Squeak mac carbon VM 4.1.0b1 goes out.

> I've placed it in the usual places via
>
> http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com/squeak.html
>
> 4.1.0b1 has a number of changes that impact users of older images and
>
> non-pharo users. As you know the different VMs have been moving
>
> towards supplying file/directory information and providing clipboard
>
> support for UTF-8.  So today is the day to move forward by making
>
> UTF-8 the default, rather than optional.
>
> (a) I have altered the Info.plist to say file/directory names are
>
> UTF-8.  If your image does not contain fixes for  the file browser, or
>
> having MC being UTF-8 aware then you will have issues with file names
>
> that contain accented characters.  These can be files in the same
>
> directory as the file you are interested in since the squeak file
>
> directory logic iterates over the directory contents for some
>
> operations.
>
> (b) The clipboard changes from macroman to UTF8, again you may require
>
> fixes in order to successfully copy/paste accented characters to/from
>
> the application.
>
>
> (c) The UTF8 for the clipboard required linking the powerpc binary
>
> with Apple's 10.4 SDK versus 10.3. I have not tested if the VM will
>
> run and have clipboard support on 10.2 or 10.3 systems.  If you rely
>
> on a 10.2 or 10.3 system you should confirm if it works, or if it
>
> fails.  If someone can confirm if there is a problem I will look into
>
> providing a workaround.
>
>
> **********I note in Pharo copying "Caño del día" from the Finder to a
>
> method didn't really work the way I thought it would, however it
>
> didn't throw a UTF-8 input error.  Likely someone on the Pharo team
>
> should do some cross checking for me *******

> I've placed it in the usual places via
>
> http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com/squeak.html
>
> 4.1.0b1 has a number of changes that impact users of older images and
> non-pharo users. As you know the different VMs have been moving
> towards supplying file/directory information and providing clipboard
> support for UTF-8.  So today is the day to move forward by making
> UTF-8 the default, rather than optional.
>
> (a) I have altered the Info.plist to say file/directory names are
> UTF-8.  If your image does not contain fixes for  the file browser, or
> having MC being UTF-8 aware then you will have issues with file names
> that contain accented characters.  These can be files in the same
> directory as the file you are interested in since the squeak file
> directory logic iterates over the directory contents for some
> operations.
>
> (b) The clipboard changes from macroman to UTF8, again you may require
> fixes in order to successfully copy/paste accented characters to/from
> the application.
>
>
> (c) The UTF8 for the clipboard required linking the powerpc binary
> with Apple's 10.4 SDK versus 10.3. I have not tested if the VM will
> run and have clipboard support on 10.2 or 10.3 systems.  If you rely
> on a 10.2 or 10.3 system you should confirm if it works, or if it
> fails.  If someone can confirm if there is a problem I will look into
> providing a workaround.
>
>
> **********I note in Pharo copying "Caño del día" from the Finder to a
> method didn't really work the way I thought it would, however it
> didn't throw a UTF-8 input error.  Likely someone on the Pharo team
> should do some cross checking for me *******
>
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