JDK1.2 porting status

1999-01-19 Thread Timo


I guess you get a lot of questions about JDK1.2 for Linux porting
status. I'm
one of those interested in knowing more about it...

I bet you are all busy out there and don't need more things to do.
Anyway, as I'm and
probably thousands(?) of others are checking the Blackdown pages for
JDK1.2 information
it still would be very nice to have something more than "ready to
release in less than a month from now" - since there seems to be no
indication of the "now" part i.e. no date
reference whatsoever.
Now don't get me wrong... I'm not hurrying you up, neither I'm
dissatisfied with the work
you have done and are doing. No, no, and no! I'm just too keen on having
this thing work
on Linux, too bloody interested in it to let you do your important work
in peace. Since the
www.blackdown.org pages are so easy to check out (compared to news and
all) would
you be kind and add a couple of lines more there?

Thanks for reading this far! You're all doing a great job!

regards,

timo raty




KDE L&F ?

1999-01-19 Thread Andreas Rueckert

Hi!

Is there a KDE L&F for Swing?

TIA,
Andreas




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1999-01-19 Thread hackit usolame

to PASCAL CHONG ..
hey ... i downloaded JDK 1.1.7 , and its giving me the same error
message maiby my jdk isnt for slackwar... please go to
www.mirabilis.com /download
and then go to the "JDK" download section , and tell me if this jdk is
for slackwar . thanx about u helping me so much
bye.



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1999-01-19 Thread Anonymous

Sure, everyone is surprised the first time they try the Windoze L&F on
a non-Win platform.  But why the ranting about it?  I'd rather use the Metal
L&F anyway.  Who wants their *NIX system to look and feel like Windoze?
How does this hurt java?

Can the signal to noise ratio on this list go any lower?





[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/18/99 06:45:14 PM

To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:(bcc: Russell Pridemore/Lex/Lexmark)
Subject:  Re: Swing-1.1 (Windows L&F)?






This is total BS. Microsoft did not write any of the swing code so they
are not in a position to "allow" anything. Sun wrote the code and now
Sun will not let you use it on non windows systems because they fear
Microsoft will just use it as an excuse to sue them. Where have you been
the last couple of years? Microsoft will stop at nothing to slow down
or kill java development because it is a threat to the bottom line. If
people can write apps that run every where then why would they use
window 95-98? Face it, this is just another example of how Microsoft
is hurting cross platform java.

On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, [iso-8859-1] Lothar Klaffenböck wrote:

> Microsoft dosen't allow SUN to use the Windows-L&F on Solaris-Unix. Maybe
> there is the same licence-problem on Linux. I suggest to use the Metal-L&F,
> so the user can see it at the first look that this is a high quality
> software.






JDK1.2

1999-01-19 Thread Sylvain Brökling

Hi there,

any idea when JDK1.2 for Linux on Intel platform will be available?

TIA
Sylvain R. Brökling

PTT Post MultiMall
Tel.070-33.43627




Re: jdk1.1.6 (sparc) dumping core

1999-01-19 Thread Johan Vos

Concerning the problems with JDK 1.1.6 on sparclinux:
The binary in the distribution is built on a libc5-system, while Red Hat
5.2 comes with glibc. If you have the corresponding libs installed on your
RH 5.2 system, the thing should work however.
JDK 1.2 will be built on a glibc-system, so you probably won't have
problems running JDK 1.2. 

When I ldd the libc5 executable from a glibc-system, I got this:
tinukai-johan:/jdklibc/bin/sparc/green_threads> ldd java
libjava.so => not found
libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5 (0x50003000)
libdl.so.1 => /lib/libdl.so.1 (0x5001e000)
libawt.so => not found
libXpm.so.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x5003)
libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x50051000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x500b5000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x500db000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x500f4000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x50111000)
libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x501d4000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x502c3000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.1 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x6000)

... and the thing works:
tinukai-johan:~/jtest> /jdklibc/bin/java HelloWorld
Hello World!




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Re: JDK1.2

1999-01-19 Thread Ricardo

No idea, when you have, please tell me
-Mensagem original-
De: Sylvain Brökling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Data: Terça-feira, 19 de Janeiro de 1999 12:08
Assunto: JDK1.2


>Hi there,
>
>any idea when JDK1.2 for Linux on Intel platform will be available?
>
>TIA
>Sylvain R. Brökling
>
>PTT Post MultiMall
>Tel.070-33.43627
>
>



Re: KDE L&F ?

1999-01-19 Thread Rachel Greenham

Brian Jones wrote:
> 
> Andreas Rueckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Hi!
> >
> > Is there a KDE L&F for Swing?
> 
> No, but you could create one, although I think the L&F you refer to is
> controlled more by your window manager than the desktop environment.

Well, as far as I could see, the Window Manager gives you the basic
window surrounding furniture - the close/maximise/minimise etc., but
nothing inside the window of a Swing app. A KDE L&F would produce KDE
style menus and other gadgets - probably via some sort of peering(?) so
it could read the configured KDE settings and do things the way the
current version of KDE does them. inc. colour and shape choices.

