Yes, this is one of the few things that I just hate about IDEA.
On Apr 7, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushfo...@oracle.com> wrote:
> I can't speak to other IntelliJ issues, but the root cause of this particular
> one is the same thing that Debbie ran into last week -- IntelliJ doesn't
> launch programs using the standard Java launcher. For whatever reason, it
> uses its own launcher. This might be worth raising with JetBrains.
>
> -- Kevin
>
>
> Jonathan Giles wrote:
>> Kevin,
>>
>> Yes, that is the program I used, and yes, I get the 'Toolkit not
>> initialized' exception. I am running IntelliJ, so that is the reason. I
>> switched over to Eclipse and the code run as expected.
>>
>> I am slightly bothered by the occasional failures that seem to be
>> IntelliJ-specific. I have a gut feeling that it doesn't always run all tests
>> (or that it runs them slightly differently to get different results than
>> when run on the command line). Does anyone know why this is?
>>
>> I'm actually most at home in Eclipse, so perhaps I should switch to that as
>> my primary IDE for OpenJFX development.
>>
>> -- Jonathan
>>
>> On 8/04/2014 11:29 a.m., Kevin Rushforth wrote:
>>> Just to make sure we are running the same program, the one I ran to verify
>>> that RT-33954 is fixed was the simple test program in the comments of that
>>> bug. Here it is (with the imports omitted for brevity).
>>>
>>> public class Example extends Application {
>>> public static void main(String[] args) {
>>> //this is called from a static block in javafx.scene.control.Control
>>> PlatformImpl.setDefaultPlatformUserAgentStylesheet();
>>>
>>> Application.launch(args);
>>> }
>>>
>>> @Override
>>> public void start(final Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>> The above program runs fine for me with no exception.
>>>
>>> Jonathan: are you seeing something different? Or perhaps running a
>>> different example?
>>>
>>> NOTE: if you run this from IntelliJ it will not work. I verified that with
>>> Debbie last week (on a different issue), which may be why you are seeing a
>>> problem. Running it from command line, from NB, or from Eclipse works.
>>>
>>> -- Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>> Jonathan Giles wrote:
>>>> Firstly, I agree - this does seem to still be reproducible despite Kevin's
>>>> comment that it should have been resolved in JavaFX 8.0 due to RT-28754
>>>> <https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-28754>, so that is troubling.
>>>> I'll leave Kevin to comment on that.
>>>>
>>>> Secondly, RT-33954 was closed as a duplicate of RT-28754
>>>> <https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-28754>, so it would be better to
>>>> leave RT-33954 closed and move discussion (including what you recently
>>>> posted) into RT-28754 <https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-28754>. The
>>>> discussion can start in there and most probably a new bug will need to be
>>>> opened (as RT-28754 <https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-28754> did
>>>> result in a code change that at one point appears to have fixed the
>>>> problem, so we're possibly dealing with a regression).
>>>>
>>>> Thirdly, whether this is a suitable bug for someone learning the ropes is
>>>> debatable. I'll leave Kevin to offer his thoughts, but perhaps you can
>>>> propose a patch that resolves this issue for you in your test scenarios.
>>>> Also, a good starting point is to develop a simple test application that
>>>> helps to demonstrate this issue (preferably the test case is a single
>>>> class with no dependencies), and which you can then share in the jira
>>>> issue via copy/paste into a comment.
>>>>
>>>> Fourthly, to be a contributor in the OpenJDK requires you to follow a
>>>> process to get the paperwork in order. It is wise to get that started as
>>>> soon as possible, as it can sometimes take a while. Here's a link to the
>>>> process: http://openjdk.java.net/contribute/ The main thing is the OCA.
>>>>
>>>> Finally, welcome! :-)
>>>>
>>>> -- Jonathan
>>>>
>>>> On 6/04/2014 1:06 p.m., Sandipan Razzaque wrote:
>>>>> Hi JavaFX devs!
>>>>>
>>>>> I was wondering how people felt about re-opening this bug? I don't believe
>>>>> it has been fixed (see my comment).
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm also happy to work on it. But, let me know if you think my time would
>>>>> be better spent elsewhere. I'm keen to take on a small bug to just get the
>>>>> hang of the process and community (I'll be stumbling with mercurial along
>>>>> the way too!). I think this bug is an ideal candidate for someone just
>>>>> learning the ropes.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-33954
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> SR
>>>>>
>>>>> Sandipan Razzaque | www.sandipan.net
>>>>
>>
