Changes to the website
The Colorspace RGB color picker product page has been updated. Teppefall Layout and Effects have been moved to the Hybrid application development page.
March 06, 2010
January 16, 2010
64bit support is coming
Supporting 64bit is not very important when most of your code is in Java. But Teppefall does have around 300kb of C++ that needs to be ported. And the process is something like this.
- Install crazy big Windows SDK and Visual Studio on Windows 7.
- Realize that the Windows documentation is wrong when it comes to "vcvarsall.bat amd64".
- Dig around for a while.
- Find the correct BAT based configuration files and drag them into the application menu.
- Create custom makefiles.
- Scratch your head as Microsoft uses the suffix "32" in paths and library names everywhere.
- More mind numbingly boring rewriting of makefiles.
- Everything compiles, but Winsock related code is broken. Might be configuration. Might be worse.
- Realize that 64bit JRE writes a registry JVM value that points to a non-existent file. My fault ?
- But the code supports that, so just use TEPPEFALL_JVM variable.
- Success!
Itanium support is probably not happening. The compiler can't find "Windows.h" under the IPF configuration and that's kind of a problem unless I want to dynamically load every method. 64bit Windows 7 also seems to crash some plug-in based systems. They keep changing the security model and developers are behind all the time for some reason. Although, the same problem exists on 64bit Linux. Which is stranger since 64bit compiler support is just a GCC parameter away.
December 20, 2009
Colorspace 2.6
Release notes 2.6
The old theme is still supported, but you must now add a parameter to activate it. On Windows you use the parameter -Xgraphite and on OS X you must follow the instructions inside the Info.plist file. You only get the old advanced color panel by choosing this theme.
Tiger support is solid, but Leopard and Snow Leopard users might have problems if they have incompatible system wide settings. This is a result of Apple choosing to lock the JRE to the OS X version. This makes it harder to test multiplatform software.
The Colorspace Hue value is not RGB compatible. This is not a bug. The color logic used internally is based on RYB (red-yellow-blue). This has no effect on the color picker.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RYB_color_model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Color_star-en.svg
Native LAF logic is being rewritten
-Xlaf=org.jvnet.substance.skin.SubstanceOfficeSilver2007LookAndFeel
Happy holidays and a happy new year!
September 10, 2008
Java 1.5, VmPrefetch, LCDTest
All software except the SDK has been updated. Tons of minor fixes and the compile target is now 1.5. Yeah, yeah, I know. I needed to support OS X Panther.
Also releasing some new software. VmPrefetch is a simple VM prefetcher that should be run on startup. Nothing fancy yet, but I'm reading up on the latest instrumentation API's, so it might get smarter in the future. Currently this has a high snake oil factor, but I'm too arrogant to care. This is still not a 1.0, so user beware.
Create a shortcut and move it into one of these folders. Or just run it from the desktop.
Windows Vista
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Windows XP
C:\Documents And Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
OS X
Right click on icon and select “Open at Login”.
LCDTest is an updated version of the demo application that is included in the SDK. Very few people will find this too exciting.
June 02, 2008
Teppefall Colorspace has been downloaded more than 1000 times this year (January 1 - June 1)
The current number is 1042 confirmed downloads. Colorspace is based 95 percent on the work of Luan, Werner and Kirill so I am just the guy putting the Lego pieces together. But it is fun to see people use my application framework.
April 24, 2008
Mixing FX and Layout
I am not sure if people are aware of this, but you can run Teppefall FX scripts within Teppefall Layout.
Also, here is Colorspace in Titanium White LAF.
March 20, 2008
Colorspace 1.9 (color corrected version)
March 03, 2008
FX, Layout, Colorspace and the SDK has been updated
Here are the changes.
Teppefall Layout 3.6
Teppefall FX 3.6
Teppefall Colorspace 1.9
Teppefall SDK (Darkstar) 20080303
Continue reading "FX, Layout, Colorspace and the SDK has been updated" »
November 06, 2007
Colorspace 1.7, FX/Layout 3.4, SDK 20071105
Colorspace updates:
- Support for two monitors !! (thanks to Quaqua/Werner Randelshofer)
- CMD and SH files have the correct Darkstar parameters.
- Added a button that displays the pop-up menu.
Teppefall SDK (Darkstar) updates:
- EXE parameter -Xgraphite. The Graphite look and feel is faster than Titanium LAF.
- Linux executables.
- Linux shell script updates.
- Windows command script cleanup.
- Executables now treat all applications the same way.
- Substance 4 - Non-active menu color corrected.
- Substance 4 - Disabled menu item color corrected.
- Substance 4 - Color field no longer have dots in it under a dark LAF theme.
- DSR supports the new EXE files. You can now use -Xgraphite and -Xchrome on the DSR executable.
