[Scilab-Dev] Running issue with Mac OS X [Was: Mac OS 10.5 Compilation issue]

[Stéphane Mottelet]

Sylvestre Ledru a écrit :
> Le vendredi 09 janvier 2009 à 19:20 +0100, Sylvestre Ledru a écrit :
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> Le lundi 05 janvier 2009 à 22:51 -0500, Eric E a écrit :
>>     
>>>  Running scilab normally (i.e., without the -nw flag)
>>> brings up the standard Scilab command screen, which appears to work
>>> but won't accept any input from the keyboard.  
>>>       
>> I have been able to identify the reason of this bug. It is caused by the
>> Apple implementation of the Java Virtual Machine when the JVM is started
>> from a Native Code.
>>     
> Thanks to the Apple's Java mailing list. I have been able to fix this
> issue.
>
> The reason & the workaround are detailed here by Mike Swingler :
> http://lists.apple.com/archives/Java-dev/2009/Jan/msg00062.html
>
> And the patch:
> http://gitweb.scilab.org/?p=scilab;a=commitdiff;h=2e89314c21daa142ad605437beb3428f12acc05e
>
> This is fixing the issue.
>
> There are a few remaining issues but nothing blocking.
>
> Btw, Francois & other Tcl/Tk masters, do you know if X11 is mandatory
> for Tk under Mac OS X ?
>   
No. It should be possible to use Tcl/Tk/Aqua instead of X11 version.

S.

> Cheers,
> Sylvestre
>   


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Stéphane Mottelet
Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées
Université de Technologie de Compiègne
http://www.lmac.utc.fr/~mottelet

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