Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-11 Thread daly
there used to be a bug in JDK that loaded ALL of the font files before starting Swing. perchance the bug has resurfaced. there used to be a FONTS environment variable that controlled the loading location. the fix was to set up a fonts directory with a small number of fonts and point the environm

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-11 Thread Louis Tribble
Nelson Minar wrote: > > >How can I get the swing classes for jdk117v3 > > Are there any tricks to making the first Swing > windows you create come up faster, so it at least feels faster? The main thing I can suggest is to make sure you're not doing any heavy lifting before your first window _fi

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-11 Thread Seth M. Landsman
On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 12:07:12PM -0400, Nelson Minar wrote: > >How can I get the swing classes for jdk117v3 > > Go to http://java.sun.com/, find the Swing page, and download the > release. All you really need out of it is swingall.jar, put it in your > classpath and you're set. > > A bit more

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-11 Thread Nelson Minar
>How can I get the swing classes for jdk117v3 Go to http://java.sun.com/, find the Swing page, and download the release. All you really need out of it is swingall.jar, put it in your classpath and you're set. A bit more on the Swing front - I was confusing slowness on startup with general slowne

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-11 Thread Bob Cadenza
How can I get the swing classes for jdk117v3, I already have jdk1.2v2 can I just use the swing that comes with that? If so how/what do I move? _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-11 Thread Nelson Minar
>>I've just started looking at using Swing for my Java project. >Question: doesn't java 1.2 include the swing classes? If you're >"just start"-ing to look at swing, why not start with java 1.2 instead? Because I have 25,000 lines of code with scary classloader and RMI hacking that I haven't port

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-11 Thread Larry Gates
>I've just started looking at using Swing for my Java project. It seems >really really slow. Is anyone here seriously using Swing under Linux, >without a JIT? Is there some way to improve things? Do JITs make >enough difference to make it bearable? Question: doesn't java 1.2 include the swing cl

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-10 Thread Peter Graves
My experience is quite similar to Armen's. My Swing app is a programmer's editor that I use heavily on both Linux and NT. I too have found Linux JDK 117v3 green threads to be a very nice environment. In my experience, TYA helps significantly, and I've never seen it introduce any instability. N

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-10 Thread Armen Yampolsky
Nelson, We are working on a CORBA-based java client that is pretty weighty in terms of Swing components -- JSplitPane, bunches of JInternalFrames, etc., all on the screen at once. Working on Linux using JDK117 v3, no JIT, it is certainly bearable, IMO. It is slow, Java in general is slow, unfortu

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-10 Thread Cynthia Jeness
Nelson, I seriously use Swing under Linux for a Media Librarian system. The performance that I see under Linux is comparable to the other platforms that I have access to; i.e., OS/2, Solaris 7 and Win98. In fact, Swing under Linux runs better than under OS/2 because of the lack of the JIT. I t

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-10 Thread Seth M. Landsman
On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 07:45:49PM -0400, Nelson Minar wrote: > I've just started looking at using Swing for my Java project. It seems > really really slow. Is anyone here seriously using Swing under Linux, > without a JIT? Is there some way to improve things? Do JITs make > enough difference to m