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start javaw -jar "C:\path\to\superluminal_win32.jar"I got Java 7 installed and I am certain it works on my Mac (just FYI, any current MAC with built-in Java has 6, not 5). The only message I get is "The Java JAR file [the file name] could not be launched. Check the Console for possible error messages." But there are no messages in the Mac console OR in the java console so it doesn't even look like it gets that far. Before I give you some command line output, here's a question: The Mac download gives me 2 fileskartoFlane wrote:Well, I've no idea about macs, as I've said earlier... Do you get any specific message, anything you could plug into google and find a solution?
Also, take a look at this, first answer: try to open the console app for mac and then run the jar file, maybe some more information can be gathered this way.
Another thing is that, from what I've read, most macs have Java 5 installed, where Superluminal was compiled with Java 7, but I guess you already took care of that.
On your desktop, you should have a dir named "superluminal_mac_x64".Lord0fHam wrote:superluminal_mac_x64\superluminal_mac64.jar
superluminal_mac_x64\superluminal_mac64_lib\swt.jar
Now first of all, the file names are bad because of the backslashes.
"superluminal_mac64.jar"Lord0fHam wrote:But which file am I supposed to double-click on?
appFont = SWTResourceManager.getFont("", 9, SWT.NORMAL); // Saw this floating around, default face I guess.kartoFlane wrote:That line (236) is the one that's setting the font variable for use in the entire application:
public static Font appFont = SWTResourceManager.getFont("Segoe UI", 9, SWT.NORMAL);
I'm pretty sure the cause of the "crash" is that the SWTmanager is looking for the font to retrieve in the superluminal.app bundle, which doesn't exist. That's just pure guessing on my part, though.
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// Dump available unique font names on this system.
String prevName = null;
for (org.eclipse.swt.graphics.FontData f : display.getFontList(null, true) ) {
if (!f.getName().equals(prevName)) {
System.out.println(f.getName());
prevName = f.getName();
}
}Article: Deploying SWT Applications on Mac OS XkartoFlane wrote:Seems like SWT for Mac requires programs to be deployed like normal Mac applications, with .app folder and everything. Meh, gotta look it up.
Clarification: Creating a dmg isn't required. It's just an archive* like zip.These application bundles are usually distributed inside compressed disk images with the extension .dmg.
You can create a double-clickable batch equivalent for linux/OSX.kartoFlane wrote:SWT applications on Mac apparently have to be started with an additional parameter
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#!/bin/sh
HERE=$(dirname "$0");
cd "${HERE}";
java -XstartOnFirstThread -jar superluminal_mac64.jar
Yeah, the reason I forced the font instead of using system's default was to fix SanGue's issue (the first one the bugs list). Had no idea how to fix it otherwise. Guess my choice of font was rather subpar :/Vhati wrote:appFont = SWTResourceManager.getFont("", 9, SWT.NORMAL); // Saw this floating around, default face I guess.
appFont = display.getSystemFont(); // System font doesn't like being disposed, but at least it exists.
There may be some extra info when you look back at it now.Oh. I assume this is just a startup issue of shrinking to the minimum size to fit buttons and such. Since the buttons themselves are sizing appropriately. Should be a layout choice, a fit() method on the window, or something to tally up the button's widths and set the window's size yourself.kartoFlane wrote:Yeah, the reason I forced the font instead of using system's default was to fix SanGue's issue (the first one the bugs list).
They do their best to make it mysterious, but it's conceptually not much cleverer than a batch in a folder. I'll write something up and post when I'm done revising this time.I've been googling for like 3 hours, but I still have no idea how to create the bundle for Mac on Windows :/