[brailleblaster] Re: Some Thoughts
- From: "John J. Boyer" <johnjboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 12:51:06 -0600
Alex,
Sure. This is just the error I expected. If the native libraries had
been compiled for the Mac and the nativeLibrarySuffix adjested it
probably would have worked.
John
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 10:14:00AM -0800, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Testing your release on the Mac, without my app bundle does not work.
>
> I get the following errors:
>
>
> COPYRIGHT.txt getting-started.txt native
> LICENSE.txt helpDocs programData
> brailleblaster.jar lib
> Shelty-2:dist AlexJ$ java -jar brailleblaster.jar
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError:
> /Users/AlexJ/Downloads/brailleblaster-0-1.2.0/dist/native/lib/liblouisutdml.so:
> no suitable image found. Did find:
> /Users/AlexJ/Downloads/brailleblaster-0-1.2.0/dist/native/lib/liblouisutdml.so:
> unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x7F 0x45 0x4C 0x46 0x02 0x01 0x01 0x00
> at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1823)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1699)
> at java.lang.Runtime.load0(Runtime.java:770)
> at java.lang.System.load(System.java:1020)
> at org.liblouis.liblouisutdml.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
> at org.brailleblaster.BBIni.<init>(Unknown Source)
> at org.brailleblaster.BBIni.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
> at org.brailleblaster.Main.main(Unknown Source)
> Shelty-2:dist AlexJ$
>
> Any ideas what I can do?
>
> Regards,
> Alex,
>
>
> On 2011-02-02, at 9:51 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
>
> > Alex,
> >
> > I'm looking forward to seeing your moc-up. I always like looking at
> > source code.
> >
> > My release is a little strange. The swt.jar is for Windows, because that
> > is where I will test a GUI when there is one. I only use the command
> > line on Linux and don't have Gnome or anything else. The gtk and Windows
> > SWT jars have the same name swt.jar. I suppose the Mac one does also.
> > You will have to go to http://eclipse.org/swt
> >
> > I rather think that it doesn't matter whether the native libraries are
> > 32 or 64 bit, as long as the OS can run them. It shouldn't matter to the
> > JVM.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 09:26:12AM -0800, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> >> Hi John,
> >>
> >> I didn't notice the ")". That should have been an underscore.
> >>
> >> The reason why I have built my app bundle is to firstly address my own
> >> workflow and secondly to do something that I feel can contribute to the
> >> project.
> >>
> >> I have a new mock up ready for submission.
> >>
> >> By the way, is the SWT library included in your release of BB for Linux?
> >> Do you have the Mac version?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Alex,
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2011-02-02, at 9:19 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >>
> >>> More. I looked at the mock-up. That was one reason that I thought it was
> >>> time toemphasize that BrailleBlaster is one word.
> >>>
> >>> I'm not familiar with app bundles, but I can't help wondering if this is
> >>> all more complicated than it needs to be. For testing, why can't you
> >>> just run BrailleBlaster as it is to see what errors you get.
> >>>
> >>> A trivial matter but I noticed the directory name X86)64 Could you
> >>> replace the right parenthesis with an underscore? My Linux shell doesn't
> >>> like it.
> >>>
> >>> John
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 08:52:17AM -0800, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> I suppose that the Mac issues should be resolved in any case. This would
> >>>> help the Mac community as a whole.
> >>>>
> >>>> I've built my boot loader now, but I can't test it yet.
> >>>>
> >>>> Did you get a chance to look at my mock up yet?
> >>>>
> >>>> What do you think of it?
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Alex,
> >>>>
> >>>> Alex Jurgensen,
> >>>> VoiceOver Trainer,
> >>>>
> >>>> Visit me on the web at: http://www.vipbc.org/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2011-02-02, at 12:19 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I've read through all these messages, and I'm convinced we should stick
> >>>>> with SWT. By the time BrailleBlaster is ready for use by anybody other
> >>>>> than a developer the problems on the Mac may be resolved. We can add a
> >>>>> little pressure to the Eclipse developers to help things along. The
> >>>>> idea
> >>>>> of using the SWT browser to present GUI content is interesting.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The classpaths specified in the ant build.xml file go iknto the
> >>>>> manifest
> >>>>> of the BrailleBlaster jar file. This makes callinng BrailleBlaster very
> >>>>> convenient on my flavor of Linux and on Windows. We could make
> >>>>> different
> >>>>> versions of BrailleBlaster for different distros, but I think that is
> >>>>> something for the early adapters who use these distros to worry about.
> >>>>> They will know their own flavors. And many of them won't care about the
> >>>>> standard locations.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Let's learn from Alex's experience in proting BrailleBlaster to the
> >>>>> Mac.
> >>>>> Concern about various Linux flavors at this time is a distraction.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> As for me, I'm concentrating on getting BrailleBlaster to work with at
> >>>>> least generic embossers. Then I'll make a simple text editor using a
> >>>>> GUI. the experience in doing this will be necessary to make the real
> >>>>> GUI. The text editor will remain as a BrailleBlaster feature to be used
> >>>>> by advanced users.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Incidentally, BrailleBlaster is a single word. It should not have a
> >>>>> space.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> John
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> >>>>> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> >>>>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >>>>> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> >>>>> Developing software for people with disabilities
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ----- End forwarded message -----
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> 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
> >
> >
>
>
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