Hi John, I would like to take a more activve role in the development of BrailleBlaster for Mac, as it is a product that I believe has the potential to succeed on the Mac platform. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Regards, Alex, On 2011-07-12, at 8:02 PM, John J. Boyer wrote: > Sure. I can do that, but I'm working with Windows and maybe Linux. So it > will have to wait until the Windows binaries are working and I can see > what happens. Sure wish I had a Mac laptop-desktop-replacement. > > John > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 07:18:33PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote: >> 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 >>> >>> >> > > -- > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer > Abilitiessoft, Inc. > http://www.abilitiessoft.com > Madison, Wisconsin USA > Developing software for people with disabilities > >