Re: unsubscribe doesn't work

1999-04-12 Thread John Summerfield
r to send it to /dev/null? Or, if you control a sendmail 8.9, add the source email address to /etc/mail/accept followed by the word "REJECT" [summer@os2 mail]$ cat access uu.net REJECT [EMAIL PROTECTED] REJECT whynot.net REJECT [summer@os2 mail]$ -- Cheers John Summerfield htt

Re: Java and testing

1999-04-10 Thread John Summerfield
banks could cope with Biil Gates opening an account and depositing funds equal to his nett worth? -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index. --

Re: bz2 File format.

1999-04-05 Thread John Summerfield
to try searching the fine repository at > http://www.freshmeat.net for any mysterious piece of Linux software you are > looking for. or your distribution CD or download site. It's been on RH distros for some time. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 su

Re: Curious about glibc 2.1 also... Redhat 6.0?

1999-04-04 Thread John Summerfield
x27;s important > that some JDK run on the major distributions.. 5.9 is all dressed up in 2.1. Can't even install most of the rpms I've tried for lack of prerequisites. I suggest those with problems post to the redhat-devel list too. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/o

Re: JDK 1.2 won't run JFC demo

1999-04-02 Thread John Summerfield
/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/lib /u01/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/jdbc/lib [summer@emu .Mail]$ After changing it, run ldconfig -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index. --

Re: go back to gzip!

1999-04-01 Thread John Summerfield
has an option to specify an alternative compression program: I've not tried it, but I expect it works. Certainly you can bzip2 -cd ... | tar xf- -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index. -

Re: go back to gzip!n

1999-04-01 Thread John Summerfield
distribution. Isn't that a fabulous idea? Why didn't > anyone else come up with it? It's the obvious thing to do, isn't it? It Since everyone with linux has or can get bzip2, why? -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 suppo

Re: Timer granularityn

1999-03-29 Thread John Summerfield
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Peter Kovacs wrote: > On linux the granularity of the timer (GregorianCalendar.time) seems to be on >millisecond level, while on Windows NT on 10 > milliseconds level. Does anyone know, why? Broken windows? -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/

Re: JDBC for Oracle?????n

1999-03-26 Thread John Summerfield
s Oracle, can I have to install JDBC for >ORACLE? > > 2. Where can I get the JDBC, which can support ORACLE, if I need to? It's included, at least in the version I downloaded (8.0.5). -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, netw

Re: rm

1999-03-16 Thread John Summerfield
nexion with Linux is moot. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: Java-Linux mailing list weirdnesses

1999-03-15 Thread John Summerfield
I hate that idea. better to set the list up properly so that mailing errors go to the list manager, not to the list or its subscribers. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, ne

Re: Questions concerning jikes.

1999-03-14 Thread John Summerfield
On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Justin Knotzke wrote: > Also, is there a noticeable difference in speed? Only one order of magnitude. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites in

Re: glibc upgrade breaks jdk?

1999-02-28 Thread John Summerfield
.0.7pre6 is all that's required for kernel 2.2.2 (which I'm running). I have glibc-2.0.7-29 and java's fine here. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networkin

Re: Servlet support in linux

1999-02-27 Thread John Summerfield
am > which can link the apache with my program, but > is that the most efficient approach ? > Thanks .. > get jserv from someplace around the apache web site. Build it according to instructions rebuild apache as necessary Install the bits Enjoy it. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://o

Re: Great!

1999-02-24 Thread John Summerfield
o me perfectly reasonable (and perfectly on-topic) to ask. If/when Steve makes good on his plan, a copy of the current status report should go to new subscribers AND a one-liner added to all postings here: something like: java 2 status report last updated 1999/02/23 http://www.blackdown.org/steve/java2

Re: Applet

1999-02-20 Thread John Summerfield
decent book or two. Start with java.sun.com and download the java tutorial. Just about everything you can find there, JDKs aside, applies to Linux and any other Java implementation. Where you need to choose betwen WIN* and Solaris, take the Solaris path. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com

Re: Mailing list trouble

1999-02-20 Thread John Summerfield
pped the ball. As I recall, the problem was a lack of bandwidth. I suggested the possibility of an improved sendmail configuration (to use a higher-bandwidth upstream service as a smart relay). There was a little more discussion on configuration and then it tailed off. I assume the bandwidth proble

Re: little endian & big endian

1999-02-03 Thread John Summerfield
;d expect on a big-endian machine (where I'm much more practiced and comfortable). On a little-endian machine, the integer 0a0d is stored as bytes 0x0b, 0x0a. To see what the hardware is really doing, yu have to be able to redefine storage. You can do this in fortran, cobol, PL/1, C and C++. However, not in java. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Minimum configuration for JRE use?