Peering, of course, defeats the object of Swing. :-} I suppose you could
reimplement the QTLib gadgets in Java, but you'd still have to read
system/user config files to know what settings to use.

-- 
Rachel



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1999-01-19 Thread Richard Jones

Moses DeJong wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Martin Little wrote:
> 
> > Because they fear Microsoft will use it as an excuse?
> 
> Have you not heard of the "Look and Feel" lawsuits of the 80's?
> In fact it was Apple who sued Microsoft claiming that win3.1
> stole Mac's LAF for a GUI interface. The result was Apple lost
> because you can not copyright a look and feel. End of story.
> You can sue anyone for anything and you do not have to have
> any legal basis for doing so. That is the realy issue here.

I think there is a difference of degree here.

Apple sued over various `concepts', including
icons on the desktop and the trashcan idea.
As part of the settlement, Microsoft removed
various of these concepts from Win 3.0 when it
was released, including a trashcan on the
desktop. They went back in in Win95 (Microsoft
presumably thought they were much bigger now
and could bully Apple back ... whatever.)

Making an exact replica of a windowing toolkit
is different from just using concepts and ideas.
It may steal or replicate artwork and good
design from the original, not merely concepts
and may even be regarded as passing off - a
severe offense.

Besides, Microsoft have very deep pockets and
could afford to launch a lawsuit even if there
was only a slight chance of victory just to
put pressure on Sun and to stir controversy
over the Java platform.

Rich.

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Java2 Port

1999-01-19 Thread Mark Soderquist

Hello,

I am new to the Linux platform but I have enjoyed developing Java on it.  I have
been watching the site for the past month or so waiting for the Java2 port to be
released.  I am very anxious to use it as soon as I can.  I have two projects
that may use Java on Linux if I can get proof of concept soon.  Could you give
me a more definitive date as to when the port will be ready.  I need to get to
work on it as soon as I can.

Thank you for your innovation and willingness to help the Java effort.

Mark Soderquist
Software Design Specialist
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1999-01-19 Thread Sam Elbe




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When

1999-01-19 Thread RSK

I have been reading the FAQs and NEWs pages, but as far as to "when" 1.2
is going to be release for x86/Linux its been the same generic message for
about a month. I have classes that have already begun, and have been
holding out as long as I can, JDK 1.2 is required for the class I am
currently enrolled in, and really must know when JDK 1.2 for Linux is
going to be released. If not for another few weeks, then I have to
install Windows, and go get the Win32 JDK, which I would really prefer not
to do. Please give me a rough estimate as to when it is going to be
released.

Sincerely,

[- RSK -]




Re: When

1999-01-19 Thread Justin Lee

Has anyoune tried running Java 2 under Wine?

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Reading from the Keyboard

1999-01-19 Thread Sven Ruppert

Hi,
I have a problem.. (my english is too bad)
so I try it in german
Also ich habe folgendes Problem...
Ich will schlicht und ergreifend die Tastatur 
einlesen. Ein Synonym für ReadLn(); unter Pascal.
Meine Suche brachten mich zur Methode readUTF.
Ist die Richtung OK ?
Es wäre super wenn mir jemand einen
DemoQuelltext schicken könnte.

Im Voraus Vielen Dank

Sven Ruppert



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1999-01-19 Thread hackit usolame

to Pascal Chong 
hey !
the URL that u gave me isnt exist maiby their server is down
now anyway , can u give me another URL to download it ?
thanx a lot for your help !
bye




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Re: Reading from the Keyboard

1999-01-19 Thread Michael Sinz

On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 21:20:07 +0100, Sven Ruppert wrote:

>Hi,
>I have a problem.. (my english is too bad)
>so I try it in german
>Also ich habe folgendes Problem...
>Ich will schlicht und ergreifend die Tastatur 
>einlesen. Ein Synonym für ReadLn(); unter Pascal.
>Meine Suche brachten mich zur Methode readUTF.
>Ist die Richtung OK ?
>Es wäre super wenn mir jemand einen
>DemoQuelltext schicken könnte.

Here is a simple loop that will read from STDIN and
then output each line back out to STDOUT.

import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.BufferedReader;

...

BufferedReader input=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String data;

while ((data=input.readLine()) != null)
{
System.out.println("--> " + data);
}

This will do all of the locale correct work and for each line
of input, will echo back the line with "--> " pre-pended to it.
It exits at EOF or a thrown exception :-)


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Re: jdk1.1.6 (sparc) dumping core

1999-01-19 Thread Mad Cow

On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Johan Vos wrote:
> When I ldd the libc5 executable from a glibc-system, I got this:

[snip]

Funny, I got the same. Well, the addresses are consistantly different.
No doubt you have more memory than I do. ;-)

I'm confused.

