From: Juergen Kreileder <jk@blackdown.de> To: Java Linux Public <java-linux@java.blackdown.org>, <ipaq@handhelds.org> Subject: [ANNOUNCE] J2SE Runtime v1.3.1 for Linux/ARM Release Candidate Date: 02 Jun 2001 08:15:10 +0200 The Blackdown Java-Linux Team is happy to announce the availability of the release candidate 1 of Java2 SE v1.3.1 for Linux/ARM: Please choose one of our FTP mirrors for downloading: http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.html Besides the J2RE there's a second file: additional-ipaq-stuff.tar.gz It contains libraries and other files which are required to run Java but are not part of the standard familiar distribution (libXp.so, libXm.so, libBrokenLocale.so, 'standard symbols l' font) The unmodified J2RE needs about 18m, if you remove one of the two included VMs (classic green & classic native threads VM) and files you don't need (candidates are for instance soundbank.gm, i18n.jar libJdbcOdbc.so, libpreemptive_close.so, libioser12.so, ...), you may get it down to 12 or 13M. You should be able to save even more space by removing unneeded classes (e.g org.omg.*) from rt.jar. * No SDK yet, I didn't have time to run the compiler testsuite yet (the test-run will take approximately two weeks) * MouseEvent.isPopupTrigger() and JPopupMenu.isPopupTrigger() are somewhat useless on the iPAQ as they are bound to the right mouse button. Any idea for a more sensible trigger? * The default fonts are too large for the small display * The default maximum heap size is 64m, you may want to reduce that with to a smaller value (e.g. -Xmx20m) * Some stuff is terribly slow (e.g. HTML rendering). If somebody feels like writing a JIT compiler or porting HotSpot to ARM let me know... * No Mozilla plugin yet ;-) * A small demo is available from http://blackdown.de/~jk/arm/IPAQDemo.jar Juergen -- Juergen Kreileder, Blackdown Java-Linux Team http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html Visit the Java 2 Platform on Linux BOF at JavaOne: http://servlet.java.sun.com/javaone/conf/bofs/1745/0-sf2001.jsp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to java-linux-request@java.blackdown.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact karl@blackdown.org