Won't J7 for the Mac come in a 64-bit version? Instead of editing /bin/jwd perhaps we could offer a downloaded script on the jwiki page. I propose we use this one for now (attached). [The text of the jwd "Unix-executable" is appended, in case the attachment doesn't work.] It just has to be dropped into place (and Spotlight locates jwd perfectly well), so perhaps that isn't too scary. Can you see your way to modifying your video to do that? A neater option is to offer an alternative J icon (a spotted one for Snow Leopard?) @Brian: You could then say on your video, "if the red J doesn't work, try the spotty one?" If this is an attractive option, then I'll produce a special Snow Leopard icon and this could be included in the j602 download.
Ian ================= #!/bin/sh # problems - see J bin/install.htm cd "`dirname "$0"`/.." java -d32 -Xss8000000 -Xdock:name=J -Xdock:icon=bin/icons/jred.icns -jar bin/j.jar "$@" # The tag: -d32 -is necessary to make J work on the Mac under Snow Leopard (10.6 or later) ================= On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote: > Ian et al, > > I am having the problem addressed by Ian's fine contribution at > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/System/Installation/Mac/MacSnowLeopardInstallBug > . > > And when I go there, I see the inserted warning that there is a new > fix. Reading those instructions has worked for me but I must say that > that is a very user unfriendly fix requiring the editing of a buried > text file. > > That's unfortunate because for example the screencast I made of > installing j602 on a Mac will no longer work without the user going > through such a fix. It looks like a new screencast is required. But > then a new one will be required for j701 installation. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDS-SPtwLS4 > > Otoh, I have attempted to add an annotation to the original screencast > suggesting a fix. The link below permits others to edit the > annotations also, I believe. [What an incredible option, if it works!! > please offer feedback to me especially if the annotation does not show > up (btw, it has not shown up live yet for me, but I hope the problem > is just a delay in processing at the youtube server).] > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDS-SPtwLS4&layer_token=88dca620e88c5dde > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >
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