1999-02-01 Thread John Summerfield
;s slower). 20 Mb disk will be a problem: I'm not even sure you can get a reasonably functional Linux system in so little. If you're on a LAN you can load java across it without difficulty. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Minimum configuration for JRE use?

1999-02-01 Thread John Summerfield
the job donw quickly. For program execution, my programs have all night in front of them: so long as they complete, I don't care much how long they take. Of course, where there's UI involved, application performance matters, but I don't imagine Scot cares about that. -- Cheers John Su

Re: bouncing mail

1999-01-26 Thread John Summerfield
uld bounce to the list manager. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Messed Up Date Validation In 1.1.7

1999-01-26 Thread John Summerfield
month of 0 (it adjusted the year to suit). I'd like to be able to find the day of the week (no market prices today? It's Sunday? That's okay then!), the difference between two dates (how old will Mum be on Jan 1 2001?), to store and manipulate dates in and before the last cen

segmentation violation - any developers listening - fixed

1999-01-25 Thread John Summerfield
lar program all. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

segmentation violation - any developers listening?

1999-01-25 Thread John Summerfield
ux possum.os2.ami.com.au 2.2.0-pre7 #2 Thu Jan 21 16:28:56 WST 1999 i686 unknown Last time I installed this box, it was RH 5.0. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: jikes & '$' in variable names....

1999-01-21 Thread John Summerfield
> RTFM. Use "jikes -$". I'm not sure why they make that an option that's > off by default, but you can turn it on. Because it's naughty. Shouldn't use $s in variable names. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Is there a good java Linux debugger?

1999-01-21 Thread John Summerfield
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Andre Paradis wrote: > Hi, > > Could you suggest a couple a good java debuggers under > > linux (free ones are prefered, but any suggestion welcomed) Have you tried jikes debugger from http://www.alphaworks.com/ -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.

Re: jikes and java.lang

1999-01-21 Thread John Summerfield
va classes such as java.lang.System, java.lang.Thread, java.lang.Integer. It's in classes.zip. Check that you have CLASSPATH and the other JDK environment variables set. Reread the jikes docs. Go visit the jikes forum & ask there: the author watches it and doubtless is better able to hel

testing - two days with no mail

1999-01-15 Thread John Summerfield
Just wondering if the list's broken. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

RE: [ATTENTION]: Mailing List Changes

1999-01-13 Thread John Summerfield
27;s just a perll script for feeding email to news. To send your replies, make the newsgroup a moderated one and feed them into another script via sendmail. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: [ATTENTION]: Mailing List Changes

1999-01-12 Thread John Summerfield
ur IAP. The best thing from your pint of view is that the improvement will be immediate: it can be achieved today (yesterday my time). -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: suggestion for list (was: Re: STOP asking about Java 1.2 / 2)

1999-01-10 Thread John Summerfield
On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Chris Abbey wrote: > The recent on-list exchange between John Summerfield and Kontorotsui has > brought a background thought of mine to the foreground, so I'd like to share > it with the list and see what the general opinion is. > > I suggest that the cur

Re: STOP asking about Java 1.2 / 2

1999-01-09 Thread John Summerfield
is absolutely normal behaviour for people to ask for information. You should not assume everyone is up to your skills, or that everyone knows of the existance (or location) of the FAQ. Neither should you assume that it's convenient for everyone to retrieve the FAQ: I for one read most info offl

Re: (long) finalizer() - potential bug

1999-01-07 Thread John Summerfield
| | > java/lang/System.getSecurityManager()Ljava/lang/SecurityManager; (0) entered # main [ 2] | | < java/lang/System.getSecurityManager()Ljava/lang/SecurityManager; returning # main [ 2] | | > java/lang/Runtime.runFinalizersOnExit0(Z)V (1) entered # main [ 2] | | < java/lang/Runtime.runFinalizersOnExit0(Z)V returning # main [ 1] | < java/lang/Runtime.runFinalizersOnExit(Z)V returning # main [ 0] < G.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V returning [summer@possum data]$ I've not looked closely at what happens on emu, but it's voluminous and shows my finalizer being called. Just for the hell of it, I compiled with javac on both machines (I normally run jikes): results are the same (finalizer called/notcalled, didn't look at the trace). -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: finalize() again

1999-01-06 Thread John Summerfield
what is happening in the > > submitter's case; it works in JDK 1.1.5 out of sheer luck. The only way to > > guarantee that you've dropped all references to an object is to ensure that > > all threads that have ever referenced the object have terminated." In my case, I ha

RE: Jdk1.2 status ???

