[2355] in java-interest
Re: JDK : layout : is something wrong ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell East [ESRI-Redlands])
Fri Sep 29 17:58:22 1995
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 12:48:54 -0700
From: reast@esri.com (Russell East [ESRI-Redlands])
To: pat@icon-stl.net
Cc: reast@esri.com, dufourd@enst.enst.fr, java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
: Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 03:08:09 -0500 (CDT)
: From: Pat Niemeyer <pat@icon-stl.net>
: Subject: Re: JDK : layout : is something wrong ?
:
: On Tue, 26 Sep 1995 reast@esri.com wrote:
:
: > : > I cannot get anything deterministic out of the various
: > : > layoutManagers. Is something wrong, or is it just me ?
: > :
: > : I hope it is just you. If you have a particular problem you'll have
: > : to attached a simple example. Random muttering doesn't help.
: > :
: >
: > Maybe you are having the same problem that I am experiencing?
: >
: > I am using a Solaris 1 machine operating as an X-terminal onto
: > a Solaris 2 system where all the java work is done. When running
: > appletviewer (Beta1) or hotjava (Alpha3) on my Sol1 system, if I
: > drag any window corner out, the layout does not correctly
: > compensate for the window resize, and the graphics moves all over
: > the place - if I drag the window size far enough, the graphics
: > completely disappears.
: >
: > I don`t get this problem when running on a Sol2 X console, nor on
: > my NT box operating as an Xterminal. I guess it's time for an
: > upgrade for me.... :)
:
:
: I believe that I am having similar problems because I'm running on an
: X-terminal. (actually it's eXceed for Windows)
:
: I posted an example using GridLayout a few days ago.
: It's definitely not just the refresh problem.
:
: This is a bit scary. If awt is exercising some obscure bugs in X servers
: it might not be something that Sun could readily fix.
:
:
: Pat
I re-checked Exceed and both Alpha3 HotJava and pre-Beta1 AppletViewer work
fine for me - I have NT 3.51 and Exceed/NT 3.3.4.
While I was away Wednesday, a nice kind person installed Solaris 2.4 on my
Sparc 5, and now I have no worries .... :)
Russell.
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