[Cuis-dev] VectorEnginePlugin (was Re: UK Smalltalk User Group meeting - Wednesday March 31st)

Bernhard Pieber bernhard at pieber.com
Tue Mar 23 11:31:50 PDT 2021


Hi Juan,

I have never been far. :-)

Thank you for the quick answer. I could follow all the examples. This is great!

Interestingly Display extent is reporting 1792 at 1120 as the display resolution on the Retina display of my MacBook Pro. This is 7/10 of the real resolution of 2560 at 1600. Any idea why that might be the case?

A few things I noticed. I am sure you know most of these already.
Resizing windows with the mouse does not seem to work anymore. I can resize using the window menu. However, the world menu does not work on the former extent of the window.
When I make a workspace smaller using the zoom halo button the last line disappears.

Thanks for working on this!

Cheers,
Bernhard

> Am 23.03.2021 um 18:53 schrieb Juan Vuletich via Cuis-dev <cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st>:
>
>
> Hi Bernhard!
>
> It is great to see you around!
>
> I gosh. And I thought I wrote detailed and complete instructions.
>
> I forgot to say this in the instructions. After starting Cuis, the
> _first_ thing to do is to install updates.
>
> Cheers,
> Juan Vuletich
>
> On 3/23/2021 1:39 PM, Bernhard Pieber via Cuis-dev wrote:
>> Hi Juan,
>>
>> You know I have been waiting for this announcement. ;-) So I could not wait to try.
>>
>> I am running macOS Big Sur 11.2.3.
>>
>> I used Cuis5.0-4526.image. The other images don’t start.
>>
>> I set ComputerModernSans as the system font. That’s a TrueType font, right?
>>
>> When I evaluate M3Exp01Morph new openInWorld Cuis asks if I want to install and activate VectorGraphics support.
>>
>> I answer yes. A morph appears near the top left of the screen. When I try moving it Cuis freezes and CuisDebug.log files appear, see below.
>>
>> I tried the same with all packages loaded with the same result.
>>
>> Any idea?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bernhard
>>
>> Error: MessageNotUnderstood: Array>>offset
>> 23 March 2021 5:11:39.776127 pm
>>
>> VM: Mac OS - Open Smalltalk Cog[Spur] VM [CoInterpreterPrimitives VMMaker.oscog-eem.2945] 5.0.202103010116
>> Image: Cuis 5.0 [latest update: #4526]
>>
>> Array(Object)>>error:
>> 	Receiver: #(Form(135x114x32) Form(135x114x32))
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		aString: 	'MessageNotUnderstood: Array>>offset'
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> #(Form(135x114x32) Form(135x114x32))
>> [] in WorldMorph>>displayWorldSafely
>> 	Receiver:  [world]
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		err: 	'MessageNotUnderstood: Array>>offset'
>> 		rcvr: 	#(Form(135x114x32) Form(135x114x32))
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		owner: 	nil
>> 		submorphs: 	#(Workspace System Browser Transcript a TaskbarMorph(3157524))
>> 		properties: 	nil
>> 		id: 	267
>> 		privateDisplayBounds: 	nil
>> 		location: 	MorphicTranslation(translation 0.0 at 0.0)
>> 		layoutSpec: 	nil
>> 		extent: 	2560 at 1540
>> 		color: 	(Color r: 0.800 g: 1.000 b: 0.600)
>> 		backgroundImage: 	Form(2560x1540x-32)
>> 		backgroundImageData: 	#[255 216 255 236 0 17 68 117 99 107 121 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 81 [..]
>> 		activeHand: 	a HandMorph(3748314)
>> 		hands: 	#(a HandMorph(3748314))
>> 		canvas: 	a HybridCanvas on: DisplayScreen(2560x1540x32)
>> 		damageRecorder: 	a DamageRecorder
>> 		stepList: 	a Heap(StepMessage(#stepAt: ->  an UpdatingLabelMorph(148227)'17:11:39[..]
>> 		lastCycleTime: 	3793972299555
>> 		alarms: 	a Heap()
>> 		lastAlarmTime: 	0
>> 		deferredUIMessages: 	a SharedQueue(1)
>> 		drawingFailingMorphs: 	a WeakIdentitySet( [world])
>> 		waitDelay: 	a Delay(50 msecs)
>> 		pause: 	20
>> 		lastCycleHadAnyEvent: 	true
>> 		taskbar: 	a TaskbarMorph(3157524)
>>
