Where'd Java-Linux.org go?

1998-05-28 Thread Marcus Johnson
Could someone explain to me (a newcomer) why there was appearently a big shift from blackdown.org to java-linux.org and now java-linux.org seems to be down? There were some valuable web pages at java-linux.org I was using to understand how to install and configure the jdk. I'm not finding the sa

Re: im sure this question has been asked before but...

1998-05-28 Thread Maksim Lin
Actually I did ask this question a while back on the gtk list (although I called it a gtk java binding, which was probably a poor chioce of terms). From memory, people replyed that this would be doable, but weren't sure whether using another platform specific awt implementation, rather than using

Re: Installing Java JDK 1.1.5 on Debian?

1998-05-28 Thread Jauvane Cavalcante de Oliveira
Hi there, > Whoops - you need the libc5 version, for sure. Debian 2.0 (hamm) is the first with > real glibc support. That's not right. I use Debian 1.3.1 and the glib 1.1.5v5 works just fine. I'm going to try 1.1.5v7 as well as 1.1.6v1 shortly. Regards,

Re: Installing Java JDK 1.1.5 on Debian?

1998-05-28 Thread Marcus Johnson
On Thu, 28 May 1998, Paul Reavis wrote: > the FAQ (currently at > http://www.place.org/~stevemw/java/FAQ/FAQ-java-linux.html > ) for general issues. That reference is like gold! Thanks gobs for that. I read through part of it and it explained what all this glibc vs libc5 stuff was. I went b

Re: Installing Java JDK 1.1.5 on Debian?

1998-05-28 Thread Paul Reavis
Marcus Johnson wrote: > Now if I'm understanding this correctly (and please set me straight if I'm > wrong), this is telling me that the system I'm trying to set the JDK 1.1.5 > up on is actually Rex (Debian 1.1) and that the Linux kernal is v. 2.0.0 > (and is that #19 mean its 2.0.019 or that I'

Re: Major Swing/Linux Project?

1998-05-28 Thread John Mitchell
> "David" == David Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 19:05 28/05/98 +, John Mitchell wrote: >> The administration of the machine is much better handled through e.g., >> Java servlets running in e.g., Apache on each machine. You could then >> support either an HTML or a Java apple

RE: Installing Java JDK 1.1.5 on Debian?

1998-05-28 Thread Marcus Johnson
I'm trying to set up the Java JDK 1.1.5 on Debian, and I'm a newbie to Linux, so I turn to y'all for help. I'm not the administrator, the admin is not very available and I'm a newbie at Linux/Unix admin stuff, but I have uncovered this much at least. * when I start I new shell I get the following

Re: Major Swing/Linux Project?

1998-05-28 Thread David Wilkinson
At 19:05 28/05/98 +, John Mitchell wrote: >The >administration of the machine is much better handled through e.g., Java >servlets running in e.g., Apache on each machine. You could then support >either an HTML or a Java applet interface (or both). Hmm, how would that work? Your servlet is ty

Re: Major Swing/Linux Project?

1998-05-28 Thread John Mitchell
> "Cynbe" == Cynbe ru Taren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > Might be nice if -everything- were done through the > browser+[signed]applet mechanism and network protocol: This would allow > such Linux applications to be run from just about any Windows or Mac box, > and possibly some or all o

KDE AWT title text bug in sbb 1.1.6 v1-test

1998-05-28 Thread clemens
Hi all, sbb jdk1.1.6v1 seems to have an awt bug when running KDE. Frames have always the title text "AWTapp" visible. Interestingly the same bug appeared in early 1.1.5 versions. My system: Suse 5.1 (libc5) KDE Beta 4 sbb JDK 1.1.6 v1-test source diffs + orig. Sun sources lesstif 0

Re: VB and Access == Java and ????

1998-05-28 Thread Herald van der Breggen
Eric Mosley wrote: > Thanks for all the responses! Most people suggested an rdbms with JDBC > which is something I'll look into. > But, seeing as how I know that there will be only about 2000 objects, what > if I just read them in and put them in a vector/linked list/hash table. In > your experie

Re: VB and Access == Java and ????

