Can't find 'dingbat' fonts on 1.2preV2 install
Hi. I've recently installed the Blackdown 1.2 pre-v2 JDK and everything works fine except, when running a java program, a heap of "can't find font" messages popped up such as this: "Font specified in font.properties not found [--zapf dingbats-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-adobe-fontspecific]" I commented out all 'dingbat' references in the font.properties file and that seems to have fixed the problem, but I just wanted to ask if there was a better solution (just 'chopping out' the fontname-dash-2 series of definitions in font.properties seemed to be a bit crude). I'm running fvwm2 with Linux 2.2.12 and XFree86 (I don't have the version of XFree with me right now, but it's one of the most recent - came with my Slakware 4.0 distribution of the 2.2.7 kernel). Do other linux distributions have these 'dingbat' fonts? Should I acquire them (somehow), or otherwise fix things up a bit more elegantly? As a newcomer to Java on Linux, may I ask if anyone can give me an idea as to when 1.3 is likely to be out? I had a number of Swing bugs in 1.2 (developing on NT) which were fixed when I went to the recent 1.3beta for NT. I don't know anything about java implementations; can I try and merge the Swing java source from 1.3 into my blackdown 1.2preV2 installation or are more complicated porting methods required? Thanks for any help, Brad Rosser [EMAIL PROTECTED] = __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CRC errors in bz2 files
Hello, Files with .bz2 extension have always (i.e. whatever is the file or the mirror used) CRC errors when trying to decompress them. Is it a problem I am the only one to encounter or must I have a specific version of bzip2 ? thanks fathi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: JDBC newbie question
How are you getting the driver loaded? Also, the driver manager tries to discover the correct driver based on the URL you specify when you get a connection. So be sure that your URL is correct. Cynthia Jeness Jalaluddin Riaz wrote: > hi, > I am a newbie to JDBC programming and am having some problems. I am > using mysql rdbms and mm.mysql.jdbc-1.2 driver and have jdk1.2preV2 > installed. the problem is everytime i try to run a prog. i get class not > found exception. the prog is not able to find the driver class files. i have > tried different CLASSPATH settings, still does no works.. any ideas. > > thanks. > > __ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Question about file names
Hi, All! I have generic question: Is there any PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT way to test if given String defines a valid file name without actually trying to create the file. I want to perfom such test in the KeyEvent handler and attempting to create file every time doesn't sound good to me. Thanks. -- E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 20-Oct-99 Time: 11:34:40 Andrey. -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sun Java 2 for Linux
Any comments/insights about the following excerpt from an October 18 InfoWorld article? ... Meanwhile, Sun Microsystems is preparing to release in early 2000 a Java2-compliant JVM for Linux that brings the performance, functions, and Java HotSpot features of the latest Java specifications to the Linux community, according to sources close to Sun Microsystems. ... Cynthia Jeness -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't find 'dingbat' fonts on 1.2preV2 install
Bradley, This has been discussed several times on the group, I run RedHat 6.0 and had the same problem. The following solution worked best for me: from Michael E. Shorter on September 27, 1999: >> I just installed the zapf dingbats fonts with now problems. Here's what I did: Downloaded the fonts from the www.gimp.org site. I unpacked the archive in JDK fonts directory (/opt/jdk1.2/jre/lib/fonts on my machine). Then I edited the fonts.dir file located there, and appended the fonts.dir file from the URW directory that was created unpacking the archive. I then deleted the "35" that was inserted after the original list of fonts, and changed the "12" to "47" at the beginning of the file. Hope that helps... Mike >>> I would assume that they will fix this problem in future releases of the JDK. With regard to the Swing issue, it would seem that merging two different releases would be a non-trivial undertaking. I was just working on the latest beta for JavaHelp in preparation for some talks I am giving at the Software Summit. Based on my experiments with this product, printing does not work very well under 1.2. According to the JavaHelp group, these problems will be fixed in 1.3. So I am also curious about how a 1.3 port fits into the Linux plans. Cynthia Jeness Bradley Rosser wrote: > Hi. I've recently installed the Blackdown 1.2 pre-v2 JDK and > everything works fine except, when running a java program, a heap > of "can't find font" messages popped up such as this: > > "Font specified in font.properties not found >[--zapf > dingbats-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-adobe-fontspecific]" > > I commented out all 'dingbat' references in the font.properties > file and that seems to have fixed the problem, but I just wanted > to ask if there was a better solution (just 'chopping out' the > fontname-dash-2 series of definitions in font.properties seemed to > be a bit crude). > > I'm running fvwm2 with Linux 2.2.12 and XFree86 (I don't have the > version of XFree with me right now, but it's one of the most > recent - came with my Slakware 4.0 distribution of the 2.2.7 kernel). > > Do other linux distributions have these 'dingbat' fonts? Should > I acquire them (somehow), or otherwise fix things up a bit more > elegantly? > > As a newcomer to Java on Linux, may I ask if anyone can give me > an idea as to when 1.3 is likely to be out? I had a number of > Swing bugs in 1.2 (developing on NT) which were fixed when I went > to the recent 1.3beta for NT. I don't know anything about > java implementations; can I try and merge the Swing java source > from 1.3 into my blackdown 1.2preV2 installation or are more > complicated porting methods required? > > Thanks for any help, > > Brad Rosser > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > = > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: JNI link to disk space
