On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 09:52 +0200, Jeremias Maerki wrote: > since I've heard a number of times now about the desire to run Batik/FOP > on GNU Classpath I'd like to help make sure this can happen. However, > the last time I tried to do anything in this direction I was utterly > stuck. Do you have any pointers, hints, advice for me how to build a > normal Java project that has an Ant build using GNU Classpath on Windows?
As far as I know there's no simple solution for Windows right now. However, there's still an easy way to help. I believe that the main problem with Batik vis-a-vis GNU Classpath, is the use of com.sun.* classes for JPEG handling. The answer here is to use standard (1.4+) APIs for JPEG handling (and use the old classes when running on a <=1.3 JRE). Batik has a directory for 1.4 classes now. It seems that all the support could go in there, and some combination of build.xml and runtime check magic could figure out what classes to build and run. The Wikipedia people want to use batik on gcj/GNU Classpath to render svg for wikipedia entries, but they're stuck on this as well. Of course, the GNU Classpath people need to fix the missing bits in java.awt.BasicStroke. I think this could happen relatively quickly given all the demand. Thanks! AG --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
