[Cuis] Cuis on Raspberry Pi

[Juan Vuletich]

Hi Nacho,

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On 12/22/2013 5:13 PM, nacho wrote:
> Juan / Cuisers
> I've been playing around with the new image. It much faster, though not as
> faster as Cuis3.
> The procedure I'm always doing with a new image is:
> 1) in the World (PasteUpMoroh) I'm setting backgroundImage and
> backgroundImageData, both to nil.
>
> 2) Preferences class>>  #aaFontsColormapDepth
>        I'm using 3.
> 3) Preferences class>>  #initialize
>       Preferences slowMachine
> (which set as false a number of things like: smartUpdating, checkForSlips,
> subPixelRederFonts, etc) and also sets the ClassicTheme (if installed).
> 4) Setting display depth at 16, which works good.
>
> Now finally regarding the changes you made, the feeling definitely snappier.
> I did some changes (I'm attaching a change set) to avoid the black cast
> being draw at all. That slows things. I don't know how to do this without
> affecting Cuis under other environments that can handle this good.

Oh, I've just pushed a commit and overlooked it. Will take a look now. 
It will be integrated in the next days.

> And finally the last thing that I notice that still presents a problem is
> window resizing, as it's done fully drawing the contents of the window as
> oposite to Cuis3 in which only the contour was drawn.

Yes, it still needs a bit more of work :)

> Juan, thanks for your support on this. I think it's going to be great to
> have a very good smalltalk working on the pi. Some might wonder it's just a
> toy. Well it is, for me (a grown up children) and for children too. But what
> strategy works best when learning? playing and having fun with a toy?
> I'm starting a blog which is going to be 100% devoted to the Pi and Cuis
> Smalltalk. Just opened it
> pismalltalk.wordpress.com I have some materials already to be uploaded. Will
> do it in the following days.
> My idea there is to achieve a goal: Have a Personal Smalltalk Machine
> running fast, with everything needed to develop educational, hobbits,
> scientific, music, (dynabook style) applications. A system that will grow up
> with the user at USD35.

Great!

> Thanks for all
> Cheers
> Nacho
> PS: Sorry I've used the change sorter, in now way I'm saying that 1899 has
> to be added. It's just that I thought it was going to be easy to read the
> changes.
> 1899-CuisCore-IgnacioSniechowski-2013Dec21-16h09m-IS.1.cs.st
> <http://forum.world.st/file/n4732004/1899-CuisCore-IgnacioSniechowski-2013Dec21-16h09m-IS.1.cs.st>
>

Don't worry at all. In general, folks, any way you can get your stuff to 
me is good. Let me worry about the update stream, etc.

> -----
> Nacho
> Smalltalker apprentice.
> Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich