VisualWorks Questions and Answers

The VisualWorks FAQ is a PDF document containing answers to frequently asked questions about VisualWorks (hence its name).

Less frequently asked questions will be answered directly on this page.

Troubleshooting Questions:

1. Question - Why does VisualWorks fail to install or not start with an out of memory error on Linux?
   
   • If you have a lot of fonts installed, you will probably get this error - the system cannot 'fit' all the fonts into memory on startup. To find out how many fonts you have installed, try this:
     
     

     xlsfonts | wc -l

     If you get an answer bigger than about 5000, this is probably your problem.
     
     To resolve the problem, use the following VM command line argument to allocate more memory:
     

     bin/linux86/visual -h10M myImage

     If you see the failure on install, change the install script in the same way.

Additional troubleshooting information available here

(NEW) Miscellaneous Questions:

1. Question - Is there a parcel compatible with VisualWorks that offers a simple interface to complex printing requirements, such as filling out paper forms? I read something about FormsView, but couldn't find it anywhere.