Bill, > If the system default is to be changed to java32, will other programs that > rely on java be affected?
Oh yes, I daresay. The Java Preferences.app indicates that there's one preference for "Java Applet plugins" and another for "Java Applications". My instructions (MacSnowLeopardInstallBug) recommend the change be made for "Java Applications" only -- and that's the one that works for J. The relevant screen is a tiny bit more informative about what each choice means. (See MacSnowLeopardInstallBug) > Alternatively can the j problem be solved > by changing script jwd to use java32 instead of java that default to > java64? Okay, my sheer guesswork now... I've located a Unix script file called "Applications/j602/bin/jwd". It reads, in full... ____________________________ #!/bin/sh # problems - see J bin/install.htm cd "`dirname "$0"`/.." java -Xss8000000 -Xdock:name=J -Xdock:icon=bin/icons/jred.icns -jar bin/j.jar "$@" ____________________________ (BTW that 2nd line is wrong: there's no such file in /bin/. It's now "Applications/j602/help/user/install.htm" --if that's the file intended... And, sorry, it's no help to me.) I suppose you're inviting me to substitute the word "java32" in place of "java" in the above script? ... ... I've just tried it. It doesn't work. J attempts to open because the Dock icon bounces once or twice, but nothing happens after that, no error message, nothing. (So I've set it back to "java" and J now runs ok again.) I guess if I knew the real name the 32 bit Java executable has (for the present!) -- or how to find it -- that would be the neatest way to go. But not being a Mac / X11 / Unix jock I don't know how to proceed. But if you want me to try anything simple out for you, go ahead and say. I can start up an X11 console, ditto a Java console, but I can't talk ze lingo. Maybe we should do this on the Programming list? Ian On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 3:15 PM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't own or use a Mac so my comment is just some guesswork. If the > system default is to be changed to java32, will other programs that > rely on java be affected? Alternatively can the j problem be solved > by changing script jwd to use java32 instead of java that default to > java64? > > mar, 22 Dec 2009, Ian Clark skribis: >> Has this installation bug been sorted out by now? >> >> I've just installed Snow Leopard -- and I've encountered it. Looking >> back through the archives I've found previous correspondence, and with >> a bit of head-scratching I've actually managed to understand what it >> says. >> >> Macs are supposed to be simple. My users will be really really thrown >> if it happens to them. Remedy: I propose to give them a link to this >> page I've just created: >> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/MacSnowLeopardInstallBug >> >> Any comments? >> >> (Feel free to adjust the wording if I've got it wrong.) >> >> Ian >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Denis Molony <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> [---=| TOFU protection by t-prot: 34 lines snipped |=---] > > -- > regards, > ==================================================== > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
