[Pharo-project] Issue 3695 in pharo: Redesign AboutBox
Status: Accepted Owner: Torsten....@astares.de Labels: Milestone-1.3 New issue 3695 by Torsten....@astares.de: Redesign AboutBox http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3695 Beside the Pharo number we should display VM infos in the about box too: Smalltalk isRunningCog We should also display the JIT version (if running Cog): Smalltalk getSystemAttribute: 1008 It is also confusing that SmalltalkImage>>aboutThisSystem uses a "LongMessageDialogWindow" for the about box although there is a class "AboutDialogWindow" (which is not used) in the image.
Comment #1 on issue 3695 by Torsten....@astares.de: Redesign AboutBox http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3695 Here is the virtual machine status that Seaside displays (in class WAVirtualMachineStatus): renderValuesOn: html | image | image := SmalltalkImage current. self renderLabel: 'VM Version' value: (image getSystemAttribute: 1004) on: html. self renderLabel: 'VM Type' value: ((image vmParameterAt: 40) * 8) printString, 'bit' on: html. self renderLabel: 'Endianness' value: image endianness on: html. self renderLabel: 'Image Path' value: (image getSystemAttribute: 1) on: html. self renderLabel: 'Document to Open' value: (image getSystemAttribute: 2) on: html. self renderLabel: 'VM Options' value: (self vmOptionsFrom: image) on: html. self renderLabel: 'Command Line Arguments' value: (self commandLineArgumentsFrom: image) on: html. self renderLabel: 'Builtin Modules' value: [ html unorderedList list: image listBuiltinModules ] on: html. self renderLabel: 'Loaded Modules' value: [ html unorderedList list: image listLoadedModules ] on: html
Comment #2 on issue 3695 by Torsten....@astares.de: Redesign AboutBox http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3695 There is also a menu "System" -> "VM statistics". Maybe we can easily summarize all this in one dialog text so one can cut/copy his VM/image configuration in case of trouble and post it to the list. So in case of any problem we can easily know - which pharo image and update number the user is running - which OS platform the user is running - which VM he is running on - which VM plugins are installed
Comment #3 on issue 3695 by Torsten....@astares.de: Redesign AboutBox http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3695 Collecting material: "Check out SystemReporter on SqueakSource. It's being used in Squeak now and AFIK should load in Pharo also. Very convenient, and tells you everything you need to know about VM version and lots of other things. Dave"
Comment #4 on issue 3695 by Torsten....@astares.de: Redesign AboutBox http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3695 see also http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3546
As the class comment says, the AboutDialog is for application about boxes and is intended to be subclassed. Is pretty general, overriding newContentMorph allows for any content required depending on the desires of the application author... Example cs attached. "typically your main application window, World here for the example..." World openModal: ReportBuilderAboutDialogWindow new Regards, Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: <pharo@googlecode.com> To: <pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 7:39 AM Subject: [Pharo-project] Issue 3695 in pharo: Redesign AboutBox
Status: Accepted Owner: Torsten....@astares.de Labels: Milestone-1.3
New issue 3695 by Torsten....@astares.de: Redesign AboutBox http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=3695
Beside the Pharo number we should display VM infos in the about box too:
Smalltalk isRunningCog
We should also display the JIT version (if running Cog):
Smalltalk getSystemAttribute: 1008
It is also confusing that SmalltalkImage>>aboutThisSystem uses a "LongMessageDialogWindow" for the about box although there is a class "AboutDialogWindow" (which is not used) in the image.
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