If you have compilations of the liblouis and liblouisutdml libraries for your platform the translate subcommand will produce .brl files. The build files for liblouis-2.dll already work and are in the repository. Those for liblouisutdml.dll are also in the repository, but I haven't been able to test the dll because it can't find its dependencies. I've asked Bert Frees to take a look. As soon as liblouisutdmlo.dll works I will activate the open and translate items on the BrailleBlaster menu. John On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 04:56:27PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > Hi John and All, > > I've been away from the Braille Blaster list for a while, so I have missed > some things. > > Fr instance, what exactly works with Braille Blaster at the moment? > > I need to be able to produce *.brl files for my embosser. Can anyone let me > know if this works yet. > > Any help is appreciated. > > Regards, > Alex, > > > On 2011-07-12, at 3:57 PM, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities