On Sun, Feb 07, 2016 at 06:44:13AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 7 Feb 2016, Haines Brown wrote: > > > I purged and reinstalled openjdk-6-jre, and now JabRef-3.2 no longer even > > starts. > > Haines, > > Your installed jdk/jre version is too old. The latest openJDK (at least on > Slackware) is 7u95_b00. That _might_ be acceptable to JabRef. However, the > openJDK devs have not yet adopted Java8 so I suggest that you go to Oracle's > web site and download their JDK/JRE version 8. > > I have jdk-8u72 installed and JabRef, Jgnash, and other Java applications > run just fine. Upgrade the runtime engine or development kit to version 8 > and your issues will disappear.
Rich, yes that did the trick. The reason for the old problem remains an open question. Also my question about how to bring up the entry editor from keyboard rather than double mouse click. I append a sad tale just for interest. Originally, about a month ago, I decided to update to JabRef 3.1. Despite your point that its should not run because my JRE was too old, 3.1 nevertheless did start. However, it seriously damaged my databases, probably because the databases were seen and saved as ASCII rather than UTF8. As the result all non-ASCII characters ended up as garbage. I did the same damage to the prior backup. I have an undamaged backup from a prior month, but it lacks a lot of data added since. Even a merge won't help. So I must dedicate a couple weeks to clean up the broken entries one by one. Very painful. Thanks for the tip. Haines ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Jabref-users mailing list Jabref-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-users