1999-01-06 Thread John Summerfield
s and read mail offline. Please? -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: finalizer()

1999-01-06 Thread John Summerfield
On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Daniel W. Dulitz x108 wrote: > John Summerfield writes: > > Someone mentioned offline (please, all, keep discussion ON the list) that > > it's possible to force garbage collection. My code has the necessary > > statements to do that (two versions

Re: finalizer()

1999-01-05 Thread John Summerfield
statements to do that (two versions that I found). > > Catalin CLIMOV. > > John Summerfield wrote: > > > I have this code: > > public class F > >{ > > protected void finalize() throws Throwable > > { > > System.out.

Re: Some initial impressions (was: emacs vs xemacs)

1999-01-05 Thread John Summerfield
asing their JVM for > Linux ... I'm really looking forward to that. I don't know about JVM: I saw a mention of the x86 JIT here. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

finalizer()

1999-01-05 Thread John Summerfield
. [summer@possum summer]$ java -fullversion java full version "Linux_JDK_1.1.7_v1a_green_threads" I'm running RedHat Linux 5.0, kernel 2.0.36: [summer@possum summer]$ uname -a Linux possum.os2.ami.com.au 2.0.36 #4 Wed Dec 30 20:13:06 WST 1998 i686 unknown -- Cheers John Summerfi

Re: How do I set the CLASSPATH variable ?

1999-01-05 Thread John Summerfield
c/profile.d/java I have a list of directories, zips & jars to add. Other systems, other shells do it differently. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Java Shell

1999-01-03 Thread John Summerfield
illating performance from a 486. One of the unresolved penalties of java is its overhead. Interpretation costs about an order of magnitude more CPU than native code. For developed code you could explore the field of java-to-native compilers: there are several around. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: An IDE for C and JAVA

1998-12-22 Thread John Summerfield
Java includes Swing. The entry version is free and available for OS/2 and NT. I've heard rumours of a Linux version coming. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

java.lang.ClassCastException

1998-12-22 Thread John Summerfield
ct and do NOT cc the list (else my mail filter will catch it). -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: An IDE for C and JAVA

1998-12-22 Thread John Summerfield
from the Beaninfo classes acompanying the beans (and generates Beaninfo classes for my application). That's what a good java IDE can give, and I don't really imagine XEmacs can come close. It's also why VAJ (and I imagine its competitors) need a strong computer. no puny P100s wit

Re: Java 1.2 (Java 2) functionality

1998-12-20 Thread John Summerfield
the work) Sun does validate the port. Sun does supply the source code and (resumably) technical assistance. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Request For OS Sys Props [was Re: Reading (All) EnvVars ]

1998-12-16 Thread John Summerfield
load(bis); System.setProperties(P); System.getProperties().list(System.out); // list all properties } catch (Exception e) {e.printStackTrace();} } } you will get a list of all properties. Amongst them you will find file and path separators: use these and don't care what y

Re: Reading (All) Environment Variables in W95/NT

1998-12-15 Thread John Summerfield
for WIN9x, but I assume that it's compatible in this respect with NT. > -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: java rpms (jdk, tya, kaffe, documnetations)

1998-12-15 Thread John Summerfield
1.3-1.noarch.rpm > java-tutorial-1.3-1.src.rpm Sun expressly forbids this. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Linux Red Hat ethernet driver

1998-12-14 Thread John Summerfield
ram doesn't list it amongst its drivers from which to select. I have > the file, but don't know how to "install" it manually. Its name is tlan.o > and is in the directory with all the other ethernet drivers. > > This is probably really easy, but I'm stumped, >

Re: Reading (All) Environment Variables in W95/NT

1998-12-14 Thread John Summerfield
er thing as well? > Also when I tried extending my `PATH' under W95 I got `out of environment Read the docs on command.com - you need to expand the environment space. Commandline lenght is acutely limited and you can't expand it. > space' or something? > > Howe

Re: Killing Applets in browsers

1998-12-14 Thread John Summerfield
gt; > Catalyst ONE AS > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] afaik the applet can't do it, but the user CAN. With netscape, hold the shift key down while clicking "reload." Or use the appletviewer. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: [FYI] Java violates US patent?

