no custom categories in jBliss

[noah]

I am currently using jBliss on a Linux system and it is problem free, with the one exception that I cannot open up the "custom categories" window in the Action editor. I can use the custom equipment without any problems, but when I click on custom categories, nothing happens at all. Has anyone else encountered this or know a fix?

Noah

[Zaphod]

I think I am seeing the same problem in v1.6 on linux. (I was also having issues with the prior version, too.) When I click Custom > Categories, I get the following error in the terminal I started Bliss from.

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Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to com.GamesForLoving.Categories.e
    at com.GamesForLoving.ActionEditor.bz.getTreeCellRendererComponent(CustomCategory.java:136)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI$NodeDimensionsHandler.getNodeDimensions(BasicTreeUI.java:2712)
    at javax.swing.tree.AbstractLayoutCache.getNodeDimensions(AbstractLayoutCache.java:475)
    at javax.swing.tree.VariableHeightLayoutCache$TreeStateNode.updatePreferredSize(VariableHeightLayoutCache.java:1342)
    at javax.swing.tree.VariableHeightLayoutCache.updateNodeSizes(VariableHeightLayoutCache.java:900)
    at javax.swing.tree.VariableHeightLayoutCache.invalidateSizes(VariableHeightLayoutCache.java:354)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI.setCellRenderer(BasicTreeUI.java:367)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI$Handler.propertyChange(BasicTreeUI.java:3321)
    at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(PropertyChangeSupport.java:339)
    at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(PropertyChangeSupport.java:276)
    at java.awt.Component.firePropertyChange(Component.java:8128)
    at javax.swing.JTree.setCellRenderer(JTree.java:749)
    at com.GamesForLoving.ActionEditor.bq.<init>(CustomCategory.java:69)
    at com.GamesForLoving.ActionEditor.ActionEditor.E(ActionEditor.java:84)
    at com.GamesForLoving.ActionEditor.aW.actionPerformed(ActionEditor.java:2418)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2318)
    at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:387)
    at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:242)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:357)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1223)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1264)
    at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6263)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3267)
    at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6028)
    at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2041)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4630)
    at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2099)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4574)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4238)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4168)
    at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2085)
    at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2478)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)


[Don]

Hi,

Could you let me know what version of Java you are running. Just run

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java -version

at the command line.

Thanks,

Don

[Zaphod]

That was using:
java version "1.6.0_20"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_20-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 16.3-b01, mixed mode)


I also have:
java version "1.6.0_18"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8.1) (6b18-1.8.1-0ubuntu1)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 16.0-b13, mixed mode)

Which produces this error in the same place:

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Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to com.GamesForLoving.Categories.e
   at com.GamesForLoving.ActionEditor.bz.getTreeCellRendererComponent(CustomCategory.java:136)
   at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI$NodeDimensionsHandler.getNodeDimensions(BasicTreeUI.java:2751)
   at javax.swing.tree.AbstractLayoutCache.getNodeDimensions(AbstractLayoutCache.java:492)
   at javax.swing.tree.VariableHeightLayoutCache$TreeStateNode.updatePreferredSize(VariableHeightLayoutCache.java:1359)
   at javax.swing.tree.VariableHeightLayoutCache.updateNodeSizes(VariableHeightLayoutCache.java:917)
   at javax.swing.tree.VariableHeightLayoutCache.invalidateSizes(VariableHeightLayoutCache.java:371)
   at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI.setCellRenderer(BasicTreeUI.java:384)
   at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI$Handler.propertyChange(BasicTreeUI.java:3360)
   at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.fire(PropertyChangeSupport.java:298)
   at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(PropertyChangeSupport.java:291)
   at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(PropertyChangeSupport.java:229)
   at java.awt.Component.firePropertyChange(Component.java:8023)
   at javax.swing.JTree.setCellRenderer(JTree.java:754)
   at com.GamesForLoving.ActionEditor.bq.<init>(CustomCategory.java:69)
   at com.GamesForLoving.ActionEditor.ActionEditor.E(ActionEditor.java:84)
   at com.GamesForLoving.ActionEditor.aW.actionPerformed(ActionEditor.java:2418)
   at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2012)
   at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2335)
   at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:404)
   at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
   at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:374)
   at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:829)
   at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:873)
   at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6108)
   at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3267)
   at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5873)
   at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2105)
   at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4469)
   at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2163)
   at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4295)
   at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4461)
   at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4125)
   at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4055)
   at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2149)
   at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2478)
   at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4295)
   at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:604)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:275)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:200)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:190)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:185)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:177)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:138)

[Zaphod]

*bump*

Any word on this, Don? I have an action file that I have been sitting on for over a year because I can't add the appropriate custom categories.

thanks.

[squarepeg]

As an avid linux user I reported this problem back during the beta testing last summer. I've found no relief in any current version of java under linux. In my testing of the action editor, invoking either the Categories or the Situations from the menu causes a crash.

The way I get around this is to use the Windows version under WINE. If you are not familiar, WINE is a free windows comparability layer to allow the running of windows programs under linux. Bliss installs in seconds and runs well. Categories and/or situations created under the Windows version of Bliss work fine in the java jBliss version.

I gather this bug may be difficult to track down. An older version of java ran the AE just fine, so it may be the newer linux implementations are at fault - although both Sun's java and the openJDK both fail. Bothersome as that may be, I would still rather have Don's efforts go toward an Android version (hope, hope).

[Zaphod]

I am with you on pretty much all counts. While I had some issues with using WINE with the Windows version a year ago, I managed to get the current version running under WINE recently and made my edits to the categories that way, it's just a little frustrating that it doesn't work natively.

I agree that if it takes too much effort to fix this issue, I would prefer to see work toward an Android implementation first.

[Don]

Hi,

I think I have a fix for this in place and I will be adding it to a minor maintenance release that will be out in 2-3 weeks. The other significant fixes for this release will be fixing the online help bug and fixing the bug wtih the handling of non-ASCII characters (like accented characters) in user names.

Thanks,

Don