etoys expects writeable /usr/share/etoys/My\ Squeak

[rdbrown0au]

Binary package hint: etoys

Ubuntu 9.04
etoys:
  Installed: 3.0.1916+svn132-2
  Candidate: 3.0.1916+svn132-2
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.1916+svn132-2 0
        500 http://mirror.pacific.net.au jaunty/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

etoys expects a writeable /usr/share/etoys/My\ Squeak directory to save projects in, or to read them from.

(Found attempting to load http://www.spinellis.gr/sw/ameso/ ameso - The Antikythera Mechanism on Squeak EToys

[Vanessa Freudenberg (codefrau)]

I'm pretty sure the "/usr/bin/etoys" script sets up a default directory in the user's home. How were you trying to run Etoys?

[rdbrown0au (rdbrown)]

My mistake. Instead of editing the /usr/games/etoys script to remove -xshm , I ran the squeak command line directly - which left SQUEAK_USERDIR unset. Having the command line echoed on stdout makes that seem a plausible approach.
I didn't see directories mentioned in the man page either and found '/usr/share/etoys/My Squeak' in the debugger when attempting to save a project.

[Vanessa Freudenberg (codefrau)]

Ah, yes, there is no SQUEAK_USERDIR equivalent on the squeak command line.

The echoing of the command line is left-over debug code. The ubuntu packages are ancient, in more recent versions this is gone.

[Luke Faraone (lfaraone)]

Hi,

I recently backported a fix to the /usr/bin/etoys script to Jaunty. Please let me know if you still encounter this problem in this version.