1998-12-08 Thread John Summerfield
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Alex Pozgaj wrote: > > Just a minor nit-pick: not every implementation did that. > > Let me guess... you too are comming from the Sinclair world, aren't you? miscrosoft (mbasic) did. cbasic did. Natural & Adacom did it in 1980. -- Cheers John S

Re: [FYI] Java violates US patent?

1998-12-08 Thread John Summerfield
anyone ever bothered to run a Natural program in ISPF (entirely possible in the late 80s) then they've done pretty much everything mentioned in Cringle's article. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: oracle

1998-12-05 Thread John Summerfield
mer 20971520 Oct 10 06:19 805ship.5 -rw-r--r-- 1 summer summer 20971520 Oct 10 06:20 805ship.6 -rw-r--r-- 1 summer summer 19214240 Oct 10 06:21 805ship.7 -rw-rw-r-- 1 summer summer 726035 Nov 14 17:22 oas_install.pdf -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/

Re: jikes vs. javac

1998-12-05 Thread John Summerfield
werJ for getting > performance with sun javac). What does David say about this? -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: nested classes, packages, and javac depend

1998-12-04 Thread John Summerfield
rks.ibm.com/formula/Jikes/ (it's > available as a link from the blackdown site). but wait til after the weekend. The current version, 0.40 has a problem with the -d switch (no worries if you don't use it). 0.41 is supposed to be in place Mon. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.c

Re: The bug is still there (and problems with the 1.1.7-v1a) (Re

1998-12-04 Thread John Summerfield
On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Kontorotsui wrote: > > On 03-Dec-98 John Summerfield wrote: > >> [About parse method] > >> Should I do a bug report to the Java developers? > > > >That is a good idea. > >It would be sensible first to verify it in an applet in Net

Re: Servlets ??

1998-12-04 Thread John Summerfield
3. Note the scripts are as I used them and run on my computer with bas 2.0. If you're using bash 1.4 or some other script you may need to make some changes. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index. #

Re: nested classes, packages, and javac depend

1998-12-04 Thread John Summerfield
t seems fine. Whether javac is broken or not, in such cases it's good to get a second opinion. Besides, jikes is about ten times faster: I kid you not. -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: The bug is still there (and problems with the 1.1.7-v1a) (Re:A bug in the parse me

1998-12-02 Thread John Summerfield
can bypass this by running export JDK_NO_VERS_CHECK=don\'tbother or the csh equivalent. > > every time I run java and javac. The number seems to be the PID and this > happens with my standard user and the superuser. > Beside the annoying message, anything works fine. > -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: JDK install

1998-12-02 Thread John Summerfield
at are shipped with this release. The default one depends on having X libraries present on your system, and has Motif statically linked in (so it does not require Motif to be installed on your machine). One other version has no dependency on X, and -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.a

Re: Idiot Trap!!!

1998-11-30 Thread John Summerfield
TECTED]), are bound to get struck on the mailing list. If you emailed [EMAIL PROTECTED], you will have found this idiot had an altogether different agenda. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: jdk1.2

1998-11-30 Thread John Summerfield
t JDK-1.2 to Linux. I read the article at Sun rather carefully. It does not lead me to believe that Sun is doing thw writing, but rather that the folk here at Blackdown are given similar standing to other third-party porters such as IBM. I've also seen a report to that effect here. Cheer

Re: Using "setSize" with a Frame.

1998-11-29 Thread John Summerfield
: I've deleted the source and can't be bothered retyping it. However, by changing setSize(100,100); to setSize(1100,100); and nothing else, the program works as expected. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Stupid PopupMenu question (retry)

1998-11-28 Thread John Summerfield
Component.java:1781) > at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:1708) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:81) > > The documentation for PopupMenu.show() mentions a "parent", but I can't > figure out how to >

Re: Using "setSize" with a Frame.

1998-11-28 Thread John Summerfield
86-3.3.2-5 RH 5.0++ JDK116 (117 has arrived here and will be installed RSN) Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Using "setSize" with a Frame.

1998-11-28 Thread John Summerfield
On 29 Nov 1998, Juergen Kreileder wrote: > It opens a frame with the size 1100x100. You and I should read more closely. 1100x100 works correctly here. 100x100 doesn't. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Using "setSize" with a Frame.

1998-11-28 Thread John Summerfield
sing the app in a different context and perhaps setting its frame to another size. Sometimes it's a good idea to use getToolkit() to find the underlying screen size and making your window some proportion of this so it is about the same physical size regardless of screen resolution. Cheers J

Re: CLASSPATH confusion

1998-11-26 Thread John Summerfield
ork a little differently on other distributions. I have to do it a little differently on OS/2 which can't cope with the commandline size needed to set all these jars at once. Here's the find command to locate the jars. The list will need some tweaking to weed out demos and any other junk. find /usr/java -name *.jar Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: How to Write MakeFile ?

1998-11-26 Thread John Summerfield
ctory's most likely to be convenient. The script will typically have the command ... better, here's one: #!/bin/bash jikes -d ~/Classes MyStocks.java \ Records/*.java \ Reports/*.java \ Reports/*/*.java \ || exit java Stocks.MyStocks which will probab

Tried to free bogus memory

1998-11-26 Thread John Summerfield
I don't hear in time I'll asome you think t might be fixed and I'll ignore it, at least till I have jdk117 in place. I can give it a try on OS/2 if needed: it's got IBM's latest 116 (and I'm trying to get 117 for that too. I might be sleeping, but my computer will b

Re: Java programming env (newbie question)

1998-11-24 Thread John Summerfield
On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Matt Welsh wrote: > > You probably have Kaffe installed, which is a free Java Virtual Machine > replacement. > the command rpm -qf `which javac` will confirm. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking,

Re: BDK

1998-11-17 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, John Summerfield wrote: > What I really have is a file called BDKJul98.bin and which includes a shell Laugh on. I now see a file called BDKJul98.zip which is smaller and (presumambly) really will run anywhere. Now, if someone can stand up, salute their national flag

Re: Basic installation. Please Help.

1998-11-17 Thread John Summerfield
(and it's all free), and I create something roughly equivalent to hotjava using the POP3, SMTP & FTP bts I got from IBM, Swing 1.1, collections 1.1 (SUN) then my distribution's getting cumbersome and may not perform well either on some platforms, at least during startup. Worse yet

BDK

1998-11-17 Thread John Summerfield
I do now? While you folk are laughing yourselves silly at my stupidity, I'm going back to have another look at sun just in case. If sun's not the best place to get BDK, then where? Oh yes, I'll attach my fixed script just in case someone finds it useful: hasn't done me any

Re: Basic installation. Please Help.

1998-11-16 Thread John Summerfield
path to > each jar you want to use). I do hope someone comes up with a better idea than classpath RSN: mine runs to well over 2K. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Linux JDK Bug -

1998-11-16 Thread John Summerfield
line docs, your solaris docs are fine. ps Quite likely you have libc as well: I understand it gets installed as a compatibility measure as glibc isn't binary-compatible with libc. This command will tell you: rpm -q libc glibc and maybe return libc-5.3.12-24 glibc-2.0.7-19 Cheers John S

Re: Mouse Clicks

1998-11-15 Thread John Summerfield
the host environment, but a great way to trick programmers into writing non-portable code. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: [Java-Linux] about this list ...

1998-11-14 Thread John Summerfield
m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailing-List: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archive/latest/3476 X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (And i hope i won't be flamed, these are only my opinions after all... ;^) I don't flame people. However, if I see a stoopid idea I say so, and

Re: Retrieving a fully qualified hostname under NT

1998-11-14 Thread John Summerfield
emu.os2.ami.com.au, but it illustrates the point. Be aware the domain names might not match either: I could configure a domain charlie.ibm.com and map it to the same IP addresses I use for os2.ami.com.au. I imagine I can provide both reverse mappings too: that could really confuse things. Cheer

Re: Low level disk access

1998-11-11 Thread John Summerfield
, the disk content is effectively destroyed and you'll need to repartition & reformat. However, if the overhead's a problem, Java's not the language to use: it's full of overheads. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

RE: JDK licensing (was Re: A Scenerio)

1998-11-11 Thread John Summerfield
When java comes from the Solaris people (or from IBM for OS/2 etc and so forth) it's going to be used by people who ARE betting their business on it and the quality perception is different. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: A bug in appletviewer