>> BlockClosure>>valueWithPossibleArgument:and:
>> 	Receiver: [closure] in WorldMorph>>displayWorldSafely
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		anArg: 	'MessageNotUnderstood: Array>>offset'
>> 		secondArg: 	#(Form(135x114x32) Form(135x114x32))
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		outerContext: 	WorldMorph>>displayWorldSafely
>> 		startpc: 	76
>> 		numArgs: 	2
>>
>> [] in BlockClosure>>ifError:
>> 	Receiver: [closure] in WorldMorph>>displayWorldSafely
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		errorHandlerBlock: 	MessageNotUnderstood: Array>>offset
>> 		ex: 	[closure] in WorldMorph>>displayWorldSafely
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		outerContext: 	WorldMorph>>displayWorldSafely
>> 		startpc: 	69
>> 		numArgs: 	0
>>
>> BlockClosure>>valueWithPossibleArgument:
>> 	Receiver: [closure] in BlockClosure>>ifError:
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		anArg: 	MessageNotUnderstood: Array>>offset
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		outerContext: 	BlockClosure>>ifError:
>> 		startpc: 	72
>> 		numArgs: 	1
>>
>> [] in [] in MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>evaluateHandlerBlock:
>> 	Receiver: MessageNotUnderstood: Array>>offset
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> <<error during printing>
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		messageText: 	nil
>> 		tag: 	nil
>> 		signalContext: 	MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>signal
>> 		handlerContexts: 	an OrderedCollection(BlockClosure>>on:do:)
>> 		outerContext: 	nil
>> 		handlerBlockNotCurtailed: 	false
>> 		message: 	offset
>> 		receiver: 	#(Form(135x114x32) Form(135x114x32))
>> 		reachedDefaultHandler: 	false
>>
>> BlockClosure>>on:do:
>> 	Receiver: [closure] in [] in MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>evaluateHandlerBlock:
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		exception: 	Exception
>> 		handlerAction: 	[closure] in [] in MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>evaluateHand[..]
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		outerContext: 	[] in MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>evaluateHandlerBlock:
>> 		startpc: 	202
>> 		numArgs: 	0
>>
>> [] in MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>evaluateHandlerBlock:
>> 	Receiver: MessageNotUnderstood: Array>>offset
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		aBlock: 	[closure] in BlockClosure>>ifError:
>> 		handlerEx: 	#(UnhandledError)
>> 		answer: 	nil
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		messageText: 	nil
>> 		tag: 	nil
>> 		signalContext: 	MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>signal
>> 		handlerContexts: 	an OrderedCollection(BlockClosure>>on:do:)
>> 		outerContext: 	nil
>> 		handlerBlockNotCurtailed: 	false
>> 		message: 	offset
>> 		receiver: 	#(Form(135x114x32) Form(135x114x32))
>> 		reachedDefaultHandler: 	false
>>
>> BlockClosure>>ifCurtailed:
>> 	Receiver: [closure] in MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>evaluateHandlerBlock:
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		aBlock: 	[closure] in MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>evaluateHandlerBlock:
>> 		complete: 	nil
>> 		result: 	nil
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		outerContext: 	MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>evaluateHandlerBlock:
>> 		startpc: 	196
>> 		numArgs: 	0
>>
>> MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>evaluateHandlerBlock:
>> 	Receiver: MessageNotUnderstood: Array>>offset
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		aBlock: 	[closure] in BlockClosure>>ifError:
>> 		handlerEx: 	#(UnhandledError)
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		messageText: 	nil
>> 		tag: 	nil
