Re: Hi, there

1998-10-02 Thread David Buddrige
>Hi, all, > >I am new to Linux and I'm glad to find out there is a Java port on Linux. As always, the coolest Operating system on the planet also has a Java Compiler (actually, quite a few 8-) )... For all things Java and Linux, goto http://java.blackdown.org/java-linux.html >I would like to

Re: How long will it take to port 1.1.7 ?

1998-10-02 Thread Andrew Burgess
In mail.java-linux "Kevin B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >As for how long it will take to port 1.1.7? >This will depend on how many changes were made to the source from 1.1.6. >Most of our diffs should apply directly but we will have to apply them by >hand to each file to make sure th

Re: How long will it take to port 1.1.7 ?

1998-10-02 Thread Uncle George
same here, but in reality it was that admin that was a lot faster than production - ie the paperwork was ready, but the source wasn't - oh well gat BTW, i looked at the POSTed on the archives ( it didn't seem to make it on the list itself for me ) about the JIT from metrowerks. It seems a littl

Re: Netscape 4.05 support Java 1.1??

1998-10-02 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Not really. Check this out (it's been there for a long time): http://developer.netscape.com/software/jdk/download.html There is a special version of 4.05 that suports jdk1.1 Unfortunately, the 4.04 patch won't work with standard 4.05. But, since you 'll have to spend a lot of time downloading, I a

Hi, there

1998-10-02 Thread Kevin Yeung
Hi, all, I am new to Linux and I'm glad to find out there is a Java port on Linux. I would like to contribute a bit by writing some C programs. However, I don't know the inside of Java so I will need your help. Please write me if I can be of any help. Thanks. -- K

Kaffe

1998-10-02 Thread Didier Boucard [98-99]
Hello, I've tried Kaffe under linux to see if it worked fine. I've found no problem to run jdk classes, but it's really slow: on the class I've tested, it's about 4 times slower than under the jdk 1.1.6 from blackdown. What I would know is if something exists to make it faster ? Is Guavac a goo

Re: Netscape 4.05 support Java 1.1??

1998-10-02 Thread Mario Camou
Hi, The NoSuchMethodError on AWT 1.1 methods is one of the surest ways of testing whether a browser supports 1.1 or not...if you get it, it doesn't. Get Netscape 4.06, it reportedly DOES support 1.1. Chi-Ming Yang wrote: > Hi there, > I got netscape 4.05 that came with RedHat 5.1. Does i

Re: Netscape 4.05 support Java 1.1??

1998-10-02 Thread Juergen Kreileder
> Dan Kegel writes: Dan> Chi-Ming Yang wrote: >> I got netscape 4.05 that came with RedHat 5.1. >> Does it support Java 1.1? ... Dan> No. You need netscape 4.5pr2, I think. Yes, but netscape 4.06 supports Java 1.1 as well. >> I have JDK1.1.6 installed. Will that help n

Re: Netscape 4.05 support Java 1.1??

1998-10-02 Thread Dan Kegel
Chi-Ming Yang wrote: >I got netscape 4.05 that came with RedHat 5.1. >Does it support Java 1.1? ... No. You need netscape 4.5pr2, I think. >I have JDK1.1.6 installed. Will that help netscape? No. Netscape 4.x doesn't have a good way to use an external JRE (unless you count the Java Plugin). -

RE: Dynamic modification of CLASSPATH

1998-10-02 Thread Will Wood
>> There is any way to change the value of CLASSPATH dynamicaly. The Default Classloader doesn't expose a method that allows it to be manipulated. However you can accomplish this by building your own Classloader that incorporates the functionality. There's an excellent reference classloader i

Netscape 4.05 support Java 1.1??

1998-10-02 Thread Chi-Ming Yang
Hi there, I got netscape 4.05 that came with RedHat 5.1. Does it support Java 1.1? I tried the following and got errors: I have JDK1.1.6 installed. Will that help netscape? Thanks http://www.javasoft.com/applets/jdk/1.1/demo/NervousText/index.html #Applet exception: error: java.lan

Re: Where Can I find libBrokenLocale.so ?

1998-10-02 Thread peter . pilgrim
No my problem was getting the [RETURN] key to produce newlines in a XmTextWidget (Motif Toolkit as used in the JDK). The only trick that did it for me was Emacs Control-J ;-) It is a bit of nuisance not having the Return key work in any apps that have statically linked Mot

Re: Trouble JDK 1.1.6 + HOTJAVA

1998-10-02 Thread Alexander Davydenko
Michael Sinz wrote: > If that is the only Java VM on your system, then it should not cause > a problem. However, setting this can lead to problems if you install > a new JDK to try it and forget to unset it. :) i have 3 versions installed. Just use link to what i want. > With so many different

Re: Where Can I find libBrokenLocale.so ?

1998-10-02 Thread Alexander Davydenko
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is the source code available, because I have Slackware 3.5 not RHL. > If you have trouble with fonts, try to play with a font.properties.? file for your locale. It was solving a problem for me. I've never needed that lib. -- Cheers. Alexander

Re: Trouble JDK 1.1.6 + HOTJAVA

1998-10-02 Thread Michael Sinz
On Fri, 02 Oct 1998 18:16:59 +0400, Alexander Davydenko wrote: >> > > * You DO NOT need to set JAVA_HOME. Doing so can be bad for your health >> >> What makes you think HotJava needs JAVA_HOME? Look at the launching script. I >> think you need to set JDK_HOME (or JRE_HOME) but not JAVA_HOME,

Re: How long will it take to port 1.1.7 ?

