for me, one of the coolest things about the mac os is the ability to extend system functionality with things like extensions, control panels, contextual menu plug-ins, and control …

To varying degrees, yes. Control strip modules: not directly. However, OpenStrip is taking over that functionality. Modules need to be recompiled, but that's generally all. Conte…

thanks, that's very helpful. i definitely understand that the old method of patching traps was a little, uh, sketchy, but it did allow for some nice improvements. since it seems …

I'm probably just being very dense (I'm relatively new to Java and UNIX), but does anyone know how to get the javax.servlet.* classes installed on OS X? Whenever I use javac to com…

it is just a set of classes available for download from Sun. It used to be called JSDK but now called JSWDK to avoid confusion with the Java2 SDK. It is also closely related with t…

Thanks for the download info. Again, I know this is pretty basic stuff, but could someone offer some help as to where I should put the javax.servlet stuff I downloaded from Sun so …

Quote: Originally posted by ElLeon0: Thanks for the download info. Again, I know this is pretty basic stuff, but could someone offer some help as to where I should put t…

Hey, does anyone know how to send a datagram packet to the broadcast address on OSXb? The following code runs fine on Solaris, Linux, Windows, and OS 9, but results in a "java.io.…

Weird, this isn't just a java bug. I tried the same thing with perl and got a similar error. I am trying to do a udp broadcast for server discovery. Any ideas? -Mike --------- …

Well, apparently this is a know bug with the JVM. Not sure why it did not work from perl though. -Mike

ok... I feel silly now, but have been unable to successfully execute a fairly simple Bourne Shell script and am frustrated. Anyway, the script reports "Bourne shell script text"…

Quote: Originally posted by ericw: ok... I feel silly now, but have been unable to successfully execute a fairly simple Bourne Shell script and am frustrated. Anyway,…

oops... that was a typo... #!/bin/sh is the first line. What paths should I look for? Eric

heh... just kidding. turns out one of the foolders it needed wasn't in the right place Thanks for the suggestion! eric

I've tried to compile the X11-based tgif application on PB. Compile it did, but I couldn't link the file because the libraries libc and libm were missing (I didn't have a problem w…

I've tried to compile the X11-based tgif application on PB. Compile it did, but I couldn't link the file because the libraries libc and libm were missing (I didn't have a problem w…

Ok, I found it myself, at http://publicsource.apple.com I was able to compile libm, but there are errors with libc (some types are redefined). Help... PS: Sorry for posting th…

How frienly if the OS right off the bat for sprites, sound and stuff. I havn't heard much about the equivalent of sprockets on X. Also, it seems to be easier usin ObjC (cocoa).

I would like to begin coding with Cocoa...But i have a question, what is the best choice for making a little database ? I mean free because it's for a freeware... Is there builtin…

Depends on what your needs are but MySQL has been successfully compiled and I hvae also compiled BerkelyDB (sleepycat.com)

For bulleting boards and that sort of app, MySQL is probably the best choice. It is very fast even at large volumes, robust (won't easily puke on you) and has good security. But th…

Thanx, but I would like to make a CD/DVD list manager software so the database should be easy to install and set up on a client mac... I would like to do the same as I can do with…

Yes, REALbasic has a built-in Database thing in the Professional version. There is no such thing in the Cocoa classes, you're going to have to look somewhere else to find one. Ther…

Sounds like a real database would be an overkill. It'll probably be easier to manage your data internally...

well, a flat text file would probably be your best bet then..