Read Status.html and search the archives related to javadx . I think the entire thread is covered by the above.
javadx was designed to enable use of dx from a browser (i.e. running visual programs, not programming them). For the dx user to give access to interactive views of their data without giving up the programs and data, there is no good alternative. Even if posession of the programs and data is not an issue, for the uninitiated, installing dx, an X server, transferring programs and data, sorting out environment variables, unix permissions, etc. etc. can discourage casual attempts. Instead, here's a URL, and go. (well, enable java, open the java console, and try to figure out why it isn't working from there... it isn't always as trivial as we would like). The VPE is a hefty bit of X/Motif code making javafying the VPE difficult. And where would you "save" the program and who could modify it? how would you authenticate? Would you disable the System() module? What advantages --to the programmer-- would this offer? The goal of javadx is clearcut, with a large pool of prospective users, with clear advantages (e.g. easy access, no client installation) to offset the negatives (e.g. slower and more constrained than the workstation implementation). That said, someone might have a vision and want to implement some portion of VPE function in java. I'd suggest discussing it on opendx-dev before embarking, though. The goal of "I want to program DX but I don't want to have to install X on my win32 machine" is really separate and, I think, being addressed. I don't know if it will be free, though. David? Tobias Weissbach wrote: > Peter Kirchner wrote: > > > > >checking for valid jni headers path... no > > set JAVA_ARCH to linux > > See the > > >(cached) checking for jni headers path... > > Configure is working with stale information. You will need to rm > > config.cache config.log config.status to start > > configure fresh. At least some jdks of yesteryear used "genunix" for the > > linux arch-dependend include files. I > > thought we still needed it but allegedly no distributors use "genunix" any > > more. However it is enshrined in our > > tarball until the next release. > > > > What I mean by javac handles --verbose option is that some jdks (e.g. > > kaffe) that used to come with certain linux > > distributions provided a "javac" but it did not support the --verbose > > option which is how we find out where the jdk > > is installed. > > Thank you for this information... > ... compiling the source worked now... > > But running netscape pointing at the file Status.html tells me that the > DXServer is running, but > when I try to view an example, only the image window appears... the vpe > is NOT visible... > > Any suggestions ? > > Alex
