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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.

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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.

VmPrefetch (2).png

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.

LCDTest (2).png

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Mixing FX and Layout

I am not sure if people are aware of this, but you can run Teppefall FX scripts within Teppefall Layout.

scheme.jfc - Teppefall Layout (14).png

scheme.jfc - Teppefall Layout (15).png

Also, here is Colorspace in Titanium White LAF.

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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

Teppefall Layout
Teppefall FX
Teppefall Runtime
Colorspace

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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MiGLayout forms

miglayout.jfc


<layout class="net.miginfocom.swing.MigLayout">
	<component class="javax.swing.JLabel" text="First Name"/>
	<component class="javax.swing.JTextField" id="firstname">
		<property name="columns" value="15" type="int"/>
	</component>
	<component class="javax.swing.JLabel" text="Surname" constraint="gap unrelated"/>
	<component class="javax.swing.JTextField" id="surname" constraint="wrap">
		<property name="columns" value="15" type="int"/>
	</component>
	<component class="javax.swing.JLabel" text="Address"/>
	<component class="javax.swing.JTextField" id="address" constraint="span, growx"/>
	<component class="javax.swing.JButton" id="submit" text="Submit"/>
</layout>

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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

Colorspace 1.4.2

Darkstar Layout

Darkstar Layout 3.1

Darkstar FX

Darkstar FX 3.1

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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.

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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.

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