[brailleblaster] Re: I broke some of the paths, how can I fix them

From: Alex Jurgensen <asquared21@xxxxxxxxx>
To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 01:06:48 -0800

Hi,

It looks as if SWT supports PPC.

Regards,
Alex,


On 2011-02-01, at 12:52 AM, Michael Whapples wrote:

> John, it does make a difference whether the libraries are compiled for 32-bit 
> or 64-bit. What really matters is what architecture of the JVM is for, IE. a 
> 32-bit JVM won't like using native libraries for 64-bit, or vice versa. Also 
> some older Macs were powerPC, however I would raise a question of whether 
> supporting powerPC is worth while. I am not sure how long ago the last 
> powerPC based Macs were produced, I think it was a few years ago now, is 
> there a powerPC version of SWT, etc?
> 
> Michael Whapples
> On 01/02/11 03:11, John J. Boyer wrote:
>> Java is supposed to be compile once, run anywhere. The jar files are
>> platform-independent except for the swt.jar which includes native
>> libraries. I'm not sure, but I think that if the native libraries are
>> compiled for 32 bits they will work on 64 bits, with perhaps a small
>> drop in performance.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:54:59AM -0800, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
>>> Hi John,
>>> 
>>> Let me get something straight. There are different versions of the Jars 
>>> found in the "lib" directory for 32-bit and 64-bit platforms, right?
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Alex,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2011-01-31, at 11:44 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You will have to change org.brailleblaster.BBIni.java Change
>>>> nativeLibraryPath. If you moved the library with the jar files you will
>>>> have to give a classpath Could you avoid this problem? Porting should be
>>>> as simple as possible.
>>>> 
>>>> John
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:12:36AM -0800, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Whe I was building my latest edition of my Braille Blaster mock up, I 
>>>>> moved the "lib" and "native" subdirectories.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What do I need to pass in at the command-line to get BB to work again?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Your help with this is greatly appreciated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Alex,
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Alex Jurgensen,
>>>>> VoiceOver Trainer,
>>>>> ASquared21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                      
>>>>> 
>>>>> Visit us on the web at: www.vipbc.org
>>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
>>>> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
>>>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>>>> Madison, Wisconsin USA
>>>> Developing software for people with disabilities
>>>> 
>>>> 
> 
>

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