1998-05-28 Thread Antony Sequeira
OODBMS may be another option. The one from ODI comes in two versions, free and professional. The product is ObjectStore PSE for Java. Check www.odi.com -Antony >Thanks for all the responses! Most people suggested an rdbms with JDBC >which is something I'll look into. >But, seeing as how I know t

Re: im sure this question has been asked before but...

1998-05-28 Thread Travis Shirk
On Fri, 29 May 1998, Paul Duran wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm sure that this question has been asked several times before but I'm > wondering if anybody has looked at using Gtk for the peer components in the > AWT. Java allows for the peers to be defined by the implementation, and so I > think it wou

im sure this question has been asked before but...

1998-05-28 Thread Steve Byrne
Paul Duran writes: > Hi all, > > I'm sure that this question has been asked several times before but I'm > wondering if anybody has looked at using Gtk for the peer components in the > AWT. Java allows for the peers to be defined by the implementation, and so I > think it would be really ni

Re: im sure this question has been asked before but...

1998-05-28 Thread B. Craig Taverner
> With the current linux trend steering towards Gnome/GTK , it would be really > fantastic for there to be an AWT implementation in GTK. Some ppl mentioned > earlier about implementing GTL l&f in swing, but this would remove that > necessity and also provide a very significant speed increase. The

VB and Access == Java and ????

1998-05-28 Thread Eric Mosley
Thanks for all the responses! Most people suggested an rdbms with JDBC which is something I'll look into. But, seeing as how I know that there will be only about 2000 objects, what if I just read them in and put them in a vector/linked list/hash table. In your experience would that slow the app

im sure this question has been asked before but...

1998-05-28 Thread Paul Duran
Hi all, I'm sure that this question has been asked several times before but I'm wondering if anybody has looked at using Gtk for the peer components in the AWT. Java allows for the peers to be defined by the implementation, and so I think it would be really nice (and even a bit unique) if there w

Re: Major Swing/Linux Project?

1998-05-28 Thread Cynbe ru Taren
B. Craig Taverner writes: | On Wed, 27 May 1998, Aaron Walker wrote: | > I don't know about the rest of ya, but I like the Swing GUI. I was | > thinking why can't we make a suite of Linux tools in Swing. Such as a | > window manager (if it's possible), a file manager, control-panel, etc. | > I

Re: Major Swing/Linux Project?

1998-05-28 Thread B. Craig Taverner
On Wed, 27 May 1998, Aaron Walker wrote: > I don't know about the rest of ya, but I like the Swing GUI. I was > thinking why can't we make a suite of Linux tools in Swing. Such as a > window manager (if it's possible), a file manager, control-panel, etc. > I'm already working on a file manager c

Re: Building nice looking forms with layout managers

1998-05-28 Thread Pavel
GridBagLayout can do this (with GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints(); ... gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE; ... ) and many other things. Since I have learned this layout manager I do not need any other layout manager(s). But it is complex and has very unpolish design. So do not hes

Building nice looking forms with layout managers

1998-05-28 Thread Wim Ceulemans
Hi Thanks everyone for responding to my question of passing classes as parameters. I've successfully used the java.lang.reflect API to dynamically create instances even with parameters in the constructor. I have another question concerning building nice looking forms. In any data input form you

appletviewer + fvwm conflict?

1998-05-28 Thread Alex Rice
Hiya, Sorry if this is covered in a FAQ. BTW where is the FAQ for java-linux? I have this wierd problem with appletviewer where anytime I view an applet with a TextField or a TextArea, the applet moves to like -30-30. This only happens with, as far as I can tell, text components, and not depende

Re: Java3D working at all?!?

1998-05-28 Thread Matt Zagni
Peter, I'm unsure of how the solaris version of 1.2 beta 3 is compiled but I think its to do with the libs. I found the same problem you think your there and any version of java will work on any platform, but once to download it and then attempt to use the javac or appletviewer it complains abo