Scratch

Magnie wrote:

There is no actual .exe/.app like file extension. The .deb is an installer, like a .msi. What happens is the compiled program is just compiled, it doesn't really have a specific file extension. It's just "program". I'm sure Google has a few answers somewhere.

Well, what's the extension for the Scratch file that runs the program?

the scratch executable will just be called 'scratch' or something like that, no .exe.
the scratch program might be in /usr/bin/, /usr/share/ or somewhere else.

Last edited by rookwood101 (2011-10-11 17:07:48)

rookwood101 wrote:

the scratch executable will just be called 'scratch' or something like that, no .exe.
the scratch program might be in /usr/bin/, /usr/share/ or somewhere else.

So, the file is just called Scratch?  I need to know exactly what the file is called...

Magnie wrote:

http://pantherprogramming.weebly.com/pa … buntu.html On Ubuntu there is the command "scratch_squeak_vm" which runs the Squeak vm (virtual machine, I think) which runs the source code of Scratch (wherever the source code is located). So if you want the exact program that runs Scratch ( like the Scratch.exe ) that would probably be the terminal command "scratch" or "scratch_squeak_vm" or it is a Shortcut which runs the command "scratch_squeak_vm -plugins /usr/lib/scratch/Plugins/ /path/to/scratch/source/code". Hope that is somewhat helpful. 

Is it possible to access that command in Squeak using commands such as primOpenURL: and fileExists: ?

Is there anybody with a Linux who could test it for me?

most programs register a bash script
scratch has two files in /usr/bin/, scratch, which is an executable shell script, and scratch_squeak_vm, which is the virtual machine and an 'executable (application/x-executable)'

Last edited by roijac_test (2011-10-18 07:11:17)