Hi Sean, On the one side, I see (and agreed) what you said. But suppose you want to provide users with a script that loads your package and you want for them minimal effort, i.e., copy the script file in the correct folder on their PC. Then you cannot really use your approach.
However, thanks for sharing your automagic way of initializing your image ;) Cheers, R > On 09 Feb 2015, at 15:50, Sean P. DeNigris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Roberto Minelli-3 wrote >> Is there any way to specify an order or priority of StartupAction? > > The startup action framework is an awesome tool to set up one's images > automagically. And... working with script files sucks! > > I use a minimal script to load a Metacello project with my actual startup > logic. It never changes, so instead of hand-editing scripts, I do all that > work in the image with the full power of the environment. This is the whole > script: > > StartupLoader default executeAtomicItems: { > StartupAction name: 'Load DeNigrisPreferences' code: [ > Gofer it > url: > 'http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/SeanDeNigris/DeNigrisPreferences/main'; > package: 'DeNigrisPreferences-Core'; > load. > ] runOnce: true. > }. > > The code is public. While it's fairly specific to my workflow, it may serve > as inspiration. The trickiest part was that the code couldn't depend on > Metacello (I don't remember why. This may have been when not all platforms > had Metacello pre-installed. Actually, I think I'll try using Metacello > now!). > > HTH. > > > > ----- > Cheers, > Sean > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/Order-priority-of-StartupAction-tp4804596p4804645.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
