Hi John, Just one more thing. Can we activate the menu items once the Mac dependancies are working? Regards, Alex, On 2011-07-12, at 5:49 PM, John J. Boyer wrote: > 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 > >