Using my PowerPC Mac and jgtk via X11 I am able to get a jgtk window operational and have installed using pacman the most recent base library 7.1.24 (this was accomplished a couple weeks ago with Bill Lam's hand holding, and needs to be simplified imho for this Mac OSX 10.4.11, but that's another story for later).
I have also successfully used pacman to install demos/gtk 1.0.6 and have successfully built and run the life project. In doing so I noticed that the instruction at http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Addons/demos/gtk which says, "Press F9 to build and run the project," does not work for me after navigating to Demos/gtk/image/base. Instead I must click an "open" button at the bottom right of the X11 "select project" window, having selected gtk/life/config from a list. Only then, while inside that window, I (must?) select from the menus Project|Build and then Project|Run. So, I think I am suggesting that the instructions lack some steps. But there is another issue that may not be related to projects and that is my inablility to use most keystroke shortcuts on the jgtk/gtk windows. I can use most Command+... commands such as copy and paste, but F9 and Tab and Arrow commands do not seem to work at all, so I would like some feedback from other Mac users as to whether shortcuts are enabled for you. A slightly more general problem is that I cannot copy a phrase from my email message in gmail into *any* X11 window using Command+V, but I can use the menu Edit|Paste. Is this a problem other Mac users are having? Back to using J projects, at http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/System/Beta/Folders%20and%20Projects a hyperlink under Examples directs me to http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Subversion/User%20Guide. Before I try to master svn, I want to be sure I need to do so, or is the information at http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Addons/demos/gtk really enough for my minimal needs? Once I have completed the build and run sequence, I am not clear how I achieve the run in a new session without another build and run. I was not able to build and run the image project on my Mac, just as Chris warned. But there was no error message in my X11 Term window which I am pasting below (for which Command+c works from X11, and then Command+v into gmail, btw). See, the successful life build/run looks just like the unsuccessful image build/run. load '/Users/brian/j701/addons/demos/gtk/life/main/build.ijs' load '/Users/brian/j701/addons/demos/gtk/life/main/run.ijs' load '/Users/brian/j701/addons/demos/gtk/image/min/build.ijs' load '/Users/brian/j701/addons/demos/gtk/image/min/run.ijs' Well, that's all for now. I am optimistic about jgtk, but am less so about getting a replacement for openGL in j701 in JHS or in JGTK based on some recent posts. Wait... I just received Bjorn's message about JHS no longer working. That has happened now to me also. Below I am pasting my terminal/console window as evidence. Notice there is an "/Users/brian/j701/bin/jhs.command; exit" message even before I receive my first shell prompt, and then another one that I normally get after that shell prompt. Last login: Sun Dec 19 11:32:58 on ttyp4 Welcome to Darwin! /Users/brian/j701/bin/jhs.command; exit [11:33am brian~]% /Users/brian/j701/bin/jhs.command; exit |EADDRINUSE: sdcheck_jsocket_ | sdcheck_jsocket_ r On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:13 AM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > For those experimenting with the Gtk IDE, this is a reminder of the > new J7 Project feature that is built-in to the IDE, and which replaces > the old J6 Project Manager. > > To get started, see > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/System/Beta/Folders%20and%20Projects > and in particular the last section, which shows how to browse the J7 > script source. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- (B=) <-----my sig Brian Schott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
