Henry, I have successfully created a .app file under MacOS X using the jar bundler.
No changes to Jmol were necessary, but I had to do quite a bit of experimenting with the Jar bundler to finally get it to work. Details are below It is a bit too large (4.3Mb) to send via email. So I have put it in a subdirectory on the jmol web site so that you can test it out: http://jmol.sf.net/osx/ Take a look at it and let me know if it works as expected on your machine(s). I need to coordinate with Egon to discuss how we can automate this packaging and include it with the regular releases. Miguel > a) I used to build an application from the Jars by dropping Jmol.jar > into a program called Jar Bundler. It would then offer a drop down > menu to select what it detected as the Main class. Clicking on > "create application" would then create what is called an application > bundle. double clicking that as with any other application would run > Jmol. Starting around Jmol 4 (or maybe 5) Jar Bundler could not > longer detect the Main class, and attempts to put it in by hand did > not generate any application bundle that would work. Now the ONLY way > to run Jmol on OS X is from the command line as > java -jar jmol.jar > which for students is pretty inconvenient. Can anyone recollect any > reason why Jar bundler should now be failing to find the main class? Details: It took me quite a while to figure out how to get the Jar Bundler to work. The Web-based documentation I was able to locate was quite sparse. The steps I used to get it to work are: 1. Launch the Jar Bundler application * Install Developer Toolkit * Launch /Developer/Applications/Jar Bundler 2. Add jmol.jar to Classpath and Files * Click on tab "Classpath and Files" * Click on "Add" in the "Additional File & Resources" pane * select jmol.jar 3. Add the Jmol class as the Main class in Build Information * Click on the tab "Build Information" * In the Main class type in 'org.openscience.jmol.app.Jmol' 4. Uncheck advanced graphics stuff & choose jvm * Uncheck the graphics options at the bottom ... too many bugs on Mac :-( * Select JVM as 1.3+ 5. Choose Icon * Jmol badly needs a new Icon ... any volunteers? :-) 3. Clicke > > b) We are struggling with http://jmol.sourceforge.net/scripting.html > on OS X browsers (IE, Safari. icab). None of the scripts seem to > want to run. Turning debug on, we get > "only objects may be called as functions" (from icab) > > Thus in the section "Enter your RasmolChime script" > the links below will appear in the box, but pressing > execute script again produces the error above. I might add that the > molecules do render (in iCab, IE) although Safari has some problems > rendering the atoms (but not the bonds). > > Can you cast light on either of these two? > PS We are working hard at converting as much old Chime/Rasmol script > stuff as we can to Jmol,. > > PPS I should know the answer to this, but dont! The jmol.jar applet > is about 500K in size. This is a bit too large to routinely ask > people to > download on "popular" pages where the user might have a modem etc. I > think it should be possible to ask the user (or administrator) to > place this class in a standard classpath somewhere, and have the > system detect this without downloading the 500k applet each time. > Have you looked into this? > -- > > Henry Rzepa. > +44 (0870) 132 3747 (eFax) > http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College > London, > SW7 2AZ, UK. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > Jmol-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users -------------------------------------------------- Miguel Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] c/Peņa Primera 11-13 esc dcha 6B 37002 Salamanca Espaņa Spain -------------------------------------------------- telefono casa 923 27 10 82 movil 650 52 54 58 -------------------------------------------------- To call from the US dial 9:00 am Pacific US = home 011 34 923 27 10 82 12:00 noon Eastern US = cell 011 34 650 52 54 58 6:00 pm Spain -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
