[brailleblaster] Re: The directories are still not being created on Windows.
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:22:20 -0500
The bug will be corrected in the next push.
My Windows drive is indeed C. However, I've encountered another case of
Java not likeing C: We need to find out why the folders are created on
your system and not on mine.
John
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 09:14:34AM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
> See my comments below.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:55 AM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: The directories are still not being created on
> Windows.
>
> Hi Vic,
>
> I think you have encountered a different bug. The method that opens
> files on the command line needs modification.
>
> VB: Yep, you are right. I can still translate the file when I open from
> within BB. It is only when I open it from the command line that it won't
> work.
>
> I thought you had created the folders manually. I'll also bet that the
> reason they aren't created on my machine is that Java doesn't like the
> C: at the beginning of the path.
>
> VB: I deleted them manually before each test just to see if they would be
> created by BB. My installation is on C: so I don't know what would happen if
> it wasn't. What is your Windows drive letter? It really shouldn't matter
> since the drive letter is part of the %AppData% environment variable. You
> are using that, right?
>
>
> John
>
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 08:37:25AM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > First, I translated a document with the translate subcommand. The brlblst
> > folder wasn't present. All the folders were created properly.
> >
> > Next, I started BB with a filename on the command line. The folders
> weren't
> > present. BB opened the document fine. The folders were created correctly.
> I
> > translated the file using alt-T, T and BB disappeared as previously. It
> > looks like this bug has crept back in. Here is the error that was present
> in
> > the command prompt window:
> >
> > C:\Users\Vic\Downloads\BrailleBlaster>java -jar brailleblaster.jar
> serv.xml
> > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException:
> String
> > index out of range: -1
> > at java.lang.String.substring(Unknown Source)
> > at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.NewDocument.fillOutBody(Unknown
> Source)
> > at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.DocumentManager.createDocument(Unknown
> > Source)
> > at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.DocumentManager.translate(Unknown
> > Source)
> > at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.BBMenu$48.widgetSelected(Unknown
> Source)
> > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
> > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
> > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
> > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Unknown Source)
> > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Unknown Source)
> > at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.DocumentManager.<init>(Unknown Source)
> > at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.WPManager.<init>(Unknown Source)
> > at org.brailleblaster.Subcommands.<init>(Unknown Source)
> > at org.brailleblaster.Main.main(Unknown Source)
> > C:\Users\Vic\Downloads\BrailleBlaster>
> >
> > Lastly, I started BB without any options on the command line. The folders
> > weren't present. The folder structure was created just as it should have
> > been. I typed in some text and translated it. This worked and all the
> files
> > were created in the brlblst\temp folder.
> >
> > Conclusions:
> > The file creation is working as expected here. Can you tell me how to
> break
> > it?
> > The bug of not being able to translate an opened file has reappeared.
> >
> >
> > Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> >
> > Vic
> > E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:10 AM
> > To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [brailleblaster] The directories are still not being created on
> > Windows.
> >
> > subdirs() works on Linux but not on Windows. If you start BrailleBlaster
> > from the command line you can see the message about not opening the log
> > file, but the path looks correct. The brlblst directory is not in
> > appData\roaming
> >
> > John
> >
> > --
> > 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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