<http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/System/Installation/Mac/MacSnowLeopardInstallBug> ... broken link. The page has since been altered, and moved to:
http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/System/Installation/J602/Mac/MacSnowLeopardInstallBug On 2010-12-07 it was updated to offer the "-d32" fix. But there are still reservations about doing that. On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Tracy Harms <[email protected]> wrote: > This technique is worth knowing about: > > http://obvioushints.blogspot.com/search/label/J > Running JLang on Snow > Leopard<http://obvioushints.blogspot.com/2010/01/running-jlang-on-snow-leopard.html> > by Alvaro Videla > Thursday, January 14, 2010 > Running JLang on Snow > Leopard<http://obvioushints.blogspot.com/2010/01/running-jlang-on-snow-leopard.html> > For this new year I started playing with J <http://www.jsoftware.com/>, a > language that I discovered last year –but that I've never found time to play > with–, while installing it, I had the problem that I didn't run on Snow > Leopard. > > After asking on twitter on how to solve this problem, > @kaleidic<http://twitter.com/kaleidic>pointed me to this > guide<http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/System/Installation/Mac/MacSnowLeopardInstallBug>, > which tells you to modify the Java preferences to run in 32 bit mode. What I > didn't liked from that approach is that it seems to modify the general > preferences of Java. After some searches I found that there's an option for > the *java* executable *-d32*, that makes it run in 32 bits. > > To apply this option simply go to the place where you installed *J* and > there edit *bin/jwd*. > > In that file you will find a line like this: > > java -Xss8000000 -Xdock:name=J -Xdock:icon=bin/icons/jred.icns -jar > bin/j.jar "$@" > > which you have to modify to: > > java -d32 -Xss8000000 -Xdock:name=J -Xdock:icon=bin/icons/jred.icns -jar > bin/j.jar "$@" > > And that's it, then simply double click on the J icon and it should work as > expected. > > > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everybody - >> >> I'm playing with my mom's new i-mac, trying to install J to run it under >> emacs but having two problems: one is that J 6.02 (GUI flavor) fails to run >> with message "Load library /Applications/j602/bin/libjnative.jnlib failed". >> I can run J console but I'm unable to open an emacs (v. 23.3) shell to >> invoke this because I get an error telling me "Output file descriptor of >> *ftp devon@C* is closed". >> >> Does anyone have some advice about either of these problems? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Devon >> >> -- >> Devon McCormick, CFA >> ^me^ at acm. >> org is my >> preferred e-mail >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