1998-10-02 Thread Kevin B. Hendricks
Hi, Sun has messed up its non-commercial source distribution once again! I received my e-mail to grab the 1.1.7 source archive and the name they sent to me was simply not found. I asked the other porters and the same thing has held true for everyone who has tried to download anything! Sun mad

Re: Trouble JDK 1.1.6 + HOTJAVA

1998-10-02 Thread Alexander Davydenko
> > > * You DO NOT need to set JAVA_HOME. Doing so can be bad for your health > > What makes you think HotJava needs JAVA_HOME? Look at the launching script. I > think you need to set JDK_HOME (or JRE_HOME) but not JAVA_HOME, but the script > is the final arbiter. I can't catch a thought... W

Re: Need help with initial Java setup

1998-10-02 Thread Alexander Davydenko
> Michael> Netscape does equally complex stuff. It tries to find > Michael> itself (and there is a setting but I forgot what it was) > Michael> and once it does, it does even more by automatically > Michael> adding *all* jar files in the directory where it stores > Michael> it

Re: Write Once Run Anywhere? - MYSTERY SOLVED

1998-10-02 Thread Wim Ceulemans
>And one more minor problem: >The one difference between the program on the two systems is a >JOptionsPane. On the linux side it behaves correctly. On the Win95 side it >truncates the message. Is there some way to control this? This is a known bug for Win95. I just downloaded the latest Swing

Re: Dynamic modification of CLASSPATH

1998-10-02 Thread peter . pilgrim
You can also get the classpath from SystemProperty( "java.classpath" ) or something like that. Then use you write a PathnameResolve sth that search for the classes by looking at each of the separated directory. You could use the StringTokenizer(":") to get each direc

Re: EVERYONE: javac segmentation fault

1998-10-02 Thread peter . pilgrim
When I last looked I could not see in jdk-1.1.6v2. I can think you should create a new text file called `PROBLEMS' to focus the naive installer attention. Put also the bugfixes and remedies in this file and put a ptr in the README.linux file. Pete __

Re: Write Once Run Anywhere?

1998-10-02 Thread peter . pilgrim
The $1 and $2 are inner classes This is how the Java Compiler generates Anonymous Inner classes. So on a linux environment you do need them. May when you copy these filenames the result is garbage filenames. For this reason it is better to package all `

Re: Write Once Run Anywhere? - MYSTERY SOLVED

1998-10-02 Thread Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen wrote: > Nelson Minar wrote: > > > >However, most of your proposed solutions fall wide of the mark. > > > > Gee, so sorry. Again, there's no fundamental problem with Linux Java, > > the problem is something in your own environment. > > I'm sure you're right. I was just trying to fi

Re: Write Once Run Anywhere?

1998-10-02 Thread Steve Cohen
Nelson Minar wrote: > >However, most of your proposed solutions fall wide of the mark. > > Gee, so sorry. Again, there's no fundamental problem with Linux Java, > the problem is something in your own environment. I'm sure you're right. I was just trying to figure out what that was. > >Now here

Re: Write Once Run Anywhere?

1998-10-02 Thread Steve Cohen
Rob Nugent wrote: > Are you on JDK 1.1 on your Win95 Box ? > > Try doing a "java -version" on both platforms. If you are trying to run JDK1.1 > compiled code on JDK 1.0 that might cause problems. > > Rob > > -- > > Rob Nugent > Development Manager > UniKix Technologies Europe > [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Write Once Run Anywhere?

1998-10-02 Thread Rob Nugent
Are you on JDK 1.1 on your Win95 Box ? Try doing a "java -version" on both platforms. If you are trying to run JDK1.1 compiled code on JDK 1.0 that might cause problems. Rob -- Rob Nugent Development Manager UniKix Technologies Europe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 (0) 1489 585503 Fax: +44 (0) 14

Re: Dynamic modification of CLASSPATH

1998-10-02 Thread Richy Gao
You could write your own class loader. Domingo Pinya wrote: > Hi: > >There is any way to change the value of CLASSPATH dynamicaly, that is, > how I can include a new directory into CLASSPATH after my program is > runnning, to instantiate a class that is inside it? > > Thanks. >

How long will it take to port 1.1.7 ?

1998-10-02 Thread Gerald Gutierrez
I'm curious. How long does it usually take to port the full 1.1 JDK ? I'd guess that since all the 1.1.x are all just bugfixes of the previous version, the changes shouldn't be that extensive. Having all the changes made to the previous versions should speed things up too. Am I wrong ?

Dynamic modification of CLASSPATH

1998-10-02 Thread Domingo Pinya
Hi: There is any way to change the value of CLASSPATH dynamicaly, that is, how I can include a new directory into CLASSPATH after my program is runnning, to instantiate a class that is inside it? Thanks. _ Domingo Pin

Re: Netscape 4.06 running Java Applets with sound files.

1998-10-02 Thread Robert Lynch
Linda DeBoer wrote: > > G'day > I have spent the last 4 days trying to find info on this on the net, > FAQ's etc. I cannot find anything to help. > > I have Netscape 4.06 running on Linux with JDK 1.1.6. My MIME Type > is setup for " ULAW cat %s > /dev/audio". > If I select the "my