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Thanks for the info! Very interesting about bootstrapping from the last good image. An old friend of mine (now retired) was involved in Squeak from before the b
by Stratoscope 8y ago
Thanks for the info! Very interesting about bootstrapping from the last good image. An old friend of mine (now retired) was involved in Squeak from before the beginning, and this reminds me that I've been meaning to catch up with him. I bet he has some interesting stories.
I tried out Squeak about ten years ago, but never could get past the awful bitmap font. Naturally, the first thing I noticed on the Pharo page was that the fonts look nice! So I installed it on my WQHD ThinkPad to try it out.
The first thing I noticed is the way it responds to the TrackPoint. It is not like any other application I have ever used. Instead of letting Windows control the pointer position, it's doing something very different, I just don't know what.
It's not so bad with the touchpad, but I don't use the touchpad except for scrolling.
It doesn't support high DPI either, so the text is all blurry. Way better than the old Squeak bitmap fonts, though.
I don't want to sound like a complainer, it just wouldn't be pleasant to program in this environment when every other app and dev tool I use supports high DPI and correct TrackPoint response, both on Windows and Linux.
- scroot 8y agoThe next-gen graphics system for Pharo, called Bloc, is still under development but making good progress. If you can find some of the demos [1] you'll see that things like text rendering are vastly improved. [1] https://twitter.com/AliakseiSyrel/status/1050781535983550464 https://twitter.com/AliakseiSyrel/status/1050781535983550464