This is great! Here are a few questions, will the java parser be released with every version of Plucker consistently? Will there be a downloadable link from plkr.org?
Good work, Bill and everyone else involved with this effort! I will try it out as soon as I can and post my feedback... R/ Jeet >From: Bill Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Plucker Development List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Plucker Development List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Pure Java version of the parser working >Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 21:03:24 PST > >Well, I've figured out enough of Jython to compile the parser into a >jar file, and I can now pluck (without images) using only Java 1.2. >To tell you the truth, I'm flabbergasted that this stuff works this >well. > >Here's what a typical command line looks like: > >java -classpath plucker-build.jar pluckit \ > -V 2 -H http://www.parc.com/ --bpp=0 -N "PARC Home Page" -p ~/temp -f >PARCHomePage > >The output is exactly what you'd get if you replaced the first part >with plucker-build. And the resultant Plucker doc displays fine with >1.1.13. Astounding. The only problem I've found so far is that >document names longer than 20 characters don't work, apparently >because of a bug in the Jython Java code. > >I've put the jar file out for ftp, if you'd like to try it, at >ftp://ftp.parc.xerox.com/transient/janssen/plucker-build.jar.; Invoke >it as shown above, i.e. > > java -classpath JARFILE pluckit PLUCKER-BUILD-ARGS > >I'm using JDK 1.2 on Solaris; your milage may vary with other Javas. > >Next step is to integrate JIU into this nightmare... > >Bill _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
