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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron Shtromas)
Thu Dec 7 12:10:41 1995
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 09:07:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Aaron Shtromas <ams@mci.net>
To: "John D. Kane" <john@insightnews.com>
cc: "'java-interest@java.sun.com'" <java-interest@java.sun.com>
In-Reply-To: <30C6B1D3@insightnews.com>
On Thu, 7 Dec 1995, John D. Kane wrote:
i think, in netscape 2.02b or 2.03b you can open a netscape console
from the options menu. it seems, it is only appears there if your
applet uses System.out.
-a
>
> While I play with applets, I like to place output strings throughout the
> code, just to make sure the applet reaches certain critical points.
> However, I'm never sure what the applet does as none of the debugging
> strings I use in the program ever show up (or rarely show up) -- I think
> it's a combination of threading and repainting. So I started using sounds at
> certain places in the program to see if execution reached that point. Even
> though this works ok, I'd much rather see string messages displayed in a
> window. What I should do before playing around with too many more applets is
> find a way of displaying output on the screen while the program runs, no
> matter what, so I can easily trace the program execution. Otherwise I never
> know if an applet ends or aborts. I tried using showStatus(), but the status
> line information rarely stays for long, if I see it flash by at all.
>
> I'm writing Beta applets and using Netscape to view them, but I don't think
> any of the System.out (or whatever the commands are for standard output)
> work at all. When I try to put strings into the repaint method, I have
> strings repainted over top of strings fast enough that this method is rather
> useless. I thought that I might be able to write information to a file, but
> is there an easier method, like the debugger -- I still haven't got that
> thing to run yet (I haven't downloaded the new JDK 2.0 w/interactive
> debugger yet either). I'm looking for a clean, slick, and rather painless
> way of doing this. Any suggestions?
> John
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