>> 		signalContext: 	MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>signal
>> 		handlerContexts: 	an OrderedCollection(BlockClosure>>on:do:)
>> 		outerContext: 	nil
>> 		handlerBlockNotCurtailed: 	false
>> 		message: 	offset
>> 		receiver: 	#(Form(135x114x32) Form(135x114x32))
>> 		reachedDefaultHandler: 	false
>>
>> MethodContext(ContextPart)>>evaluateSignal:
>> 	Receiver: BlockClosure>>on:do:
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		exception: 	MessageNotUnderstood: Array>>offset
>> 		value: 	nil
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		sender: 	BlockClosure>>ifError:
>> 		pc: 	30
>> 		stackp: 	2
>> 		method: 	(BlockClosure>>#on:do: "a CompiledMethod(1623573)")
>> 		closureOrNil: 	nil
>> 		receiver: 	[closure] in WorldMorph>>displayWorldSafely
>>
>> MethodContext(ContextPart)>>handleSignal:
>> 	Receiver: BlockClosure>>on:do:
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		exception: 	MessageNotUnderstood: Array>>offset
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		sender: 	BlockClosure>>ifError:
>> 		pc: 	30
>> 		stackp: 	2
>> 		method: 	(BlockClosure>>#on:do: "a CompiledMethod(1623573)")
>> 		closureOrNil: 	nil
>> 		receiver: 	[closure] in WorldMorph>>displayWorldSafely
>>
>> MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>signalIn:
>> 	Receiver: MessageNotUnderstood: Array>>offset
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		aContext: 	MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>signal
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		messageText: 	nil
>> 		tag: 	nil
>> 		signalContext: 	MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>signal
>> 		handlerContexts: 	an OrderedCollection(BlockClosure>>on:do:)
>> 		outerContext: 	nil
>> 		handlerBlockNotCurtailed: 	false
>> 		message: 	offset
>> 		receiver: 	#(Form(135x114x32) Form(135x114x32))
>> 		reachedDefaultHandler: 	false
>>
>> MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>signal
>> 	Receiver: MessageNotUnderstood: Array>>offset
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>>
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		messageText: 	nil
>> 		tag: 	nil
>> 		signalContext: 	MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>signal
>> 		handlerContexts: 	an OrderedCollection(BlockClosure>>on:do:)
>> 		outerContext: 	nil
>> 		handlerBlockNotCurtailed: 	false
>> 		message: 	offset
>> 		receiver: 	#(Form(135x114x32) Form(135x114x32))
>> 		reachedDefaultHandler: 	false
>>
>> Array(Object)>>doesNotUnderstand: #offset
>> 	Receiver: #(Form(135x114x32) Form(135x114x32))
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		aMessage: 	offset
>> 		exception: 	MessageNotUnderstood: Array>>offset
>> 		resumeValue: 	nil
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> #(Form(135x114x32) Form(135x114x32))
>> HybridCanvas(MorphicCanvas)>>restorePatch:
>> 	Receiver: a HybridCanvas on: DisplayScreen(2560x1540x32)
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		savedPatch: 	#(Form(135x114x32) Form(135x114x32))
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		world: 	 [world]
>> 		form: 	DisplayScreen(2560x1540x32)
>> 		clipRect: 	0 at 0 corner: 2560 at 1540
>> 		transformations: 	an OrderedCollection(MorphicTranslation(translation 0.0 at 0.0)  [..]
>> 		currentTransformation: 	MorphicTranslation(translation 0.0 at 0.0)
>> 		cti: 	2
>> 		currentMorph: 	 [world]
>> 		drawingMorphStack: 	an OrderedCollection(nil  [world] nil nil nil nil nil nil)
>> 		engine: 	a BitBltCanvasEngine
>> 		clippingMorphDisplayBounds: 	nil
>> 		vectorCanvas: 	a VectorCanvas on: DisplayScreen(2560x1540x32)
>> 		morphIDsForm: 	Form(2560x1540x32)
>> 		drawingOnMorphIDs: 	false
>>
>> HandMorph>>restoreSavedPatchOn:
>> 	Receiver: a HandMorph(3748314)
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		aCanvas: 	a HybridCanvas on: DisplayScreen(2560x1540x32)
