[kaffe] NEWS: GCJ's java-gui-branch runs on Kaffe.

[Thomas Fitzsimmons]

On Sun, 2004-06-13 at 23:07, jserv at linux2.cc.ntu.edu.tw wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 09:35:04AM +0800, jserv at linux2.cc.ntu.edu.tw wrote:
> >   I updated the tarball according to minor changes of GCJ's
> > java-gui-branch, and apply Dalibor Topic's holdsLock pure java
> > implementation[1]. Now, both AWT and Swing in java-gui-branch
> > are successfully compiled and working with cvs version of Kaffe.
> >   The tarball locates in the following URL:
> >     http://jserv.sayya.org/kaffe/gui-branch-kaffe.tgz
> 
> As usual, I updated the tarball containing the necessary patches and
> build scripts for big changes in 2004-06-11 of java-gui-branch.
> (In the same URL)
> 
> Please consult README in the tarball first to continue build process.
> 
> Let's see how java-gui-branch looks like in Kaffe:
> 
>   http://jserv.sayya.org/kaffe/screenshots/gui-branch-kaffe-20040613.png
> 
> We can conclude that:
> 1. the file selection dialog is working.
> 2. image showing Transvirtual Technologies is working eventually.
> 3. there is some strange behavior in font rendering, and some text gone.  
> 

I'm not seeing those font problems under GCJ:

http://people.redhat.com/fitzsim/kaffe-widgetsdemo-2004-06-11.png

What are your LANG and LC_CTYPE settings?

Tom