Windows Slate build in Visual Studio; simple text editor?

[Shaping]

Todd, I got an unhandled exception is Slate.exe when I tried the DLL exercise 
below.  The XML report is below.  Otherwise, all works as you describe.

I don't know what editing features the windows-console (smart console) offers, 
but, perhaps, to move a little faster toward a fully graphical system, we might 
create a simple native text editor app (as a temporary solution) with a popup 
menu allowing you to select and evaluate text by passing the selected text to 
the REPL.  Has this been considered?

Shaping



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<DATABASE>
<EXE NAME="Slate.exe" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_PRIVACY">
    <MATCHING_FILE NAME="Slate.exe" SIZE="274432" CHECKSUM="0x1E63B502" 
MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="01/09/2005 
04:42:28" UPTO_LINK_DATE="01/09/2005 04:42:28" />
</EXE>
<EXE NAME="kernel32.dll" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">
    <MATCHING_FILE NAME="kernel32.dll" SIZE="983552" CHECKSUM="0x4CE79457" 
BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" 
PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Windows NT BASE API Client 
DLL" COMPANY_NAME="Microsoft Corporation" PRODUCT_NAME="Microsoft® Windows® 
Operating System" FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)" 
ORIGINAL_FILENAME="kernel32" INTERNAL_NAME="kernel32" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© 
Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" 
VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" 
PE_CHECKSUM="0xFF848" LINKER_VERSION="0x50001" 
UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" 
LINK_DATE="08/04/2004 07:56:36" UPTO_LINK_DATE="08/04/2004 07:56:36" 
VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
</EXE>
</DATABASE>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Fleming" <todd at flemingcnc.com>
To: "Slate project discussion" <slate at tunes.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 21:48
Subject: Re: Windows Slate build in Visual Studio


> Here's how I prepare Slate after generating a fresh VM and image:
>  C:\slate>slate little.image
>  Bootstrapping libraries...
>  Slate: Growing heap to 4818864 bytes.
>  Hi, there!
>  Slate 1> saveImageNamed: 'work.image'.
>  False
>  Slate 2> quit.
>
> After that is finished, the following brings up a REPL:
>  C:\slate>slate work.image
>  Slate: Growing heap to 5863104 bytes.
>  True
>  Slate 2>
>
> To make sure DLL support working, try this at the REPL:
>  [| l f |
>    l: (ExternalLibrary newNamed: 'User32').
>    f: (l functionNamed: 'MessageBoxA').
>    f argumentsFormat:
>    {
>      ExternalMethod ArgumentFormat Int.
>      ExternalMethod ArgumentFormat Bytes.
>      ExternalMethod ArgumentFormat Bytes.
>      ExternalMethod ArgumentFormat Int.
>    }.
>    f callFormat: ExternalMethod CallFormat Std.
>    (f applyTo: {0 'Hello from Slate!\0' 'My Dialog\0' 0}).
>  ] do.
>
>
> I haven't looked closely at smart-console, so I don't know what it adds, other 
> than command history. Fortunately the Windows console already provides that to 
> Slate.
>
> Todd
>
>
> Shaping wrote:
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Fleming" <todd at flemingcnc.com>
>> To: "Slate project discussion" <slate at tunes.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 13:29
>> Subject: Re: Windows Slate build in Visual Studio
>>
>> Thanks, Todd, but how then do I talk to the REPL?  Is the wvm.exe sufficient? 
>> What does the smart-console add?  It is a .dll, correct?  I'm assuming this 
>> extends the functionality of the VM (wvm.exe) somehow.
>>
>> Shaping
>
>
>