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		owner: 	 [world]
>> 		submorphs: 	#(a M3Exp01Morph(4145143))
>> 		properties: 	nil
>> 		id: 	26634
>> 		privateDisplayBounds: 	nil
>> 		location: 	MorphicTranslation(translation 95.0 at 81.0)
>> 		layoutSpec: 	nil
>> 		extent: 	16 at 16
>> 		color: 	(Color r: 0.976 g: 0.451 b: 0.024)
>> 		mouseFocus: 	nil
>> 		keyboardFocus: 	nil
>> 		mouseClickState: 	nil
>> 		mouseOverHandler: 	a MouseOverHandler
>> 		lastMouseEvent: 	a MouseMoveEvent
>> 		hasChanged: 	false
>> 		savedPatch: 	#(Form(135x114x32) Form(135x114x32))
>> 		lastEventBuffer: 	#(1 47791 95 81 4 0 0 1)
>> 		lastKeyDownValue: 	2
>> 		lastMouseEventTime: 	3793972299391
>> 		prevFullBounds: 	39 at 40 corner: 174 at 154
>> 		grabMorphData: 	an IdentityDictionary(a M3Exp01Morph(4145143)->#( [world] 50.0 at 5[..]
>> 		lastPosition: 	95.0 at 81.0
>>
>> [] in WorldMorph>>displayWorld
>> 	Receiver:  [world]
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> <<error during printing>
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		owner: 	nil
>> 		submorphs: 	#(Workspace System Browser Transcript a TaskbarMorph(3157524))
>> 		properties: 	nil
>> 		id: 	267
>> 		privateDisplayBounds: 	nil
>> 		location: 	MorphicTranslation(translation 0.0 at 0.0)
>> 		layoutSpec: 	nil
>> 		extent: 	2560 at 1540
>> 		color: 	(Color r: 0.800 g: 1.000 b: 0.600)
>> 		backgroundImage: 	Form(2560x1540x-32)
>> 		backgroundImageData: 	#[255 216 255 236 0 17 68 117 99 107 121 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 81 [..]
>> 		activeHand: 	a HandMorph(3748314)
>> 		hands: 	#(a HandMorph(3748314))
>> 		canvas: 	a HybridCanvas on: DisplayScreen(2560x1540x32)
>> 		damageRecorder: 	a DamageRecorder
>> 		stepList: 	a Heap(StepMessage(#stepAt: ->  an UpdatingLabelMorph(148227)'17:11:39[..]
>> 		lastCycleTime: 	3793972299555
>> 		alarms: 	a Heap()
>> 		lastAlarmTime: 	0
>> 		deferredUIMessages: 	a SharedQueue(1)
>> 		drawingFailingMorphs: 	a WeakIdentitySet( [world])
>> 		waitDelay: 	a Delay(50 msecs)
>> 		pause: 	20
>> 		lastCycleHadAnyEvent: 	true
>> 		taskbar: 	a TaskbarMorph(3157524)
>>
>> OrderedCollection>>do:
>> 	Receiver: an OrderedCollection(a HandMorph(3748314))
>> 	Arguments and temporary variables:
>> 		aBlock: 	[closure] in WorldMorph>>displayWorld
>> 		index: 	3
>> 	Receiver's instance variables:
>> 		array: 	#(nil nil a HandMorph(3748314) nil nil nil nil nil nil nil)
>> 		firstIndex: 	3
>> 		lastIndex: 	3
>>
>>
>> --- The full stack ---
>> Array(Object)>>error:
>> [] in WorldMorph>>displayWorldSafely
>> BlockClosure>>valueWithPossibleArgument:and:
>> [] in BlockClosure>>ifError:
>> BlockClosure>>valueWithPossibleArgument:
>> [] in [] in MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>evaluateHandlerBlock:
>> BlockClosure>>on:do:
>> [] in MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>evaluateHandlerBlock:
>> BlockClosure>>ifCurtailed:
>> MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>evaluateHandlerBlock:
>> MethodContext(ContextPart)>>evaluateSignal:
>> MethodContext(ContextPart)>>handleSignal:
>> MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>signalIn:
>> MessageNotUnderstood(Exception)>>signal
>> Array(Object)>>doesNotUnderstand: #offset
>> HybridCanvas(MorphicCanvas)>>restorePatch:
>> HandMorph>>restoreSavedPatchOn:
>> [] in WorldMorph>>displayWorld
>> OrderedCollection>>do:
>>  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>> WorldMorph>>displayWorld
>> [] in WorldMorph>>displayWorldSafely
>> BlockClosure>>on:do:
>> BlockClosure>>ifError:
>> WorldMorph>>displayWorldSafely
>> WorldMorph>>doOneCycleNow
>> WorldMorph>>doOneCycle
>> WorldMorph>>mainLoop
>> [] in WorldMorph>>runProcess
>> [] in BlockClosure>>newProcess
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Am 23.03.2021 um 00:48 schrieb Juan Vuletich via Cuis-dev<cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st>:
