Unless we talk about a diffident launcher I am not aware of. Pharo launcher is both a GUI last time I checked and loadable inside any image. So technically speaking you don���t need neither the GUI nor the command line. You can fully integrate it and automate it with your own project and then publish that project to Package Browser so that downloads and installs from inside the image with a single click. It���s just regular Pharo code like anything else.��

On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 at 12:41, Prof. Andrew P. Black <black@cs.pdx.edu> wrote:

On 23 Nov 2017, at 12:56 , Herby Voj����k <herby@mailbox.sk> wrote:

Pardon my question, I have downloaded it and looked at it, but I don't get it. What does it do / what are the��use cases (honest question)?

I also was completely confused by what the launcher was for.�� And when I tried it, it did not seem to load.�� Now that I know what it is for, it is very useful.�� So I will try to explain the basics.

The launcher is not a project that you load into your Pharo image.�� It is stand-alone command line tool that you use for creating and managing your images.�� It lets you quickly and easily:

  • download the latest pre-built Pharo image and create your own copy.
    • you can choose from Pharo 6.1 stable or Pharo 7 development
    • You can choose 64 or 32 bit
  • manage multiple images on your computer
    • Launch (with the right VM), with and without your personal settings,��
    • Delete old images
  • run multiple images in parallel

The ���Save as ...��� command in Pharo is unfortunately not at this time compatible with the launcher, so if you create a new image using Save As ..., it will not show up in the launcher.��

You should be able to launch the launcher by double-clicking on it from your OS.�� In MacOS, I have it in the dock. ��

Perhaps someone can put some text like what I have written above on the web page?�� We often assume that people know ... well, they mostly don���t!

Andrew