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I have a Squeak 4.3 image that I have updated through 4.4 by using the trunk update stream, which pulls down source code updates from the Monticello repository here

How do I get the new 4.4 desktop? In particular, how do I replace the brown antique paper background with the new grey Ulam Spiral background?

Milind Anantwar
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dcorking
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    Later on, I plan to answer my own question with: Most of the desktop is easy to update. On the Extras menu in the world docking bar, there is a 'Rebuild Menus' command. After that, the new welcome workspaces can be found under the Help menu. To update to the new background on your home project, evaluate this in a workspace: > `World color: MorphicProject defaultFill` – dcorking Jan 02 '13 at 14:49
  • It is too late to edit my comment, but the last sentence is wrong. The `defaultFill` form is the grey brushed metal wallpaper that was already in the image. It is used for new Morphic projects. Nice but not new. – dcorking Jan 03 '13 at 10:44

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You can download the wallpaper itself here. (This URL points to the wallpaper of the current Squeak release, but you ought to have at least 6 months from today before it changes :) )

Wallpaper in hand, and assuming that the image is in your current directory, you need just evaluate Form openAsBackground: (FileDirectory default / 'wallpaper.png') pathName.

(I should add that the background image is intentionally not part of the update stream: it would bloat images, and change people's existing backgrounds. Thus, it's applied (along with a few other tweaks) "on the side" by the release process.)

Frank Shearar
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  • Works perfectly (and instantly.) Those mysterious diagonal lines are quite evident in your image. Thanks, Frank, and thanks for the insight into the *release* portion of `squeak-ci`. – dcorking Jan 03 '13 at 10:32