>>>
>>> On 3/22/2021 5:55 PM, David T. Lewis via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>>> Hello Juan,
>>>>
>>>> I recall from previous presentations that development of a VM plugin
>>>> was on the to-do list for your vector graphics package. Could you
>>>> please say a few words about what is needed? If it is something that
>>>> I could help with, I would be happy to assist.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>> Hello David, Eliot,
>>>
>>> I've been working on it for a couple of weeks, and it is starting to
>>> take off! So, David, you just triggered an announcement.
>>>
>>> I have just pushed the relevant files to GitHub. There are several ways
>>> to explore this.
>>>
>>> A - You want to see it running. Experimental. I only buit it for MacOS.
>>> 1) Grab VM including the plugin from
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rhkt4ayq24t2xbf/AACDb3mrjMUDB8Mptd-Bi6Zsa?dl=0
>>> 2) Pull Cuis repo.
>>> 3) Start Cuis with the VM above
>>> 4) Evaluate: Feature require: 'VectorGraphics'.
>>> 5) Set a TT Font (Stuff will break with StrikeFonts and you'll need to
>>> kill the image)
>>> 6) Evaluate: M3Exp01Morph new openInWorld.
>>> 7) Play with the halo. Very slow! Still running the Smalltalk code for
>>> VectorEngine
>>> 8) Evaluate: (self runningWorld canvas instVarNamed: 'vectorCanvas')
>>> usePlugin.
>>> 9) Play with the halo. Rotate (bottom left handle) and Zool (bottom
>>> right handle) Now it is very fast! The plugin is working.
>>> 10) Hide the taskbar
>>> 11) redefine WidgetMorph>>requiresVectorCanvas to answer true,
>>> 12) refresh the display. Now every window and window element, including
>>> all the text, is drawn by VectorEngine. You might notice that all the
>>> appareances of any glyph, for example $a are no longer identical. Text
>>> layout and Glyph placement is done with Float arithmetic, using subpixel
>>> locations!
>>> 13) redefine WidgetMorph>>hasVariableExtent to answer false.
>>> 14) Open the halo on any window. Use the rotate and zoom handles.
>>> 15) Yes. We can do high quality, subpixel antialiased text at _any_
>>> scale and rotation angle! I don't know of any other Smalltalk or
>>> windowing system that can do this. It is like pdf scaling, but for _all_
>>> the UI!
>>>
>>> B - You want to look at the generated C code for the plugin, or build it
>>> for another platform. You need a working setup to build the
>>> OpenSmalltalk VM. The dropbox opensmalltalk-vm includes the files needed
>>> to build the VM with the plugin.
>>>
>>> C - You want to experiment with the Slang plugin source code. I have
>>> only done this in Cuis, not yet in the official Squeak VMMaker image.
>>> 1) Clone / pull VMMaker repo
>>> 2) Feature require: 'VMMaker'.
>>> 3) FileIn 'IntegerArrayWordArray-stdint-VMMaker-jmv.006.cs.st'
>>> 4) Feature require: 'VectorEnginePlugin'
>>> 5) VectorEnginePlugin translateInDirectory: DirectoryEntry
>>> currentDirectory doInlining: true
>>> I wanted to use stdint.h C types. The file
>>> IntegerArrayWordArray-stdint-VMMaker-jmv.006.cs.st includes changes to
>>> VMMaker to generate the proper declarations.
>>>
>>> David, Eliot, do you think this is a sensible way to enable the use of
>>> stdint.h? It would affect any uses of IntegerArray and WordArray. I
>>> think we'd use stdint.h as much as possible. But I'm not certain if
>>> these changes could break other things.
>>>
>>> Feedback is most welcome.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Juan Vuletich
>>> www.cuis-smalltalk.org
>>> https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev
>>> https://github.com/jvuletich
>>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-vuletich-75611b3
>>> @JuanVuletich
>>>
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>>
>
>
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