bergman@scripps.edu (Larry Bergman) (07/18/90)
Does anyone know of an X implementation of Smalltalk? I'm interested in running the program on one machine and displaying/working on the other - both machines running X. Thanks for any lead you can offer, Larry
chappy@cs.qmw.ac.uk (CHAPMAN) (07/24/90)
In article <448@riscsm.scripps.edu> bergman@scripps.edu (Larry Bergman) writes: >Does anyone know of an X implementation of Smalltalk? >I'm interested in running the program on one machine >and displaying/working on the other - both machines >running X. > >Thanks for any lead you can offer, > >Larry Out of interest I am at present undertaking a 6 month dissertation for my MSc titled "A Smalltalk User Interface Based on X11". I am working on one machine and forcing appropriate output through another running X11. I say appropriate since at present I can only establish a connection, create/map windows/pixmaps and draw lines. I am working on fonts and the MVC paradigm since I wish to keep Smalltalk as unchanged as possible. One of my biggest problems is making Smalltalk do what it can already do. I can run the 'Pen' through the server using existing Smalltalk code and a few changes. It works surprizingly fast and can easily be optimised. I am spending a lot of time organising a suitable Class hierachy for Connections, Drawables etc which will enable to use resources provided by the server ie. windows, fonts etc. I would be extremely pleased to hear peoples views and ideas on running Smalltalk on top of X11 since there is obvious room for enhancement ie making Smalltalk more portable, smaller(ie not having to do its own window management) and more powerful (enhanced graphics/fonts provided by the server). Any comments are welcome. Thanks Dave.