Continue reading "Colorspace 1.7, FX/Layout 3.4, SDK 20071105" »
November 05, 2007
Colorspace 1.7
October 01, 2007
Colorspace 1.6, Layout 3.3, FX 3.3 and Darkstar 20070930
New features:
This is a library update with some compatibility fixes.
- Substance 4.0
- Rhino Javascript 1.6
- BSF 2.4
Continue reading "Colorspace 1.6, Layout 3.3, FX 3.3 and Darkstar 20070930" »
September 27, 2007
Memory leak update
The memory leak seems to affect Windows XP as well, so I can only assume that this is a problem on all platforms. You are only affected if you run under -Dteppefall.chrome=false and you can probably stop the problem by setting -Dteppefall.cursor-monitor=false.
Example:
java
-Dteppefall.cursor-monitor=false
-Dteppefall.chrome=false
-Dteppefall.override=true
-Dswing.defaultlaf=com.teppefall.ds.look.TitaniumLAF
-jar darkstarlayout.jar
September 20, 2007
Using Quicktime to display CMYK images
Darkstar 2D's CompositeQuickTime.createImageFromQT should work on OS X and you end up with a apple.awt.OSXImage. Fun fact: searching for apple.awt.OSXImage on Google gives me 10 hits.
CMYK test image - 592 kb (in RGB below)
September 17, 2007
Color masking and sprite tiles
Wow.. written by a high school senior. The mask and sprite code is really cool. So I made a Javascript “mashup” in Darkstar FX.
One thing that is strange. My color picker (Colorspace) reports that the green in the Mario tile is #008500 in Firefox but #007300 when I paint the same image in Java 2D or open the file in Photoshop.
September 11, 2007
Colorspace 1.5, Layout 3.2, FX 3.2 and Darkstar 20070905
New features:
Colorspace supports the scroll wheel. One NPE fixed. Both fixes by Luan. Decimal values are written to standard output when the decimal check box is selected. 200-500ms shaved off About dialog launch. Colorspace no longer runs under a security policy since it causes to many problems on OS X.
Darkstar applications now have focus aware menus under Titanium LAF. A feature from the stone age. Just use com.teppefall.ds.Application in the same way as before. This means that the foreground color of your menu goes dark (under Titanium) when the JFrame loses focus.
The DSR executable supports the -Xchrome parameter. This turns on the native chrome and is the same as -Dteppefall.chrome=true.
DSR can launch multiple applications at the same time. Just add a comma separator between class names. A word of warning though. Running threads might block the shutdown process, so closing down resources on application exit is paramount. Note that DSR today has a very high probability of not closing down properly.
Other issues:
If Darkstar FX is unable to create HTML and thumbnails you should try the -Xinsecure parameter. FX and Layout run under security managers and can fail if the policy file is not perfect. Strange problems when running under DSR might also be a result of the security policy.
Continue reading "Colorspace 1.5, Layout 3.2, FX 3.2 and Darkstar 20070905" »
August 27, 2007
Titanium on Vista
I found this excellent screenshot tool today. So I tested it out. All applications are running on Vista with the -Xchrome parameter.
Teppefall Darkstar EXE parameters for Windows.
- -Xchrome - Turns on the native chrome.
- -Xnative - Windows look and feel.
- -Xinsecure - Not running under the DSR security policy.
Colorspace
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Darkstar Layout
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Darkstar FX
August 05, 2007
Big summer update
Two weeks ago I added new builds of Fabric, Surface, Colorspace and Darkstar to the download site. I did not make this public because I planned to fix all the kinks when I came home from vacation. but since some of you are probably struggling a bit, here is the lowdown on the new builds.
July 12, 2007
Colorspace 1.4
Colorspace 1.4 will soon be released. The update notification is now optional and memory consumption while in system tray mode has been greatly reduced. So much in fact.. that it is scary. I have observed a new Java VM bug under this new code (c - ntdll.dll) so it might be pulled or made optional if it causes too many problems.
July 08, 2007
New updates
Colorspace 1.3, Fabric 2.8 and Surface 2.8 is available in the data folder. I will update the download page tomorrow. Colorspace now supports the taskbar, Fabric is less retarded and Surface has a new loader icon + hex color to STDOUT fix.
June 13, 2007
More screenshots of Colorspace
June 08, 2007
Introducing Colorspace
Colorspace is a mashup (that is what the kids call it nowadays) of the Substance LAF initialization code, the Xoetrope color wheel, the Quaqua color picker and Teppefall Darkstar.
I have done a lot of work in the design industry and know the work flow of designers and web developers. I thought that this application might be a snug fit for just that group. Hell, even a girly girl girl might appreciate this one. Yes, I have bitch-slapped myself for saying that. Colorspace should be a helpful tool alongside Photoshop and Dreamweaver.
