[oXygen-user] OSX: Using Java 7 With Oxygen

[Eliot Kimber]

OK, I guess that explains it.

Part of the issue I ran into was with testing the 2.0 version of the Open
Toolkit--it appears to be compiled with Java 7 (meaning it fails to run
under Java 6), so I upgraded to Java 7.

This was just for testing the 2.0 OT through Oxygen, so it's not a deal
killer to have Oxygen continue to use Java 6.

Cheers,

E.
—————
Eliot Kimber, Owner
Contrext, LLC
http://contrext.com




On 7/23/14, 1:14 PM, "oXygen XML Editor Support (Ionela Istodor)"
<> wrote:

>Hi Eliot,
>
>First I'd like to point out that the primary and recommended
>distribution of Oxygen for Mac OS X 10.5 and later (.zip) still requires
>Java SE 6 (from Apple). The reason for this is that Java SE 6 from Apple
>still has better integration and compatibility with OS X for desktop
>applications and is more stable then the Java distributions from Oracle.
>The .app launchers from this distribution do not recognize Java SE 7 or
>later from Oracle, only Java SE 6 from Apple. On the other hand the .sh
>scripts (e.g. oxygenMac.sh) work with any available Java (6 or later)
>runtime.
>
>There is also available a distribution of Oxygen v16.0 for OS X 10.8 and
>later (.tar.gz) that bundles Java SE 8u5. We have had various issues on
>OS X with Java SE 7, so we have decided to use Java SE 8 instead.
>
>This download is somewhat hidden among the 'Requirements' bulleted list.
>If you have trouble finding it, here's a direct download link:
>http://www.oxygenxml.com/InstData/Editor/MacOSX/VM/oxygen.tar.gz
>
>Note that this distribution only uses the bundled Java runtime (Java SE
>8), not the system installed Java runtime.
>
>Regards,
>Ionela
>
>--
>Ionela Istodor
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>
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>On 7/23/2014 6:36 PM, Eliot Kimber wrote:
>> I have just updated my OS X system to Java 7. I get Java 7 as the java
>> version from the command line:
>>
>> contrext01:DITA-OT ekimber$ java -version
>> java version "1.7.0_65"
>> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_65-b17)
>> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.65-b04, mixed mode)
>>
>> And I was able to configure Eclipse to use the Java 7 runtime.
>>
>>
>> However, Oxygen is still using the Java 6 JRE and I can't see how to
>> change it. The instructions in the help that specify using the Java
>> Preferences utility are out of date as that utility is no longer
>>provided
>> by Apple and the Oracle Java preferences doesn't show anything except
>>the
>> Java 7 runtime.
>>
>> If I look at the system properties in the About Oxygen all the
>> java-related properties reflect Java 6, not Java 7, but I don't see any
>> place that these are actually being set (not in my .bashrc, not in the
>> Oxygen app plist files).
>>
>> What do I do to get Oxygen to use the 1.7 JRE?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> E.
>>
>> —————
>> Eliot Kimber, Owner
>> Contrext, LLC
>> http://contrext.com
>>
>>
>>
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