Mac version of SkiJunkie's JBB
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 6:05 pm
Here's the deal. As some of you may already know, I take Ski's .jar files and repackage them as Mac OS X native .app files. This does some magical, mysterious change to the way that the OS handles memory allocation and the end result is that it's a little more stable than just the .jar file.
The .jar file still works fine, it's just that this happens to work slightly better. Yay, us.
Still with me? Good.
Ok, so I have just recently upgraded both my home and work machines to the latest version of OS X. This is swell for me. The old MRJ App Builder that I have been using to work my alchemy up until now will no longer work appropriately. That sounds bad but it's not, really. The new OS also comes with a new version of that program - now called JarBundler.
So, in the future I'm going to be using JarBundler. Why do you care? Because I want to make sure that I have the (new) settings correct so that it still works for the largest number of people.
To this end, if you use the .app version, please take a moment to download the test version of 7.8 (link's in the .sig) that I have made with the new program. All the Java code is the same, so in theory it should run the same way... in theory. If you would be so kind as to give it a test and let me know if you encounter any issues, I'd really appreciate it and hopefully we can make the switch completely seamless to those who don't really want to know - they just want it to work.
Thanks,
Luke / BadMrMojo
ps. Should you decide that the old version worked better for you, then fear not. I've posted instructions on how to make it yourself, using whatever Java version and OS you happen to have. If you're curious, feel free to give it a go.
The .jar file still works fine, it's just that this happens to work slightly better. Yay, us.
Still with me? Good.
Ok, so I have just recently upgraded both my home and work machines to the latest version of OS X. This is swell for me. The old MRJ App Builder that I have been using to work my alchemy up until now will no longer work appropriately. That sounds bad but it's not, really. The new OS also comes with a new version of that program - now called JarBundler.
So, in the future I'm going to be using JarBundler. Why do you care? Because I want to make sure that I have the (new) settings correct so that it still works for the largest number of people.
To this end, if you use the .app version, please take a moment to download the test version of 7.8 (link's in the .sig) that I have made with the new program. All the Java code is the same, so in theory it should run the same way... in theory. If you would be so kind as to give it a test and let me know if you encounter any issues, I'd really appreciate it and hopefully we can make the switch completely seamless to those who don't really want to know - they just want it to work.
Thanks,
Luke / BadMrMojo
ps. Should you decide that the old version worked better for you, then fear not. I've posted instructions on how to make it yourself, using whatever Java version and OS you happen to have. If you're curious, feel free to give it a go.