I've re-released the code that accompanied my book "3D User Interfaces with Java 3D", published by Manning (http://www.manning.com/Barrilleaux/), under the LGPL license. This new release is essentially the same as the "version 2.0" release available on the publisher's web site. I recently tested the code with jdk 1.4 and j3d 1.3b2, and the examples seem to work.
The re-release is available as part of a sourceforge project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gumbo/). The major difference in this release is that the source code is now under the LGPL license (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html). One minor difference in this release is that the source code and library have been located in separate directories, "src" and "lib", respectively. Also, the class j3dui.utils.app.AppDisplay has been modified to avoid the "null graphics context" message in the book release. As with the book release, javadoc can be found in the "docs" directory, and the easiest way to run the examples (if you are using Windows) is to double-click on the .bat file in an "examples" directory. The sourceforge project, named Gumbo, will focus on patterns and building blocks, not widgets, for development of 2D and 3D applications. It will incorporate an abstraction layer for the graphics thereby allowing most of the building blocks to be used with Swing, Java 3D, GL4, and (hopefully) what may come. The j3dui code will eventually be absorbed into the mainstream project and deprecated. The plan is for the project work to be done as a spinoff of ongoing and anticipated contract work, which makes it difficult to pin down specific contents and release dates. Any and all are welcome to contribute, but be patient because the project is just getting started and we are still learning the ropes of open source project management. --jon =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
