Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-11 Thread daly
there used to be a bug in JDK that loaded ALL of the font files before starting Swing. perchance the bug has resurfaced. there used to be a FONTS environment variable that controlled the loading location. the fix was to set up a fonts directory with a small number of fonts and point the environm

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-11 Thread Louis Tribble
Nelson Minar wrote: > > >How can I get the swing classes for jdk117v3 > > Are there any tricks to making the first Swing > windows you create come up faster, so it at least feels faster? The main thing I can suggest is to make sure you're not doing any heavy lifting before your first window _fi

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-11 Thread Seth M. Landsman
On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 12:07:12PM -0400, Nelson Minar wrote: > >How can I get the swing classes for jdk117v3 > > Go to http://java.sun.com/, find the Swing page, and download the > release. All you really need out of it is swingall.jar, put it in your > classpath and you're set. > > A bit more

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-11 Thread Nelson Minar
>How can I get the swing classes for jdk117v3 Go to http://java.sun.com/, find the Swing page, and download the release. All you really need out of it is swingall.jar, put it in your classpath and you're set. A bit more on the Swing front - I was confusing slowness on startup with general slowne

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-11 Thread Bob Cadenza
How can I get the swing classes for jdk117v3, I already have jdk1.2v2 can I just use the swing that comes with that? If so how/what do I move? _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-11 Thread Nelson Minar
>>I've just started looking at using Swing for my Java project. >Question: doesn't java 1.2 include the swing classes? If you're >"just start"-ing to look at swing, why not start with java 1.2 instead? Because I have 25,000 lines of code with scary classloader and RMI hacking that I haven't port

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-11 Thread Larry Gates
>I've just started looking at using Swing for my Java project. It seems >really really slow. Is anyone here seriously using Swing under Linux, >without a JIT? Is there some way to improve things? Do JITs make >enough difference to make it bearable? Question: doesn't java 1.2 include the swing cl

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-10 Thread Peter Graves
it qualitatively. Since I have enough variables to deal with, I > run without it. > > Good luck, > -Armen > > -- > Armen Yampolsky > Axiom Software Laboratories > New York > > > > > Subject: Swing on Linux > > Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:45:49 -0400

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-10 Thread Armen Yampolsky
, I run without it. Good luck, -Armen -- Armen Yampolsky Axiom Software Laboratories New York > > Subject: Swing on Linux > Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:45:49 -0400 (EDT) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nelson Minar) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I've just started looking at using Swing

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-10 Thread Cynthia Jeness
Nelson, I seriously use Swing under Linux for a Media Librarian system. The performance that I see under Linux is comparable to the other platforms that I have access to; i.e., OS/2, Solaris 7 and Win98. In fact, Swing under Linux runs better than under OS/2 because of the lack of the JIT. I t

Re: Swing on Linux

1999-06-10 Thread Seth M. Landsman
On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 07:45:49PM -0400, Nelson Minar wrote: > I've just started looking at using Swing for my Java project. It seems > really really slow. Is anyone here seriously using Swing under Linux, > without a JIT? Is there some way to improve things? Do JITs make > enough difference to m

Swing on Linux

1999-06-10 Thread Nelson Minar
I've just started looking at using Swing for my Java project. It seems really really slow. Is anyone here seriously using Swing under Linux, without a JIT? Is there some way to improve things? Do JITs make enough difference to make it bearable? [E