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 ?