to
see if it works, and then move on from there (if the C side of the
plugin doesn't need a library you obviously don't need to link it when
compiling).

--
Ragnar

Thanks, Ethan. Here's something I found out. In step 2, we need to file in Win32VMMaker.st for a new Win32VMMaker class. Win32VMMaker.st is actually include in the source realease. Which mean it's in the directory C:\SqueakVM\platforms\win32\build following steps you've wrote.

Thanks,
Ang Beepeng

EthanChang wrote

Ang Beepeng wrote

I have search the web and found several links that sounds useful. But they seem out of date and do not work as instructed. Is there an up to date one for a simple example plugin?

The first useful tutorial I encounter is to set up the tools for VM compilation. I am going to simplify the steps as follows:

1. Download the Squeak VM Win32 Source from the release directory, into C:\. It saves you a lot of fine tuning work instead of putting your stuff in other folders, for example, the Makefile adjustment.

2. Install VMMaker() from the package loader in Squeak, and check the System Browser for the Win32VMMaker class, remove it and replace it by filing in the new Win32VMMaker.st from here.

3. Execute "VMMakerTool openInWorld", and complete the fields as follows:
    Interpreter class name: Interpreter
    Path to platform code: C:\SqueakVM\platforms
    Platform name: Win32
    Path to generate sources: C:\SqueakVM\platforms\win32\build\src

4. Then drag the plugins from Plugins not build into Internal Plugins, and then click on the generate entire button. This will generate the corresponding C files that are used to compile your new VM.

5. The next step is to get the compiling tools. After extracting the file, you should have two folders "dx7sdk" and "gnutools". Put these folders in C:\ as well.

6. Next, set the path by going into System Properties>Advanced>Environmental Variables. Edit the variable path, by adding in "C:\GNUTools\bin", with a semicolon as a separator.

7. Then, go to the commamd prompt C:\SqueakVM\platforms\win32\build\ and invoke "make". If there exists an error, generate the plugins again from Squeak, and invoke make again. After a few minutes of waiting, you should have your VM in the obj\vm directory of the build.

8. If you want a custom VM, there are a few things that need to be done. First, edit the Makefile in the build directory, change VM = Whatever; then, add another rule right at the bottom of the file,

#       Whatever.res: misc/Whatever.rc
#     $(RC) $(RCFLAGS) -i $< -o $(OBJDIR)/$@ Then save and close Makefile.

9. Duplicate a Whatever.def.in file from Squeak.def.in in the build directory and Duplicate a Whatever.rc file from Squeak.rc in the win32/misc folder and you can actually edit your icons there. For example, if you prefer the Croquet icon rather than the original Squeak icon, duplicate from Croquet.rc instead !

10. Invoke make in the command prompt again to enjoy your first VM !!