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Re: AppleCommander bugs and glitches

On 05/30/2011 07:07 PM, John B. Matthews wrote:

In article<-tqdnfWxvJdQKH7QnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d@giganews.com>,
  Steven Hirsch<snhirsch@gmail.com>  wrote:


Let me know if you see something obvious. I've tried to tread
gingerly on Rob's code largely to avoid breaking platforms that I
don't use.


I'm about the last person you'd want picking through Java code,
unfortunately. I know enough about it to be dangerous, but not enough
to even have a clue how to rebuild and test any modifications.


I understand; it sounds like you have a work-around. I can do limited
regression testing in emulation, but I don't have the resources for full
development on linux. If I may ask: What version are you using? What
package(s) did you install to meet the SWT dependency?
I don't think you need a development environment, just a linux VM with java runtime and the swt libs. For Ubuntu, the packages are: 

openjdk-6-jre
openjdk-6-jre-lib
libswt-gtk-3.5-java
libswt-gtk-3.5-jni
(not even sure all of the above are required, but I didn't want to uninstall things just to find out) 

My system is 64-bit.


As an aside, I used your method to launch AppleCommander from the Mac OS
command line, and it exhibited the same hang-on-exit anomaly reported
here earlier. I suspect I've run afoul of the 32- to 64-bit transition,
but the result is illuminating. Thanks. For reference:

cd AppleCommander.app/Contents/Resources/Java
java -d32 -XstartOnFirstThread -Dswt.library.path=. \
     -cp .:swt.jar:AppleCommander.jar \
     com.webcodepro.applecommander.ui.AppleCommander


64-bit vs. 32-bit? So much for "write once, run anywhere"...
FWIW, I have never seen AC hang on exit. There really _isn't_ a direct means to exit, however, is there? I always close it by destroying the window with a click on the "X" button.