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#1 2011-08-12 04:13:11
- WindowsExplorer
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Gopher on Mac?
I'm making Gopher on Mac, so could anyone give me the download link for the scratch application file on Mac? (Please only reply if you have the link)
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#3 2011-08-12 07:08:59
- WindowsExplorer
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Re: Gopher on Mac?
I don't have a mac. So the DMG installer won't work, so I just need the apploication file to be in the same folder as the image file.
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#4 2011-08-12 08:00:40
- nathanprocks
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Re: Gopher on Mac?
open the .dmg file with 7zip and copy the Scratch.app file from it.
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#5 2011-08-12 10:11:03
Re: Gopher on Mac?
I wouldn't make a Mac version if you don't have a mac... never know what weird bugs you could find! 
That's why I only released the image. Still... 
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#6 2011-08-12 11:25:16
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Re: Gopher on Mac?
Thats why I want the i'm goign to get the ppl to test it!
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#7 2011-08-13 05:01:57
Re: Gopher on Mac?
WindowsExplorer,
Don't worry.
Scratch is a virtual machine system. In fact it equalizes platforms.
And Scratch project file (sb file) is nearly 100% compatible with any platforms.
So you don't need test for Mac users on your PC.
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#8 2011-08-13 05:42:29
- nathanprocks
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Re: Gopher on Mac?
abee wrote:
WindowsExplorer,
Don't worry.
Scratch is a virtual machine system. In fact it equalizes platforms.
And Scratch project file (sb file) is nearly 100% compatible with any platforms.
So you don't need test for Mac users on your PC.
you got it a bit mixed up there lol. Squeak is the virtual machine and Scratch is the Squeak code.
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#9 2011-08-13 07:45:57
Re: Gopher on Mac?
nathanprocks wrote:
abee wrote:
WindowsExplorer,
Don't worry.
Scratch is a virtual machine system. In fact it equalizes platforms.
And Scratch project file (sb file) is nearly 100% compatible with any platforms.
So you don't need test for Mac users on your PC.you got it a bit mixed up there lol. Squeak is the virtual machine and Scratch is the Squeak code.
No, I think abee hasn't got the initial problem prefectly, as not everyone's a mod addict like us
Here we're discussing about Scratch itself (and its relative mods) being compatible with other systems, and not projects running on the same Scratch program.
And anyway abee got it right: SqueakVM runs the code exactly the same on both Macs, Linuxes and Windows(es?).
The only differences on these systems, however, are the features connecting with the 'outside world'.
For example, directory path separators. "\" on Windows, "/" on Linux and Mac.
Or directories: a project file on a Windows (7) user's desktop would be
C:\Users\username\Desktop\project.sb
whereas on Linux it would be
~/desktop/project.sb
If you've taken for granted that the user's path will be
'C:\Users\' , somePluginGetUsername , '\Desktop\' , fileName then it won't work on Macs or Linux.
Last edited by LS97 (2011-08-13 07:53:28)
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#10 2011-08-13 08:16:13
Re: Gopher on Mac?
nathanprocks wrote:
you got it a bit mixed up there lol. Squeak is the virtual machine and Scratch is the Squeak code.
Well, Scratch is a virtual image for Squeak virtual machine. It includes whole of Squeak system. Virtual image means a memory image of that virtual machine. In this sense, scratch is a virtual machine system.
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