Re: java on familiar

On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 03:16:20PM -0800, Brendan Miller wrote:
> What's the simplest way to get java on the ipaq?

Install jamvm or sablevm and gnu classpath from the familiar 0.8.4 feed.

> Note that some kind of gui is absolutely necessary in my case. Does
> that mean I will need GPE instead of Opie, since Opie doesn't have an
> x server, so AWT on blackdown presumably won't work?

That is pretty much correct. There is no qte port of gnu classpath or
j2me that I know of.

> Does that mean I need to stick with some kind of j2me solution?
> What are the gui API's for j2me?

Don't know, I know that j2me now has source available so it would be
possible to port j2me to any linux (I know that there is a hildon port
of j2me for the Nokia 770 and N800).

> Also, currently all my stuff is just in eclipse with java 1.4. Will I need
> any special development environment, libraries? Is java 1.4 or 1.5available?

It is possible to have all of your stuff work on GNU classpath and
sablevm or jamvm on your desktop. Which ought to give you an even chance
of getting it to work on an iPAQ.

> If I can get the full java suite running, not j2me, with AWT on the ipaq,
> that would be fine for me even if it were a bit bloated. This ipaq will be
> only running the application I'm talking about.

Oh, it will be bloated. But the stuff in the feeds is more like a full
blown j2se then j2me.

Good luck!

E

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