Java Project Opinions?

1998-05-19 Thread Maksim Lin
Hi, Apologies if this is slightly off-topic for this group, but I was hoping to get some feedback on a project I have been contemplating. The story is that as a part of my Masters thesis, I need to do a "proof of concept" Java project, using a OO distributed developpment methodology based on o

Re: Linux Java problems...

1998-05-19 Thread James Cribb
Brad Pepers wrote: > > I've been trying to use the latest JDK 1.1.5v7 on a RedHat 4.2 system > [...] > The main things I notice off the bat are problems with fonts. The > font used by default on Linux is in italics which makes things look a > little ugly. Sure does! To fix, edit jdk1.1.5/lib/fo

Re: color problems viewing images from Linux jdk1.1.5 via Exceed

1998-05-19 Thread Paul Ho
At 11:00 AM -0400 05/19/98, Geoffrey S. Knauth wrote: >If I recall correctly, 32-bit color is [Red][Green][Blue][Alpha]. If >some layer were confused and just masked off the lower 24-bits, you'd >lose [Red]. Switching to 24-bit color would make the problem appear >to go away. It all depend on t

Re: JDK 1.1.6 port status

1998-05-19 Thread Travis Shirk
On Tue, 19 May 1998, David Tarendash wrote: > Has anyone using 1.1.6 on any other (ahem) platforms, noticed any new > features? Such as windows not resizing, Calendar's not working, Sockets > not accepting??? A HUGE increase in memory consumption? (Our App...will > increase the NT mem-monitor to

Re: Java 2D API

1998-05-19 Thread Geoffrey S. Knauth
I agree Java seems much faster under Linux that under Win95. By no means would I suggest using Win95 if it could be avoided, but if you *had* to for some reason, there is a compiler (GCC) for Win95/NT. See the Cygnus website at and look for `gnuwin32'. -- Geoffrey S. K

Re: Java 2D API

1998-05-19 Thread Wolfgang Astleitner
>> You're working with a part of Java2D as part of your doctoral thesis!? >> Wow. Be sure to send a copy of your results to the folks at Sun so they >> can include the research in their efforts. I heard from a Professor once >> (who was almost one of the founding people at Sun--good friend of Bi

jdk 1.1.5_v7 crashes

1998-05-19 Thread Nelson Minar
I've been having some random crashes of the JDK 1.1.5_v7. I believe they're related to a window being disposed. This never happened with sbb's JDK 1.1.3, but it happens maybe 15% of the time when I call dispose on a Frame with 1.1.5. Anything else I can do to pin this down? I'll try to see if I

problems compiling with i386 libc5 1.1.5v7 by Steve Byrn

1998-05-19 Thread William Morgan
Hi, I have a large project that compiles fine under some 1.1.3 package that I have. However using the above package, I get these errors in compiling: === cut here === ./com/kevol/fam/gui/ModifiableFrame.java:0: Duplicate method declaration: void itemStateChanged(java.awt.event.ItemEvent) /* $Id

Re: tya 06 + jdk_1.1.5_v7?

1998-05-19 Thread Alexander Davydenko
Nelson Minar wrote: > Does tya06 work with sbb's latest port of the JDK, 1.1.5_v7? TYA's > configure script breaks when it tries to detect the Java version, but > if you hack it so that it sees Byrne JDK 1.1.5 libc and use the same > bit of configuration that's used for the version that matches >

Re: Java 2D API

1998-05-19 Thread Jauvane Cavalcante de Oliveira
Hi there, > You're working with a part of Java2D as part of your doctoral thesis!? > Wow. Be sure to send a copy of your results to the folks at Sun so they > can include the research in their efforts. I heard from a Professor once > (who was almost one of the founding people at Sun--good frien

Re: Java 2D API

1998-05-19 Thread sml13
You're working with a part of Java2D as part of your doctoral thesis!? Wow. Be sure to send a copy of your results to the folks at Sun so they can include the research in their efforts. I heard from a Professor once (who was almost one of the founding people at Sun--good friend of Bill Joy

tya 06 + jdk_1.1.5_v7?

1998-05-19 Thread Nelson Minar
Does tya06 work with sbb's latest port of the JDK, 1.1.5_v7? TYA's configure script breaks when it tries to detect the Java version, but if you hack it so that it sees Byrne JDK 1.1.5 libc and use the same bit of configuration that's used for the version that matches java*root:02/25/25* it seems

Java 2D API

1998-05-19 Thread Wolfgang Astleitner
Hi, I would need Java 2D for my diploma thesis, but SUN only makes Java 1.2beta available for their machines and for another system nobody wants to work with :-) Is there an isolated Java 2D available (like Swing and other APIs) or - escpecially a question to Steve Byrne - is it hard to extract

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1998-05-19 Thread Justin Call
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Re: Java Plug-in tantalizing, but...

1998-05-19 Thread Karl Asha
There will be a release of the activator fcs done up with the latest JDK in the very near future. Karl Juergen Kreileder writes: > Robert Coie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Juergen Kreileder wrote: > > > > > I'm using libc6_2.0.7pre3-1.deb from the new unstable dist ('slink') and >

color problems viewing images from Linux jdk1.1.5 via Exceed

1998-05-19 Thread Geoffrey S. Knauth
A BBN colleague, Ray Tomlinson, noted: I am displaying on a truecolor visual using Exceed under Windows NT. The problem is that a number of the colors are wrong. The problem also manifests itself when displaying

JDK 1.1.6 port status

1998-05-19 Thread David Tarendash
Has anyone using 1.1.6 on any other (ahem) platforms, noticed any new features? Such as windows not resizing, Calendar's not working, Sockets not accepting??? A HUGE increase in memory consumption? (Our App...will increase the NT mem-monitor to '48M' on 1.1.5..and not grow, however, on 1.1.6...it

Re: JDK 1.1.5v7 by Steve Byrne

1998-05-19 Thread Dieter Nützel
Christopher Seawood wrote: > On Mon, 18 May 1998, Dieter Nützel wrote: > > > can you please remove the 'libXm.so.1' link from your latest glibc > > JDK1.1.5v7 port (java_dyn)? > > I don't think that will be possible. The Motif shared libs I used to > build jdk have libname.so.1 hardcoded as the

Re: JDK 1.1.6 port status

1998-05-19 Thread Preben Randhol
* Steve Byrne | causing the instability in the builds, I'll go ahead and make a version for | libc generally available. would it be possible to get one for glibc too? Keep up the excellent work! -- Preben Randhol| Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, Tlf73940929/(735)

Re: font problems

1998-05-19 Thread Steve Byrne
Gernot Koller writes: > > The most obvious type is in line 46: > > dialog.plain.0=-b&h-lucida sans-medium-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1 > ^ Duh! Cool -- I've fixed this now. Thanks! Steve

JDK 1.1.6 port status

1998-05-19 Thread Steve Byrne
I've got a port running. Some of the other folks who are working with me on the port are experiencing crashes during building of the Java compiler. In another day or so I'll probably be making the diffs available to those brave souls who want to try their luck at building, and, if we can isolate

Re: Java Plug-in tantalizing, but...

1998-05-19 Thread Juergen Kreileder
Robert Coie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Juergen Kreileder wrote: > > > I'm using libc6_2.0.7pre3-1.deb from the new unstable dist ('slink') and > > v7 works fine. > > Great point; I was actually downloading that as your mail arrived. It > worked for me too. Debian 2.0 users - in order to us