[Pharo-project] headless CogVM on Windows
yeah... we need a real headless mode (no systry, nothing... just a deamon >running)
The regulary Squeak VM for Windows is able to do just that. It runs Smalltalk as an NT service by using the option "-service" See http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/105 Dont know if this also works on Cog/Pharo standard VM. Bye T.
On 21 September 2012 16:28, Torsten Bergmann <astares@gmx.de> wrote:
yeah... we need a real headless mode (no systry, nothing... just a deamon >running)
The regulary Squeak VM for Windows is able to do just that. It runs Smalltalk as an NT service by using the option "-service" See
http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/105
Dont know if this also works on Cog/Pharo standard VM.
yeah.. but this is something different.. it registers itself as a service in system. Which is not the same as just running it headless.
Bye T.
-- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.
This is the reason why I need the headless mode on Windows: http://youtu.be/L6P6VuqDmaM "This video shows a very simple Pharo application based on XULRunner. We firstly start XULRunner that displays a splashscreen. During the splash screen the XULRunner starts a new process with Pharo and starts Zinc server in it. As soon as the server is started, it starts to communicate to it using a WebSocket and opens the main window. When the window is closed, the Pharo image is closed immediately too." ...so this is the way we can create seamless applications with native GUI in Pharo without need of special VM extensions. Currently on Windows it works the same way however the Pharo window is displayed. I will test the Mac later. -- Pavel On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua@gmail.com> wrote:
On 21 September 2012 16:28, Torsten Bergmann <astares@gmx.de> wrote:
yeah... we need a real headless mode (no systry, nothing... just a deamon >running)
The regulary Squeak VM for Windows is able to do just that. It runs Smalltalk as an NT service by using the option "-service" See
http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/105
Dont know if this also works on Cog/Pharo standard VM.
yeah.. but this is something different.. it registers itself as a service in system. Which is not the same as just running it headless.
Bye T.
-- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.
Cool stuff ! -- Sven Van Caekenberghe http://stfx.eu Smalltalk is the Red Pill On 21 Sep 2012, at 19:23, Pavel Krivanek <pavel.krivanek@gmail.com> wrote:
This is the reason why I need the headless mode on Windows: http://youtu.be/L6P6VuqDmaM
"This video shows a very simple Pharo application based on XULRunner. We firstly start XULRunner that displays a splashscreen. During the splash screen the XULRunner starts a new process with Pharo and starts Zinc server in it. As soon as the server is started, it starts to communicate to it using a WebSocket and opens the main window. When the window is closed, the Pharo image is closed immediately too."
...so this is the way we can create seamless applications with native GUI in Pharo without need of special VM extensions. Currently on Windows it works the same way however the Pharo window is displayed. I will test the Mac later.
-- Pavel
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua@gmail.com> wrote:
On 21 September 2012 16:28, Torsten Bergmann <astares@gmx.de> wrote:
yeah... we need a real headless mode (no systry, nothing... just a deamon >running)
The regulary Squeak VM for Windows is able to do just that. It runs Smalltalk as an NT service by using the option "-service" See
http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/105
Dont know if this also works on Cog/Pharo standard VM.
yeah.. but this is something different.. it registers itself as a service in system. Which is not the same as just running it headless.
Bye T.
-- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.
Well, on Mac OS X it works too but the Pharo window is always displayed. -- Pavel On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:23 PM, Pavel Krivanek <pavel.krivanek@gmail.com> wrote:
This is the reason why I need the headless mode on Windows: http://youtu.be/L6P6VuqDmaM
"This video shows a very simple Pharo application based on XULRunner. We firstly start XULRunner that displays a splashscreen. During the splash screen the XULRunner starts a new process with Pharo and starts Zinc server in it. As soon as the server is started, it starts to communicate to it using a WebSocket and opens the main window. When the window is closed, the Pharo image is closed immediately too."
...so this is the way we can create seamless applications with native GUI in Pharo without need of special VM extensions. Currently on Windows it works the same way however the Pharo window is displayed. I will test the Mac later.
-- Pavel
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua@gmail.com> wrote:
On 21 September 2012 16:28, Torsten Bergmann <astares@gmx.de> wrote:
yeah... we need a real headless mode (no systry, nothing... just a deamon >running)
The regulary Squeak VM for Windows is able to do just that. It runs Smalltalk as an NT service by using the option "-service" See
http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/105
Dont know if this also works on Cog/Pharo standard VM.
yeah.. but this is something different.. it registers itself as a service in system. Which is not the same as just running it headless.
Bye T.
-- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.
Pavel, as you may know, we wanting to make image be in control whether it wants to display any window or not, i.e. it should tell VM to create host window if it wants to, and VM should not provide any window by default (or simulate that it is there). And we want it for a years, still nobody spent time implementing this. As to me, it worth putting effort to make this happen , instead of fixing broken headless mode. On 22 September 2012 18:39, Pavel Krivanek <pavel.krivanek@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, on Mac OS X it works too but the Pharo window is always displayed.
-- Pavel
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:23 PM, Pavel Krivanek <pavel.krivanek@gmail.com> wrote:
This is the reason why I need the headless mode on Windows: http://youtu.be/L6P6VuqDmaM
"This video shows a very simple Pharo application based on XULRunner. We firstly start XULRunner that displays a splashscreen. During the splash screen the XULRunner starts a new process with Pharo and starts Zinc server in it. As soon as the server is started, it starts to communicate to it using a WebSocket and opens the main window. When the window is closed, the Pharo image is closed immediately too."
...so this is the way we can create seamless applications with native GUI in Pharo without need of special VM extensions. Currently on Windows it works the same way however the Pharo window is displayed. I will test the Mac later.
-- Pavel
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua@gmail.com> wrote:
On 21 September 2012 16:28, Torsten Bergmann <astares@gmx.de> wrote:
yeah... we need a real headless mode (no systry, nothing... just a deamon >running)
The regulary Squeak VM for Windows is able to do just that. It runs Smalltalk as an NT service by using the option "-service" See
http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/105
Dont know if this also works on Cog/Pharo standard VM.
yeah.. but this is something different.. it registers itself as a service in system. Which is not the same as just running it headless.
Bye T.
-- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.
-- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.
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Igor Stasenko -
Pavel Krivanek -
Sven Van Caekenberghe -
Torsten Bergmann