[kepler-dev] Kepler/Ptolemy on the Mac
Dan Higgins
higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu
Tue May 25 09:20:00 PDT 2004
Hi All,
The Mac fixes are definitely looking better. One remaining bug (as
of yesterday) is a problem with cinnecting from a relation (i.e.
dragging from a relation to create a connection)
Dan Higgins
Christopher Hylands Brooks wrote:
>I did a clean cvs checkout of the Ptolemy II development tree
>on the Mac and I was able to:
>* Get the context menu by doing control-click
>* Connect and disconnect ports
>
>One problem is that meta-click did not create a relation for me.
>I did not try connecting from a relation to a port, I'll try tomorrow
>am.
>
>Also, control-R does not run a model.
>
>I ran through the What's New in 4.0 demos and they worked for me.
>
>Our plan is to release Ptolemy II 4.0 in mid June, probably on June
>18th. That release will include the Mac fixes.
>
>Until then, the Ptolemy II CVS tree has the fixes.
>
>-Christopher
>
>
>
>--------
>
> I spent some time over the weekend getting a Mac to work with Eclipse
> and CVS. It turns out that one problem was that we had directories
> like sdf/demo/foo that I had previously renamed to sdf/demo/Foo and
> something got confused, saying that sdf/demo/foo was already present,
> even though really, it was in the CVS repository Attic.
>
> I'm not sure if this is a Mac filesystem problem, a CVS problem or
> and Eclipse problem.
> Lesson learned: get the case right in directory names when checking in
> files.
>
> In anycase, over the space of Saturday afternoon, I checked out the
> CVS tree several times and finally got it all to work.
>
> Another issue is that we need to include a default .classpath file
> that has most of the optional packages excluded. I'll see about
> this.
>
> Steve and I just spent two hours together hacking on the laptop, and
> he was able to get the Control-Click to bring up the context menu.
> The bad news is that we are not able to connect actors right now. The
> laptop was not on the campus network, so we were using a thumbdrive to
> transfer files, so things might be working correctly on the CVS tree,
> but not on the hacked up version on the laptop. I'll try doing a
> clean cvs checkout and rebuild at somepoint over the next few days.
>
> The problem we are facing is that the Mac actually belongs to my wife,
> Tansy, and she uses it much of the time. So, getting time on it, or
> taking it to work is a little bit awkward. Tansy might have an older
> clunky laptop that can be made to work, but it might also be worth
> getting an Apple for this use. The cheapest iBook is $900 edu.
> pricing. I'm not sure I want to get a cheap iBook, but it might
> be worth it if we are serious about supporting the Mac.
>
> Anyway, we made progress today, and hopefully we can hack on this
> further sometime soon.
>
> BTW - I'm not sure if I mentioned that I added
> ptolemy/vergil/kernel/VergilUtilties.java that has a method
> that checks for the mac:
>
> /** Return true if we are running under MacOS look and feel or
> * if the ptolemy.ptII.MacOS property is defined.
> * To define ptolemy.ptII.MacOS, invoke Vergil with
> * java -Dptolemy.ptII.MacOS=true -classpath $PTII ptolemy.vergil.Verg
> ilApplication
> * Or, under Cygwin:
> * <pre>
> * export JAVAFLAGS=-Dptolemy.ptII.MacOS=true
> * $PTII/bin/vergil
> * </pre>
> * If the ptolemy.ptII.MacOS property is set to true, this method
> * prints the message "ptolemy.ptII.MacOS = true property detected".
> *
> * @return True if the look and feel starts with "Mac OS" or the
> * ptolemy.ptII.MacOS property is set to true.
> */
> public static boolean macOSLookAndFeel() {
> // Dan Higgins writes:
> // "Apple suggests in their tech note 2042 (
> // http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Java/Conceptual/Java131
> Development/x_platform/
> // chapter_5_section_5.html) that the statement
> //
> // System.getProperty("mrj.version")
> //
> // should be used to detect a mac, with any non-null result
> // indicating that the machine is a mac. This approach is
> // independent of the string value which may change."
>
> // However, calling getProperty will likely fail in applets
> // or within the sandbox, so we use this method instead.
>
> if (StringUtilities.getProperty("ptolemy.ptII.MacOS").equals("true"
> )) {
> System.out.println("ptolemy.ptII.MacOS = true property detected
> ");
> return true;
> }
> return UIManager.getLookAndFeel().getName().startsWith("Mac OS");
> }
> }
>
> -Christopher
>
>
>
>
> --------
>
> Dan,
>
> What became of your inquiry into using the apple command key instead of
>
> the control key on the mac for all modifier operations? As Mac
> generally uses this command modifier, it seems like the right think to
> do, which would then free up the control key modifier to act in the
> Mac-standard way to get the context menu. There must be a way to
> automattically map all cntrl funcitons in ptolemy to command functions
> when on the mac.
>
> Matt
>
> higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have been investigating the use of Kepler/Ptolemy on the Mac. I did
> fin
> d
> > some threads on Mac use (especial concerning the single button mouse)
> , bu
> t I
> > was still having some problems. In particular, one can find in the
> > 'ActorEditorGraphController' class the code fragment
> >
> > if (UIManager.getLookAndFeel().getName().startsWith("MacOS"))
> {
> > // On the Mac, do not override Control-Click, which is
> > // used to bring up the context menu
> > _linkCreator.setMouseFilter(_metaFilter);
> > } else {
> > _linkCreator.setMouseFilter(_controlFilter);
> > }
> >
> > Note the 'getName()' call and the string comparison to "MacOS". Unfor
> tuna
> tely,
> > a test on my Mac (OS version 10.3.3) shows that the getName method re
> turn
> s
> > "Mac OS X Aqua" (note the spaces!). Due to the spaces, the names do n
> ot m
> atch
> > and the Mac is NEVER detected!
> >
> > Apple suggests in their tech note 2042 (http://developer.apple.com/
> > documentation/Java/Conceptual/Java131Development/x_platform/
> > chapter_5_section_5.html) that the statement
> >
> > System.getProperty("mrj.version")
> >
> > should be used to detect a mac, with any non-null result indicating t
> hat
> the
> > machine is a mac. This approach is independent of the string value wh
> ich
> may
> > change.
> >
> > I did try changing the Kepler code to correct this detection problem.
> I w
> as
> > able to get it to properly detect my Mac, but it still does not popup
> the
>
> > context menu using the control key + click. Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > Incidently, a 2 button mouse plugged into the Mac USB port does work
> OK w
> ith
> > current code.
> >
> > Dan Higgins
> > NCEAS
> >
> >
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