Hi, > > > I am interesting in getting the disk space and partition > > > in a Java program by using JNI. What is the std UNIX API > > > call to do this? I have tried grepping the man pages > > > and got the source to kdf program but it didn't help > > > because it was executing `/usr/bin/df -k -T' and parsing > > > the output. Is there a native portable UNIX system call that > > > provides partition information and also disk space size and free > > > information? I'm working on an installer that also needs to find out this information. IBM Alphaworks has an Install Toolkit for Java that includes some classes for doing this sort of thing. For UNIX/Linux they just call df and parse the output. Sure, it's an ugly solution, but if it works and saves you from writing some irritating parsing code... If you find out or invent a better way (perhaps via JNI, as you originally suggested?), and you are able to release the source, I would be most grateful to see it! :) Cheers, dstn. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Question about file names
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:40:46 -0400 (EDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Hi, All! > >I have generic question: >Is there any PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT way to test if given String defines a valid >file name without actually trying to create the file. I want to perfom such >test in the KeyEvent handler and attempting to create file every time doesn't >sound good to me. There is no good way to do this. However, you may need to rethink your plan of having this done in the key event handler. It is possible to have a filename string that will go though an invalid state before becoming a valid name. The easiest way to know that you are "valid" is to limit the name to alpha-numeric (A-Z,0-9) characters and a single "." (Even worse, 8.3 for DOS systems but most things are beyond that) There may be a way to create a file object (which is not the same as creating the file) but that may not provide the final check for you. -- Michael Sinz Technology and Engineering Director/Consultant "Starting Startups" mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] My place on the web ---> http://www.users.fast.net/~michael_sinz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: JNI link to disk space
Why is it an ugly solution? Unix apps do this sort of thing frequently. It works fine. > -Original Message- > From: Dustin Lang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 12:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Java Linux Mailing List > Subject: Re: JNI link to disk space > > > > Hi, > > > > > I am interesting in getting the disk space and partition > > > > in a Java program by using JNI. What is the std UNIX API > > > > call to do this? I have tried grepping the man pages > > > > and got the source to kdf program but it didn't help > > > > because it was executing `/usr/bin/df -k -T' and parsing > > > > the output. Is there a native portable UNIX system call that > > > > provides partition information and also disk space size and free > > > > information? > > I'm working on an installer that also needs to find out this > information. > IBM Alphaworks has an Install Toolkit for Java that includes > some classes > for doing this sort of thing. For UNIX/Linux they just call > df and parse > the output. Sure, it's an ugly solution, but if it works and > saves you > from writing some irritating parsing code... > > If you find out or invent a better way (perhaps via JNI, as you > originally suggested?), and you are able to release the > source, I would be > most grateful to see it! :) > > Cheers, > dstn. > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: JNI link to disk space
Sure, but the Java white papers keep mentioning things like "platform independent"... I figure they must have *some* reason for it... Aaron On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Burkhart,Kelly wrote: > Why is it an ugly solution? Unix apps do this sort of thing frequently. It > works fine. > > > -Original Message- > > I'm working on an installer that also needs to find out this > > information. > > IBM Alphaworks has an Install Toolkit for Java that includes > > some classes > > for doing this sort of thing. For UNIX/Linux they just call > > df and parse > > the output. Sure, it's an ugly solution, but if it works and > > saves you > > from writing some irritating parsing code... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: JNI link to disk space
As soon as he said JNI he eliminated platform independence (at least in the Java sense). > -Original Message- > From: Aaron Mulder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 3:22 PM > To: Burkhart,Kelly > Cc: 'Dustin Lang'; Java Linux Mailing List > Subject: RE: JNI link to disk space > > > Sure, but the Java white papers keep mentioning things like > "platform independent"... I figure they must have *some* > reason for it... > > Aaron > > On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Burkhart,Kelly wrote: > > Why is it an ugly solution? Unix apps do this sort of > thing frequently. It > > works fine. > > > > > -Original Message- > > > I'm working on an installer that also needs to find out this > > > information. > > > IBM Alphaworks has an Install Toolkit for Java that includes > > > some classes > > > for doing this sort of thing. For UNIX/Linux they just call > > > df and parse > > > the output. Sure, it's an ugly solution, but if it works and > > > saves you > > > from writing some irritating parsing code... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sun Java 2 for Linux
