[brailleblaster] Re: Some Thoughts
- From: Alex Jurgensen <ASquared21@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:11:01 -0800
Hi John,
How can I fix this?
Regards,
Alex,
On 2011-02-02, at 10:51 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> 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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> Location: Madison, WI, USA
>
>
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