1998-10-29 Thread John Summerfield
On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, John Summerfield wrote: > > I have seen insets mentioned in the JDK documentation, but only in the > context of a ScrollPane. > > Seems I've some code to change. Sob. > I'll assume that Insets fixes the problem - it was, in any event, seco

Re: A bug in appletviewer

1998-10-29 Thread John Summerfield
,80 + top); > g.drawString(s3,5 + left ,120 + top); Then let's blame Peter van der Linden whose book, Just Java, doesn't mention insets in the index nor, so far as I can see scanning chapters, in any code examples. I have seen insets mentioned in the JDK documentation, but only in the c

A bug in appletviewer

1998-10-27 Thread John Summerfield
to tell me more precisely. However, the timestamp on java is "Aug 29 19:07." Cheer John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index. // import java.applet.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*;

Re: CoffeeShop(java IDE)

1998-10-24 Thread John Summerfield
On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Ryuji Yokoyama wrote: > Hello All! > > Is anybody using CoffeeShop? please tell me con and pro about it. Is it > worth to spend $85? Costs $0 to try. Only you can decide what it's worth to you. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/

Re: Does Sun/JavaSoft support Java on Linux?

1998-10-24 Thread John Summerfield
On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Steve Byrne wrote: > John Summerfield writes: > > On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Baron Roberts wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I just read the java-linux FAQ but need to get a > > > bit more clarificati

Re: request for a sendmail java script

1998-10-23 Thread John Summerfield
o sendmail) and a gui to write letters and a demo application. While there, get jikes (a faster java compiler) and jikes debugger. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: nusty linux exception

1998-10-23 Thread John Summerfield
y extension to Frame when the object I'm dealing with is really a Frame. If searchButton is supposed to reference an extension to Button that has a setImageURL method but actually references a Button (extension) that doesn't have this method, this is what you'll get. Cheers J

Re: Does Sun/JavaSoft support Java on Linux?

1998-10-23 Thread John Summerfield
> asked for a user ID and password. > So register. Registration is free. It makes them happy. You are welcome to report Java problems that are not specific to Linux. At least. I feel as welcome there as anywhere on the www. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for

IBM & Linux

1998-10-20 Thread John Summerfield
addons. I just visited http://www.ibm.com/hci/ and finished up at http://www.software.ibm.com/ucd/ - there are some free downloads there too, some useful to java programmers. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: WINNERS

1998-10-10 Thread John Summerfield
TBALL > > ** CALL FOR TODAY'S WINNING PLAYS! > > ** VEGAS SMART MONEY...LATE INFORMATION PLAYS >DAILY1-900-726-9056 $25/CALL. > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Arbitrary Precision Arithmetic?

1998-10-09 Thread John Summerfield
rotten way to do decimal arithmetic (overheads MUST be horrendous) but nice when you really want those big numbers. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: stop the abonnement

1998-10-09 Thread John Summerfield
subscribed on account of this paragraph. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Java app without X installed

1998-10-07 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Steve Byrne wrote: > > > John Summerfield writes: > > > On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Steve Byrne wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Aw, come on, man! RTFM! I covered this in gr

Re: Java app without X installed

1998-10-07 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Steve Byrne wrote: > John Summerfield writes: > > On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Steve Byrne wrote: > > > > > > > > Aw, come on, man! RTFM! I covered this in great detail; you should take the > > > > Well I for one don't

Re: Java app without X installed

1998-10-07 Thread John Summerfield
found it necessary to install a part of XFree even though I don't want the gui. I can see no mention of this in any of the documentation included with the package jre1.1.6-v4a-i386-libc5.tar.gz. Exercise patience and courtesy in your replies. You too were a beginner once. Cheers John Summerf

Re: Problem installing JDK

1998-10-06 Thread John Summerfield
0_0006_01BDF03C.B5AF23E0 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > Must we have it in duplicate? Do us a favour and drop the HTML. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Java and CVS

1998-10-06 Thread John Summerfield
h use path for CLASSPATH -d dirwrite class files in directory dir These are the java compilers I use here. Both support -d to put the class files somewhere else altogether. Does this help? Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

Re: Kaffe

1998-10-04 Thread John Summerfield
er of magnitude faster than javac and the compiled code of the one program I test it on is a little faster. jikes is now my preferred compiler. IBM has some other nice addons too including a GUI debugger written in java. Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

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