Sure. I can do that, but I'm working with Windows and maybe Linux. So it will have to wait until the Windows binaries are working and I can see what happens. Sure wish I had a Mac laptop-desktop-replacement. John On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 07:18:33PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > Hi John, > > Just one more thing. Can we activate the menu items once the Mac dependancies > are working? > > Regards, > Alex, > > > On 2011-07-12, at 5:49 PM, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > If you have compilations of the liblouis and liblouisutdml libraries for > > your platform the translate subcommand will produce .brl files. > > > > The build files for liblouis-2.dll already work and are in the > > repository. Those for liblouisutdml.dll are also in the repository, but > > I haven't been able to test the dll because it can't find its > > dependencies. I've asked Bert Frees to take a look. As soon as > > liblouisutdmlo.dll works I will activate the open and translate items on > > the BrailleBlaster menu. > > > > John > > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 04:56:27PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >> Hi John and All, > >> > >> I've been away from the Braille Blaster list for a while, so I have missed > >> some things. > >> > >> Fr instance, what exactly works with Braille Blaster at the moment? > >> > >> I need to be able to produce *.brl files for my embosser. Can anyone let > >> me know if this works yet. > >> > >> Any help is appreciated. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Alex, > >> > >> > >> On 2011-07-12, at 3:57 PM, John J. Boyer wrote: > >> > >>> I'm glad you have it working. We'll make some accommodations for various > >>> platforms in the Java code. > >>> > >>> John > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 03:36:44PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> Just to add to my last message, the "Exit" menu item is redundant on > >>>> Mac OS X. > >>>> > >>>> There is a "Quit" menu item in the "Application" Menu. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Alex, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 2011-07-12, at 3:00 PM, John J. Boyer wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I think you just need to get the SWT jar for the Mac and put it in > >>>>> brailleblaster/dist/lib I can't remember the URL offhand. It's too big > >>>>> to send as an attachment. > >>>>> > >>>>> John > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 02:22:05PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >>>>>> Hi Crhis, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> That fixed it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> However, running "Java jar BrailleBlaster.jar" gives the following: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: jar > >>>>>> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: jar > >>>>>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202) > >>>>>> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > >>>>>> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190) > >>>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) > >>>>>> at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301) > >>>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247) > >>>>>> Alexs-iMac:dist AlexJ$ > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I'm not sure why this is occuring. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> Alex, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On 2011-07-12, at 8:44 AM, Chris von See wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Extracting the BrailleBlaster zip file using Springy gives > >>>>>>> "permission denied" errors on each item in the archive. However, > >>>>>>> downloading the archive from "www.brailleblaster.org" and using the > >>>>>>> "sudo unzip brailleblaster-1.0.0.zip" command I was able to extract > >>>>>>> the archive, and upon doing so I noticed that the "brailleblaster" > >>>>>>> directory and all of its subdirectories and files have no permissions > >>>>>>> (that is, there are no user/group/world permission bits set). Using > >>>>>>> "sudo chmod -R" with appropriate permissions fixed the problem. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I'm running Mac OS X Leopard. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Cheers > >>>>>>> Chris > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Jul 12, 2011, at 7:33 AM, Cheryl Ann Homiak wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> There is indeed a problem with the brailleblaster release on the > >>>>>>>> Mac. When I unzipped it in terminal using the zip command, it > >>>>>>>> unzipped but crashed terminal. I could then only remove the > >>>>>>>> resulting brailleblaster directory by using the sudo command. When I > >>>>>>>> tried going into finder and using Unarchiver, I heard "Unarchiver" > >>>>>>>> but never found an open unarchiver window and the brailleblaster zip > >>>>>>>> file seems to now have disappeared from the directory I had it in > >>>>>>>> and no brailleblaster directory was completed. I am using an Intel > >>>>>>>> Mac mini running Snow Leopard and am not generally having problems > >>>>>>>> unpacking zip files either with unzip or Unarchiver. Not only do I > >>>>>>>> have the basic Unix system that comes with the Mac, but I also have > >>>>>>>> Macports and fink installed. To have a compiling problem is one > >>>>>>>> thing but there really shouldn't be a problem with just unzipping a > >>>>>>>> zip file. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>> Cheryl > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> "Let the words of my mouth, > >>>>>>>> and the meditation of my heart, > >>>>>>>> be acceptable in thy sight, > >>>>>>>> O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer." > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> (Psalm 19:14: Bible KJV) > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer > >>>>> Abilitiessoft, Inc. > >>>>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com > >>>>> Madison, Wisconsin USA > >>>>> Developing software for people with disabilities > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer > >>> Abilitiessoft, Inc. > >>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com > >>> Madison, Wisconsin USA > >>> Developing software for people with disabilities > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer > > Abilitiessoft, Inc. > > http://www.abilitiessoft.com > > Madison, Wisconsin USA > > Developing software for people with disabilities > > > > > -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities