Thank you for your immediate reply.
but pardon me for my stupidity..
well actually the forrest.properties in FORREST_HOME/site-author doesnt have the
# Proxy configuration
# proxy.host=
# proxy.port=
text at all.
I guessed, probably correctly, that the file should be the one mentioned in FORREST_HOME/main/fresh-site?
or may I  know  where the file is?
morever i use windows XP Professional. and been using JAVA for quite a while ;)
so the problem i guess is not with environment variables but it lies somewhere else..


On 11/5/05, Ross Gardler < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Prasanna Narayanan wrote:
> HI I am a novice in forrest. I have a problem when i try to follow the
> installation instructions ..
>
> When  I start with forrest run
>
> It says
>

...

>         ERROR
>         =====
>
>         Unable to retrieve the org.apache.forrest.plugin.output.pdf plugin.
>         There may be more information about the reason for this in output
>         above
...

> 1) I would like to know what is the settings i need to change for
> environment variables

Environment variables are part of your Operating System not part of
Forrest. How you set them depends on your OS, see your OS documentation.

> 2) I would also be happy to have a sample forrest.properties file with
> proxy editing. As many ppl i use proxy thru our organization's Intranet.
>
> Help me to solve the issue.. Thanks  in advance.

The clue is in the Error message:

"If you are behind a firewall then set the proxy.host
and proxy.port values in the forrest.properties file."

Look in your forrest.properties file the properties are in there and
commented:

# Proxy configuration
# proxy.host=
# proxy.port=

Just uncomment the two properties and set them accordingly for your
firewall.

Ross