[brailleblaster] Re: More on the "Braille font not found" glitch
- From: "Vic Beckley" <vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:06:49 -0500
My liblouisutdml.dll is dated 11/7/2012.
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Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: More on the "Braille font not found" glitch
xml fikles open for me. What is the date of your liblouisutdml.dll ?
I'll get ant for Windows and see if that makes a difference.
John
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 02:16:08PM -0500, Brandon Roller wrote:
> This is a tough one.
> Whenever I have seen that dialog, it was because there was an issue with
> the build and the problem
> could be traced to an incorrect path that was created in the BBIni.java
> file.
>
> Are you on an older machine? Is there any possibility that swt is not
> supporting ttf files and that the display cannot load the font?
>
> The tab in the UI contains the three views:tree, text, and braille. If you
> use Control + n, this will open a new tab.
> Each tab is essentially a DocumentManager class containing the components
> to work on a new document. When
> the program first launches there is only one tab, but if there are more
the
> control + arrow keys switch between tabs.
>
> I don't think that documetns are opening. If I try an xml file, BB
> crashes.
> If I try an txt file, I get an error message similar to Vic's from earlier
> today.
>
> -Brandon
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 12:27 PM, John J. Boyer <
> john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi Brandon,
> >
> > BrailleBlaster compiles nicely in Cygwin, but to get proper operation I
> > have to launch it from the Windows cmd prompt. I still get the "braille
> > font not found" message and then a cursor in the console window.
> > However, alt+tab gets me to a BrailleBlaster window. There may be more
> > than one of them open. The one I saw last said tab untitled . Ctrl+tab
> > took me to the tree iew. Another took me to the text view, etc. In the
> > untitled window I was able to open a file. The open was successful,
> > because when I pressed alt+F4 there were messages from liblouisutdml
> > about new entries in appended_html.sem . The tree view showed only a 0.
> > Arrow keys had no effect.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 08:42:43AM -0500, Brandon Roller wrote:
> > > Hey John,
> > > Are you still getting the "Braille Font Not Found" message or has that
> > been
> > > resolved too?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:46 PM, John J. Boyer <
> > john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks. There was indeed an open BrailleBlaster window. It was
showing
> > > > the Welcome screen. When I tried to open a file I got a message that
it
> > > > could not find the liblouisutdml log file. This is at least a more
> > > > tractable error.
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:08:00PM +0000, Michael Whapples wrote:
> > > > > Are you sure that BrailleBlaster is actually closing?
> > > > >
> > > > > If you do not get returned to a prompt it indicates it is still
> > running.
> > > > > Check that there is not a BrailleBlaster window open somewhere, I
> > have
> > > > > had errors in the past where it returns focus to the command
window
> > > > > rather than a BrailleBlaster window.
> > > > >
> > > > > Michael Whapples
> > > > > On 30/01/2013 21:51, John J. Boyer wrote:
> > > > > >Sorry, that didn't make a diference. I'm wondering if the display
> > might
> > > > > >be getting terminated in some way.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >John
> > > > > >
> > > > > >On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 03:35:18PM -0500, Brandon Roller wrote:
> > > > > >>Ok, I haven't used Cygwin, let me see if I can do a build with
it.
> > > > > >>This is something I might not be able to get back to you until
> > > > tomorrow,
> > > > > >>though.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 3:16 PM, John J. Boyer
> > > > > >><john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > >>>wrote:
> > > > > >>>I'm probably in the best position to debug the crash in
> > DocumentBase ,
> > > > > >>>but this glitch prevents me from reaching it. Here is more
> > > > information.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>I am using Cygwin . It comes with Java, ant and everything. I
> > added
> > > > the
> > > > > >>>line
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>newNotify (fontPath);
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>just before the one that displays the not found message. The
font
> > path
> > > > > >>>was correct. However, when I pressed OK I was put back in the
> > console
> > > > > >>>window with a cursor and no prompt. It is actually the Notify
> > class
> > > > that
> > > > > >>>is failing.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>Next I tried the old BrailleBlaster. No problem. There is
> > something in
> > > > > >>>newdesign that causes the failure.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>Incidentally, if I could get to the crash in DocumentBase I
would
> > use
> > > > > >>>Notify to display the paths to the various files, particularly
to
> > the
> > > > > >>>configuration file.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>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
> >
> >
> >
--
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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