[e-lang] Problems with E + SWT on Mac OS X [ solved ]

[Kevin Reid]

On Oct 21, 2009, at 4:33, Thomas Leonard wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 16:44 +0100, Thomas Leonard wrote:
>> I'm trying to get E used a bit more widely here, but our Mac user
>> (10.6.1, Snow Leopard, Java 1.6, 32-bit x86) gets this error (many
>> hundreds of lines):
>>
>> 2009-10-20 16:30:24.779 java[3000:8a03] *** __NSAutoreleaseNoPool():
>> Object 0x12047a0 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in
>> place - just leaking
>
> OK, it seems that we've found a combination that works:
>
> 1. Use the 32 bit version of Java (can be set using the "Java
> Preferences" utility).
>
> 2. Download the correct version of SWT: "Mac OSX (Mac/Carbon)". If you
> are getting lot of "just leaking" messages, you downloaded the wrong
> one. We used this version:
>
> http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.5.1-200909170800/index.php#SWT


I've posted your information on the wiki along with writing a short  
comment on SWT's role in E:
   http://wiki.erights.org/wiki/SWT

Thanks for working on the problem. (I'm not using Snow Leopard so I  
have no personal experience with it.)

-- 
Kevin Reid                                  <http://switchb.org/kpreid/>