Re: VisualWorks Project Manager (LaunchPad) doesn't work at all

>
>... on Mac OS 10.5.8: I can start the LaunchPad, click the +-button,
>put in a project name but then nothing happens. The new project isn't
>shown in the launchpad an all buttons are not usable anymore. When I
>kill and restart the Launchpad I see the new project but the arrow-
>button doesn't work.
>
>Should I forget the launchpad?
>
>Johannes

> If so, VW 7.7.x will not run
> at all.  You'll have to boot into 32-bit kernel mode.
>
> Regards,
> Todd Edwin King
>
>
>>
>> ... on Mac OS 10.5.8: I can start the LaunchPad, click the +-button,
>> put in a project name but then nothing happens. The new project isn't
>> shown in the launchpad an all buttons are not usable anymore. When I
>> kill and restart the Launchpad I see the new project but the arrow-
>> button doesn't work.
>>
>> Should I forget the launchpad?
>>
>> Johannes
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> Am 03.11.2010 um 18:40 schrieb Todd King:
>
>> Are you running OS X in 64-bit kernel mode?
> No, I do not. And I have no problem running VW 7.7.1. Only the
> launchpad does not work.
>
>> If so, VW 7.7.x will not run
>> at all.  You'll have to boot into 32-bit kernel mode.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Todd Edwin King
>>
>>
>>>
>>> ... on Mac OS 10.5.8: I can start the LaunchPad, click the +-button,
>>> put in a project name but then nothing happens. The new project isn't
>>> shown in the launchpad an all buttons are not usable anymore. When I
>>> kill and restart the Launchpad I see the new project but the arrow-
>>> button doesn't work.
>>>
>>> Should I forget the launchpad?
>>>
>>> Johannes
>>
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>       <key>SOURCE_PATH</key>
>       <string>/Volumes/CST10NC</string>
>       <key>VISUALWORKS</key>
>       <string>/Volumes/IOMEGA-HDD/VW_DEV/vw771nc</string>
>       <key>VWPROJECTS</key>
>       <string>/Users/smichael/VisualWorks Projects</string>
>
> The permissions/group/user on my external location are :
>       drwx------   1 smichael  smichael  16384 Sep 17 09:23 IOMEGA-HDD
>
> If my external drive is not mounted, I get an AppleScript error
> (AppleEvent handler failed) so I don't think the problem is that
> your installed location is somehow unavailable.
>
> The installed location you list below
>       /Applications/Entwicklung/Smalltalk/vw771nc
> does not quite match what is in your .plist file
>       /Volumes/OSX/Applications/Entwicklung/Smalltalk/vw771nc

>
> Can you please tell me exactly how you run VisualWorks images
> without using the LaunchPad?  For instance, I normally create a <vw>/
> work directory and copy <vw>/bin/macx/visual.app beside my images
> there so I can drag an image onto the VM in the Finder.  This is
> essentially the same action that the VisualWorks Projects
> AppleScript implements.  Other folks use a shell and start
> VisualWorks from the command line.  If you use the command line,
> what environment variables do you add to your shell and what is the
> command you use?i

>
>
> On 11/4/10 2:36 PM, Dr. Johannes Brauer wrote:
>> Hi Sherry!
>> Am 04.11.2010 um 18:09 schrieb Sherry Michael:
>>
>>> I use the LaunchPad regularly on Mac OSX. I'm assuming you are
>>> using the NC version of VisualWorks,
>> yes, I am
>>
>>> so are you perhaps using an early Release Candidate? There was a
>>> very late change affecting the LaunchPad only with the NC version,
>>> where we tried to clone the new project image from image/visual.im
>>> when we should have been using visualnc.im as the base. Your image
>>> should report its date as "July 26, 2010".
>> yes, it reports this date
>>
>>>
>>> When you look inside your project directory do you see an image in
>>> there, or is it just an empty directory?
>> there is an image in the project directory
>>
>>> If there is no image in the project directory perhaps this is the
>>> cause of the problem, especially since you are successfully running
>>> VW 7.7.1 otherwise. If the image is there, could you please provide
>>> some additional information?
>>>
>>> - Where is VisualWorks 7.7.1 installed on your machine?
>> /Applications/Entwicklung/Smalltalk/vw771nc
>>> - Do you have any other versions of VisualWorks also installed on
>>> the machine?
>> no, I haven't
>>> - What is the contents of /Users/<userid>/Library/Preferences/
>>> com.cincom.vw7.7.1.plist
>>> in particular the values for VISUALWORKS and VWPROJECTS, such as
>>>
>>> <key>VISUALWORKS</key>
>>> <string>/Users/smichael/Smalltalk/VW_Releases/vw7.7.1</string>
>>> <key>VWPROJECTS</key>
>>> <string>/Users/smichael/VisualWorks Projects</string>
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd
>> ">
>> <plist version="1.0">
>> <dict>
>>      ...
>> <key>SOURCE_PATH</key>
>> <string>/Volumes/CST10NC</string>
>> <key>VISUALWORKS</key>
>> <string>/Volumes/OSX/Applications/Entwicklung/Smalltalk/vw771nc</
>> string>
>> <key>VWPROJECTS</key>
>> <string>/Users/johannes/VisualWorks Projects</string>
>> </dict>
>> </plist>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Johannes
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/3/10 2:04 PM, Dr. Johannes Brauer wrote:
>>>> Am 03.11.2010 um 18:40 schrieb Todd King:
>>>>
>>>>> Are you running OS X in 64-bit kernel mode?
>>>> No, I do not. And I have no problem running VW 7.7.1. Only the
>>>> launchpad does not work.
>>>>
>>>>> If so, VW 7.7.x will not run
>>>>> at all. You'll have to boot into 32-bit kernel mode.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Todd Edwin King
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ... on Mac OS 10.5.8: I can start the LaunchPad, click the +-
>>>>>> button,
>>>>>> put in a project name but then nothing happens. The new project
>>>>>> isn't
>>>>>> shown in the launchpad an all buttons are not usable anymore.
>>>>>> When I
>>>>>> kill and restart the Launchpad I see the new project but the
>>>>>> arrow-
>>>>>> button doesn't work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Should I forget the launchpad?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Johannes
>>>>>
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