How do I display the new Squeak background in my trunk image?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.)