Thanks! --MC



JavaHelp on Linux

1999-01-19 Thread Michael Doherty

Anybody know if the JavaHelp beta1.0 works on Linux? 
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/earlyAccess/javahelp/index.html

TIA

Michael



From JDK1.1.3 to JDK1.1.7

1999-01-19 Thread H Zhang


 Hi there, 

 I want to update my JDK from JDK1.1.3 to JDK1.1.7, How can I do this on an
X86 based linux system?

 Thanks.




 Haiyan



Re: KDE L&F ?

1999-01-19 Thread Brian Jones

Andreas Rueckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi!
> 
> Is there a KDE L&F for Swing?

No, but you could create one, although I think the L&F you refer to is
controlled more by your window manager than the desktop environment.

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[email protected]

1999-01-19 Thread Anonymous

This is the last public response to this, if you want to continue by
email that's fine, but I don't think the list really cares. :)

Your comment was that the L&F lawsuits of the 80's were lost.

That's because they were about using 'ideas' from other peoples
OS's in your own.  Like apple saying that Microsoft stole this idea
from our UI and used it in their own so they should pay us money.

This is very different from saying, 'Look, this company has created
somthing called the Windows L&F, it's as exact a copy as they can
make, and they even called it Windows'

One is very qualitative, and one is a very quantitative measurement.

../Martin

Moses DeJong wrote:

> Yes, it is. First Microsoft threatened Sun about the Windows LAF in
> swing. Then to "cover up" the first "mistake" Sun made the Mac LAF
> only work on MacOS so that they would not have to put up with peoples
> questions like "why can I use the Mac LAF on all systems but not the
> Windows LAF?". When swing was first getting written Sun promised that
> all LAFs would run on all platforms. This is one of the reasons people
> basked swing instead of all the other light components sets that were
> out there. Sun lied to all of us and now they want you to think it never
> happened.
>
> mo dejong
> dejong at cs.umn.edu
>
> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Robert McConnell wrote:
>
> > Wait a minute! Didn't Microsoft argue and win the point in the Apple
> > case that Look and Feel cannot be copyrighted or otherwise subject to
> > proprietary limitations? Is this another case of the big bully wanting
> > to have his cake and eat it too?
> >
> > Bob McConnell
> > N2SPP
> >
> > At 06:55 PM 1/18/99 -0500, Martin Little wrote:
> > >Because they fear Microsoft will use it as an excuse?
> > >
> > >They know that Microsoft will sue them for infringing on their
> > >look and feel.  Much the same as Apple would probably defend
> > >the Mac L&F if Sun had not put the same restriction on that
> > >Swing L&F.
> > >
> >



Re: TYA bugfix patch / now TYA1.2v3

1999-01-19 Thread Albrecht Kleine

Hi,

for all of who have had problems using my mailed diff file:

now you can fetch the complete TYA1.2v3 from URL
ftp://gonzalez.cyberus.ca/pub/Linux/java/tya12v3.tgz


And to be quite complete I've added the missing old TYA 0.1
(originally dated Sep 26 1997 !) into the same directory  ;-)

This was build #72 vs. #222 

Cheers
Albrecht



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1999-01-19 Thread dion

On 20/01/99 12:32:28 AM pridemorwrote:

|   Sure, everyone is surprised the first time they try the Windoze L&F on
|   a non-Win platform.  But why the ranting about it?  I'd rather use the
Metal
|   L&F anyway.  Who wants their *NIX system to look and feel like Windoze?
|   How does this hurt java?
|
|   Can the signal to noise ratio on this list go any lower?

Does everyone else have problems running with -Dos.name=Windows95?? It
works fine for me on Linux.

dIon




Re: OFF-TOPIC - Applets Java and Netscape 4.5

1999-01-19 Thread Carlos Alberto Roman Zamitiz

Sometimes, the problem is Netscape 4.X where X=0,1... don't support
JDK1.1.X. You can see Java Console. When you open it, shows JVM's version
which is contained in that netscape.

But, when Java Console shows JDK1.1.2 DON'T SUPPORT JDK1.1.X. ONLY IF
JAVA CONSOLE SHOWS JDK1.1.5 to JDK1.1.7

One time, I wrote a Java Applet on JDK1.1 and I used Netscape with Java
Console 1.1.3 and didn't work. I modified it to JDK1.0.2 and worked fine.

Greetings
Carlos Alberto Roman Zamitiz
Departamento de Ingenieria en Computacion, Facultad de Ingenieria UNAM
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On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Braulio W. Gergull wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This is a little OFF-TOPIC, but I´m having trouble to view some Java
> applets on Netscape 4.5.
> 
> For instance, at http://www.javasoft.com/ no applets run on Netscape
> 4.5. This is just an example, many other applets on several other
> addresses won´t work.
> 
> However some others do work for isntance:
> 
> The glossary applet at
> http://www.javasoft.com/openstudio/applets/glossary.html
> 
> The clock applet at http://www.javasoft.com/openstudio/index.html
> 
> and many others do work. Does anyone have any hint?
> 
> My system:
> 
> RedHat 5.1
> Kernel: 2.0.33
> Netscape: 4.5
> JDK: 1.1.7v1a (Blackdown)
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
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