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Re: Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 3

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Nov 17, 2005; 3:48pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Java-2-Platform-Standard-Edition-J2SE-5-0-Release-3-tp3704437p3704440.html

Java 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.4 has an annoying and frustrating bug than
sometimes causes ImageJ to ignore keyboard shortcuts. More information
about this bug is available at
"http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/docs/install/osx.html#bugs". It's item 8 on
the "Known Problems" list.

-wayne

On 16 Nov 2005, at 14:11, Mark Burge wrote:
 > The default behavior of the update is to leave the current version of
 > Java as the default version and to make the 5.0 version available as
 > an alternative.  So, unless you specifically select the 5.0 version as
 > the new default (via an application in /applications/utility/java) it
 > will not make a difference.  The update automatically detects applets
 > and applications which do use the new 5.0 API and transparently
 > switches to the 5.0 JVM/API for those applets/applications.  ImageJ
 > does not make use of the 5.0 API - though it should work fine, and
 > possibly more efficiently with the new JVM.  If you are feeling
 > adventurous you could enable it via the above mentioned app, try it
 > out, and if it doesn't work switch back.
 >
 >
 > On 11/16/05, Michael J. Herron <[hidden email]> wrote:
 >> Auto update on Mac OS 10.4 is telling me to install "Java 2 Platform,
 >> Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 3"
 >> Is this a good idea for ImageJ 1.34s   ?