I'm giddy like a school girl to see how it turns out. Would Blackdown disolve if this comes true? Cynthia Jeness wrote: > Any comments/insights about the following excerpt from an October 18 > InfoWorld article? > > ... > Meanwhile, Sun Microsystems is preparing to release in early 2000 a > Java2-compliant JVM for Linux that brings the performance, functions, > and Java HotSpot features of the latest Java specifications to the Linux > community, according to sources close to Sun Microsystems. > ... > > Cynthia Jeness > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [ Riyad Kalla ] [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ CS - Major ] [ University of Arizona ] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Question about file names
I know I've done it in the past by creating a new File object, then checking its existance vis the exists() method. I am sure there are better ways to do it, but I am not as weathered as many others on this list. If someone has a better way, I would like to hear it as well. -Riyad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, All! > > I have generic question: > Is there any PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT way to test if given String defines a valid > file name without actually trying to create the file. I want to perfom such > test in the KeyEvent handler and attempting to create file every time doesn't > sound good to me. > > Thanks. > > -- > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 20-Oct-99 > Time: 11:34:40 > > Andrey. > -- > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [ Riyad Kalla ] [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ CS - Major ] [ University of Arizona ] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Release
Hello Blackdown team, I need to ask a tedious question, and I know you can't give me a precise reply, but I would appreciate very much some sort of reply even if it is very informal. About when is the next release planned to be on the street ? Thank's -- Ramiro Díaz Trepat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ôèPÔ ÿzf¢Ú#jöÿ)îÇúު笷øÚ½¯Û§$v'þàÂ+ajËç-¡ÿî˱ÊâmïÿNº.nWÿ íiËeËZvoãjöÿnVÚ0ú+
Re: Sun Java 2 for Linux
Save your giddiness for when you actually have it running on your machine. It is a lot more satisifying that way. Thus spake Riyad Kalla on Wed, 20 Oct 1999: > I'm giddy like a school girl to see how it turns out. > > Would Blackdown disolve if this comes true? > > Cynthia Jeness wrote: > > > Any comments/insights about the following excerpt from an October 18 > > InfoWorld article? > > > > ... > > Meanwhile, Sun Microsystems is preparing to release in early 2000 a > > Java2-compliant JVM for Linux that brings the performance, functions, > > and Java HotSpot features of the latest Java specifications to the Linux > > community, according to sources close to Sun Microsystems. > > ... > > > > Cynthia Jeness > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > [ Riyad Kalla ] > [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > [ CS - Major ] > [ University of Arizona ] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Daniel P. Zepeda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In complete darkness, we are all the same. Only our knowledge and wisdom separates us there." -- J. Jackson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
JAVA+Enlightenment
Hi - Does anybody have a hint as to how to fix this: I am using RH6.0+Gnome+E, and whenever I startup NetBeans places itself in the top left corner, but hides its own window titlebar, so that I don't have access to the iconify buttons, etc. Very annoying! Is there a fix? BTW, Sun just acquired NetBeans http://www.netbeans.com/press/sun-netbeans.html Thanks! Renzo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: JAVA+Enlightenment
You might try moving the window in question to where you want it to be, then saving its position (and possibly and possibly also its size) using Enlightenment's "Remember..." function. This works for me with the current (0.16.0) version of Enlightenment, at least... -Peter http://armedbear.org Renzo Pecoraro wrote: > > Hi - > > Does anybody have a hint as to how to fix this: I am using > RH6.0+Gnome+E, and whenever I startup NetBeans places itself in the top > left corner, but hides its own window titlebar, so that I don't have > access to the iconify buttons, etc. Very annoying! Is there a fix? > > BTW, Sun just acquired NetBeans > http://www.netbeans.com/press/sun-netbeans.html > > Thanks! > Renzo > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: java-linux-digest Digest V99 #54
>> I wonder how much speedup can be achieved by using tools like >> Jopt ( http://www-i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~markusj ). Are >> there any benchmarks yet? We have a lot of experience using JAX (alphaworks), and we got a noticable speedup. Sorry, we did no benchmarks, but it seems like around 5% Ulli The Interactive Geometry Software Cinderella http://www.cinderella.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: JNI link to disk space
> > > > I am interesting in getting the disk space and partition > > > > in a Java program by using JNI. What is the std UNIX API > > > > call to do this? I have tried grepping the man pages > > > > and got the source to kdf program but it didn't help > > > > because it was executing `/usr/bin/df -k -T' and parsing > > > > the output. Is there a native portable UNIX system call that > > > > provides partition information and also disk space size and free > > > > information? > This might be a silly question but: Why don't you just look at the source code of "df"? I thought the sources were always included in GNU software? You could then take the piece of code found in "df" and use it in your own program. ..cu Jörg __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
