Java Widows vs. Linux

[Collins Richey]

On Fri, 14 May 2004 10:55:34 +0800
Chong Yu Meng <chongym at cymulacrum.net> wrote:


> 
> 1. Fonts and text placement are *always* problems when you move from
> one platform to another. 
> 
> A description of the Blackdown Java fonts problem can be found here: 
> http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/docs/faq/FAQ-java-linux-6.html.
> You will need to scroll down to Section 6.4

I will peruse this.

> 
> 2. If you want to troubleshoot (or attempt to troubleshoot) the fonts 
> problem on Linux, just follow these steps:
> - ensure that all the necessary fonts are installed. If the
> application was written in Windows, you should ensure that Microsoft
> Core Fonts are installed on your system
> - See this page : 
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/intl/fontprop.html, and this
> 
> page : http://www.graemepyle.com/graemepyle/LinuxFonts for a sample 
> font.properties, and make adjustments to your font.properties as
> necessary

This too.

> 3. ...  There *is* a place fo client Java programs, but they  should
> come with a caveat -- that it runs only for the platform it was
> designed for, YMMV.

The last sentence is probably the clincher.  Java isn't worth a #%@! as
a platform independant program.

I'm not totally convinced that this is totally a font problem. Some of
the pull-down menus fail to work (no pull-down at all). There is always
the possibility that Lonnie alluded to - the source code is not really
Java but some sort of M$ crap (oops, that's redundant) that looks like
Java.

As it turns out, most of the functionality I need works (Java or no);
it's just the idiots who programmed the Assessor/Treasurer (Property
records) queries who produced poor code designed only to run on IE6.

Thanks to all for the hints.

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