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Caveat: The startup sequence is pretty complicated. If you are not interested in its customization, you can skip the first two sections below. These two sections also don’t apply when using the command-line option -I, unless also using --maybe-rebuild-image.
You can abort GNU Smalltalk at any time during this procedure with Ctrl-c.
| • Command-line processing: | Picking an image path and a kernel path. | |
| • Loading or creating an image: | Loading an image or creating a new one. | |
| • Starting the system: | After the image is created or restored. |