java message on GS load

[jazper]

Greetings.



I get a strange message on loading the ide (after typing "newlisp-edit") on terminal command line:

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(java:3058): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",


It doesn't seem to harm anything.  I am merely curious, and don't know the first thing about java.  Distro is Ubuntu 11.10.

[Lutz]

Do not run the Java which come on the standard UBUNTU install. Instead load down Java SE or Java RTE from:



http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp">http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp



click on Download and get the "Linux (self extracting file)"



then install it in /usr/local



then make a symbolic link from /usr/local/jre.x.x.x-java/bin/java to /usr/bin/java.



Instead of the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) you can also get the full JDK (Java Development Kit)

[jazper]

For information:



I never got around to replacing the java that comes with Ubuntu.  Then I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 a few days ago.  After the upgrade, the java error messages no longer appear when loading newLISP GS IDE server.  Saved me the trouble.

[jazper]

After Ubuntu Precise Pangolin solved the java GTK message problem, it was otherwise a very pleasant upgrade for me.  The Unity loader works without problems now, but what's really great is the new Heads Up Display replacing menus.  I click the Windows key, and the HUD overlays the desktop in transparency, displaying recent apps, recent files, and recent downloads.  Typing "GI" offers me the Gimp's Icon, a click loads it.  



I downloaded an app called Main Menu from the Software Center.  Using that I added Newlisp to Unity.  It was simple:  enter the "newlisp-edit" command in the right input box, fill in the other details in the dialog, click on the icon in the dialog and browse to /usr/share/newlisp to select the newLISP icon & close.   Then, pressing the Windows key and entering "Ne" brought up the newLISP icon.  I think Ubuntu has really stolen a march on both Windows and Apple for ease of use here.  I really don't enjoy too much clicking around endless menus with a mouse (and use a tablet instead of mouse when I can), so this ability to type (without needing to load a terminal first) is a steal to me.  Speaking of which, I just plugged in my Wacom Bamboo tablet to this Ubuntu 12.04 (it's an HP laptop) computer, and it works straight off without a hitch.  Win 7 struggled with that, and then downloaded a driver, which didn't work first time, but it eventually did the second time.  I'm impressed.

[Lutz]

Thanks for the note. I also just installed 12.04 in VirtualBox on Mac OSX Lion. And the Java installed on this version of UBUNTU works fine. Only the main menu in the newLISP-GS IDE was hardly visible because of the dark colors in the default UBUNTU theme. But switching to the "Radiance" theme solved the problem.



But I still have problems with the sound for midi-demo.lsp and midi2-demo.lsp. Even after installing "soundbank-mid.gm", it was not able to do a gs:midi-init with that file. Perhaps you find a solution for this ;-)



ps: also just updated http://www.newlisp.org/modules/various/plot.lsp.html">http://www.newlisp.org/modules/various/plot.lsp.html with a new function for XY plots.



ps: and updated again ... clear your browser cache.

[jazper]

Thanks to you too.  I had not noticed a problem, but checked now to find I had already switched to "radiance".



As to sound, I have always struggled with both midi demo programs, and in fact with sound on Ubuntu, throughout the years.  I will give them a try, and report back.

[jazper]

Without making any changes since upgrading, both newLISP midi demos at least now do something.



midi-demo.lsp brings up a message box

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gs:midi-patch - instrument not known
When I press OK, it then plays the programmed scale sequence, on a piano.  But maybe the piano is a default.



midi2-demo.lsp does the same thing, but after pressing ok, it plays only a few of the programmed sounds.  Without ever doing anything with midi and synthesizers, I don't know why this is happening as it is, but I am wildly thrilled at getting any kind of sound at all!