<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Bernhard,<div><br></div><div>Thanks! That helps a lot!</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>— Mark<br><div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 20, 2021, at 1:13 AM, Bernhard Pieber via Cuis-dev <cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">Hi Mark,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">One addition to Mariano’s great explanation: .st files are around since Smalltalk’s early days, while .<a href="http://pkg.st" class="">pkg.st</a> were added when Juan added the package functionality.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Bernhard<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Am 20.11.2021 um 04:46 schrieb Mariano Montone via Cuis-dev <<a href="mailto:cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st" class="">cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Hi Mark,<br class=""><br class="">El 19/11/21 a las 22:44, Mark via Cuis-dev escribió:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">That file listing begs the question: what’s the difference between<br class="">“*.<a href="http://pck.st" class="">pck.st</a> <<a href="http://pck.st" class="">http://pck.st</a>>” and “*.st” files?<br class="">And why are both created in some cases but not in others?<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Files with extension .<a href="http://pck.st" class="">pck.st</a> are Cuis package files. They have a<br class="">preamble with package information, like feature provided, version<br class="">information, a description for the package and the package requirements.<br class=""><br class="">Package files can be installed (click on "install" button from the File<br class="">List tool.). When a package is installed, its dependencies are also<br class="">installed. And the loaded packaged appears in the Package List tool.<br class=""><br class="">Package files (.<a href="http://pck.st" class="">pck.st</a>) are created using the Packages list tool in Cuis.<br class=""><br class="">Files with .st contained serialized Smalltalk code (classes and methods).<br class=""><br class="">Smalltalk code files (.st) are created when you "file out" a Smalltalk<br class="">system category, class or method (right click on System Browser system<br class="">category, class or method, then select the "fileOut" menu item).<br class=""><br class="">Unlike .<a href="http://pck.st" class="">pck.st</a> files, .st files don't contain any dependencies,<br class="">description, or "package" information, only serialized Smalltalk code.<br class=""><br class="">Cheers,<br class=""><br class="">Mariano<br class="">--<br class="">Cuis-dev mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st" class="">Cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st</a><br class="">https://lists.cuis.st/mailman/listinfo/cuis-dev<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div><span>-- </span><br><span>Cuis-dev mailing list</span><br><span>Cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st</span><br><span>https://lists.cuis.st/mailman/listinfo/cuis-dev</span><br></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>