Not much, but progressing...

http://jamiga2.blogspot.it/2013/03/islands-in-streams.html

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@AmigaBlitter

i have to ask ... java is indeed something we should get but from what little i know of windowspc's these days.. java is updated every week or even day, no? how can jamiga keep up with that?

i mean... ain't the latest java updates required to actual use an java application or website or whatever?

cheers

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@Toaks

The recent updates were because of security relevant bugs in Oracle's implementation (and also because of design flaws in Java's security model).

In general, Java (=language+VM+libraries) is evolving very slowly, with several years between major versions. And many applications/applets don't require the latest version.

@Toaks

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i mean... ain't the latest java updates required to actual use an java application or website or whatever?

Nope.. Oracle's Java is full of security holes. Most of the updates are security patches, not new language features.

I'm not sure if there are any new language features between Java 6 and Java 6 latest update. However, between Java 6 and Java 7 there certainly are.

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i have to ask ... java is indeed something we should get but from what little i know of windowspc's these days.. java is updated every week or even day, no? how can jamiga keep up with that? i mean... ain't the latest java updates required to actual use an java application or website or whatever?

I don't actually know what exactly is in these fixes, but it can be either class library updates, fixes for the virtual machine, or the native libraries (DLLs in the Windows case).

In a normal Windows environment you're most likely using Oracle's VM, and the Win32 native libraries -- any updates made to those won't affect JAmiga in any way. JAmiga will have its own updates to the VM and native libraries. Regarding the class libraries; any fixes there made by Oracle will benefit JAmiga as well.

However, the above is not entirely true, at least not for JAmiga in its current state. JAmiga currently uses GNU Classpath (Oracle's Java on Windows uses OpenJDK), and this replaces the class libraries mentioned above. So, all-in-all: any updates to Java on the Windows system won't affect JAmiga in any way. JAmiga will have its own bugs. ;)

Oh, and just to not totally invalidate my first section: JAmiga will at some point also use OpenJDK, which will make Oracle's fixes (and anyone else's, since OpenJDK is open-source) available to us.

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@jaokim

Good work... however, I have a sort-of unrelated question if I may Where did you get the toolbar icons for GoldEd/Cubic in your development environment?

Did you install them all manually from MasonIcons, or is there some sort of theme I can download and install?

Thanks!

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@AmigaBlitter

It sounds nice however...

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@jaokim

Keep up the good work.

We all count on you! ^_^

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@Slash

If you use Cubic or latest standalone GoldEd, it is AISS-aware already. There is some gadget for setting "AISS", hidden somewhere, deep in the settings... "File type"->"Display"->"Options", chooser "Symbols" (maybe the wording isnt correct, Im using the german version here).

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@whose

Cool, thanks. I haven't updated Cubic for a while actually; will do it tonight and hunt out that setting

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updates...
http://jamiga2.blogspot.it/2013/05/a-telnet-client-in-java-on-amigaos-41.html

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