From owner-freebsd-java Thu Aug 17 20: 1:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from reliant.immure.com (cs273-42.austin.rr.com [24.27.3.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F71037B43F for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2000 20:01:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wayne@localhost) by reliant.knighthammer.com (8.9.3/8.8.7) id VAA94733; Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:47:42 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from wayne) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:47:41 -0500 From: Wayne Willcox To: Gunther Schadow Cc: Chris , freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: State of Java Development on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20000817214741.A94700@reliant.knighthammer.com> Reply-To: Wayne Willcox References: <3.0.6.32.20000817104928.008c1d00@mail.tourneyland.net> <399C2838.E969EF9@aurora.rg.iupui.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <399C2838.E969EF9@aurora.rg.iupui.edu> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD reliant.knighthammer.com 3.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org If you want to work with Samba I find the Using Samba book very helpful. Lets face most of us don't really want to be the Samba expert but to just make it work. :-) On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 01:00:24PM -0500, Gunther Schadow wrote: > Chris, > > I think at some point you're going to make the switch over to UNIX and > you will be so happy you've done that. The way you describe your > working with Windoze it looks like your prognosis is excellent (your > using Alt-Tab shows that you're not yet addicted to clicky-click.) > > Your not getting X up is a major stumbling block and it shouldn't be > that difficult as I can see it turning you off. But since you still > keep trying shows just how excellent your prognosis is! :-) > > If you have a little time to spare I suggest you track down that X11 > problem first and then get emacs running. All you need to start is > some bash basics and some emacs basics. You can do it all on the non- > X console, but it looks more pleasing if you get X running. Getting > SAMBA up and working is not a no-brainer either, so you may be better > off just swiching the console between an emacs window and a shell window. > > Jikes works just fine on FreeBSD. So you're all set.... but, Java-1.2.2 > is only available in some cumbersome alpha port as of now, so if you > want JDK 2 (and there are very good reasons to want it) you need to > get that alpha port running (ugh) but you may wait just a few weeks > before you can download the first native FreeBSD JDK2 binary. > > If you want to stick to Windoze for now, and if you get Samba up and > working for you (if you don't you *have* to work through the > Diagnostics page that guide you step by step ...) you can even do > the compiling from Windows, since the class files are not system > dependent binaries. The only issue left is then that you have to use > the JDK that you can get running on FreeBSD, which is 1.1.8 rock solid > of 1.2.2 (with fingers crossed). > > keep the faith, you're gonna be happy you did it! > -Gunther > > > > Chris wrote: > > > > (This is sort of a unrelated followup to my previous posting) > > > > Hey all, > > > > I'm developing some server-side java code. I'm a Windows guy (though I've > > been running FreeBSD for over a year now, half-assedly hosting some Web > > sites), and thus far I've been doing all my development on Windows, using > > jikes as my compiler and Apache for Windows as my Web server. But > > ultimately, everything's going to be served by FreeBSD, and it's time I > > start testing on a FreeBSD machine. > > > > One option would be to go all the way - get X-Windows running on my local > > FreeBSD dev machine, learn emacs or something, and make that my desktop > > machine. I'm a little intimidated by this prospect, in that I've never even > > successfully gotten X installed before (I've made a few tries, but was > > undone by undocced cheapy video cards and gave up). If I go this route, any > > suggestions for development tools? I don't need any fancy form designers or > > any visual stuff - I'm currently using Textpad and compiling from the > > command line fom Windows, and all I really need is a little project > > managment stuff. > > > > A (potentially) simpler option would be to keep my Windows machine as my > > development machine, and through a combination of Samba and I guess some > > other stuff, control my Free machine from my Windows machine. Samba would > > be good enough for file editing, but for compiling and running I suppose > > I'd have to Alt-Tab back and forth to a telnet window, which isn't too > > savory. Are there tools out there for doing this sort of thing that I'm not > > aware of? > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message Content-Description: Card for Gunther Schadow -- Slowly and surely the unix crept up on the Nintendo user ... Wayne Willcox I will not eat green eggs and ham wayne@reliant.immure.com I will not eat them Sam I Am!! A wise person makes his own decisions, a weak one obeys public opinion. -- Chinese proverb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message