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