VMMakerTool >>DoesNotUnderstand ModalFolderSelector

> Hi,
> I would like use VMMaker on Pharo.
> I resolve all dependency for the VMMaker Package :
>
> -FFI,(ScriptLoader loadFFI.)
> -Speech find in "Unstable Squeak" package from squeaksource
> -Finally i install VMMaker from squeaksource
>
> VMMaker seems work correctly but not this UI. When load the  
> VMMakerTool, i have a error does not understand ModalFolderSelector.
>
> --
> Arnaud Jean Baptiste
>
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>
> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:06:10AM -0700, Eliot Miranda wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 7:40 AM, David T. Lewis  
>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 01:44:52PM -0700, Eliot Miranda wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 3. refactor the GeniePlugin method into an outer args parser and  
>>>> an inner
>>>> engine method and solve the problem.  Since VMMaker will inline  
>>>> anyway
>>> this
>>>> shouldn't make performance worse.  I haven't done this because  
>>>> I'm not
>>> the
>>>> author and it is quite a complex method.
>>>
>>> This sounds like the right thing to do, regardless of what may  
>>> change
>>> in the compiler(s).
>>
>>
>> +1
>>
>
> Well unfortunately the refactoring turns out to be easier said than  
> done.
> At least it was easier for me to say it than it was for me to do it.
>
> I made a naive attempt to split the primitive into smaller methods,  
> but this
> just ended up trading off too many things on the stack for too many  
> arguments
> in an argument list.
>
> The method temp variables could be changed to be instance variables.  
> This
> would probably work fine for any current VMs (not sure about Hydra),  
> but
> it does not pass the smell test IMO.
>
> I suspect that Nathaniel Schaerli knew what he was doing when he wrote
> this primitive, and I most certainly do not, so I don't expect that  
> I will
> make much further progress on this front.
>
> Dave

>
> Hello squeak people
>
> Does anyone have a hint how to get (with reasonable effort)  current
> vmmaker setup? May be there is a prepared image somewhere? I'm
> interested in building vm on windows. When I follow these
> instructions: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6102 i stuck during
> loading of vmmaker from the squeak-map
>
> regards,
>  Danil

> Hi jean-baptiste
>
> did you read the archives because Dave apparently fixes VMMaker so
> that you can generate a new VM under pharo.
> Let us know if you still have the problem.
> Probably FileList modal...
>
> On Aug 23, 2009, at 11:01 AM, jean baptiste arnaud wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I would like use VMMaker on Pharo.
>> I resolve all dependency for the VMMaker Package :
>>
>> -FFI,(ScriptLoader loadFFI.)
>> -Speech find in "Unstable Squeak" package from squeaksource
>> -Finally i install VMMaker from squeaksource
>>
>> VMMaker seems work correctly but not this UI. When load the
>> VMMakerTool, i have a error does not understand ModalFolderSelector.
>>
>> --
>> Arnaud Jean Baptiste
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Pharo-project mailing list
>> [hidden email]
>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
>
>
> FYI. This problem was originally reported on the Pharo list earlier  
> this
> year. The fix is now in VMMaker on SqueakSource.
>
> ----- Forwarded message from "David T. Lewis" <[hidden email]>
> -----
>
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:05:22 -0400
> From: "David T. Lewis" <[hidden email]>
> To: Squeak Virtual Machine Development Discussion <[hidden email]
>>
> Subject: Re: [Vm-dev] Fwd: [Pharo-project] Could not load VMMaker in
> 10315
>
>
> VMMaker (from SqueakSource) can now be loaded into closure-enabled
> images.
>
> I was able to remove a couple of temp variables from the GeniePlugin
> primitive without affecting the logic. This was discussed on several
> lists back in May.
>
> The fix is in VMMaker-dtl.135 on SqueakSource, and is documented in
> Mantis http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=7384.
>
> Dave
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:37:15PM -0400, David T. Lewis wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:06:10AM -0700, Eliot Miranda wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 7:40 AM, David T. Lewis
>>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 01:44:52PM -0700, Eliot Miranda wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. refactor the GeniePlugin method into an outer args parser and
>>>>> an inner
>>>>> engine method and solve the problem.  Since VMMaker will inline
>>>>> anyway
>>>> this
>>>>> shouldn't make performance worse.  I haven't done this because
>>>>> I'm not
>>>> the
>>>>> author and it is quite a complex method.
>>>>
>>>> This sounds like the right thing to do, regardless of what may
>>>> change
>>>> in the compiler(s).
>>>
>>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>
>> Well unfortunately the refactoring turns out to be easier said than
>> done.
>> At least it was easier for me to say it than it was for me to do it.
>>
>> I made a naive attempt to split the primitive into smaller methods,
>> but this
>> just ended up trading off too many things on the stack for too many
>> arguments
>> in an argument list.
>>
>> The method temp variables could be changed to be instance variables.
>> This
>> would probably work fine for any current VMs (not sure about Hydra),
>> but
>> it does not pass the smell test IMO.
>>
>> I suspect that Nathaniel Schaerli knew what he was doing when he  
>> wrote
>> this primitive, and I most certainly do not, so I don't expect that
>> I will
>> make much further progress on this front.
>>
>> Dave
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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>
>
>
>
>>
>> Hello squeak people
>>
>> Does anyone have a hint how to get (with reasonable effort)  current
>> vmmaker setup? May be there is a prepared image somewhere? I'm
>> interested in building vm on windows. When I follow these
>> instructions: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6102 i stuck during
>> loading of vmmaker from the squeak-map
>>
>> regards,
>> Danil
>
> Windows build instructions:
>  http://squeakvm.org/win32/
>  http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/platforms/win32/docs/
>
> Up to date VMMaker packages are on SqueakSource project VMMaker. The
> SqueakMap and Universes entries are a bit out of date.
>
> Dave
>
>
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> VMMakerTool uses FileList2 directly. Should be changed to use UIManager default chooseDirectory...
>
> Regards, Gary
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: jean baptiste arnaud
>   To: [hidden email]
>   Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 10:01 AM
>   Subject: [Pharo-project] VMMakerTool >>DoesNotUnderstand ModalFolderSelector
>
>
>   Hi,
>   I would like use VMMaker on Pharo.
>   I resolve all dependency for the VMMaker Package :
>
>   -FFI,(ScriptLoader loadFFI.)
>   -Speech find in "Unstable Squeak" package from squeaksource
>   -Finally i install VMMaker from squeaksource
>
>   VMMaker seems work correctly but not this UI. When load the VMMakerTool, i have a error does not understand ModalFolderSelector.
>