Java/JHandles available for Linux

[Michael Goffioul]

Hi,

Thanks to David, I'm pleased to announce that the java interface as well as the
java-based graphics backends (AKA jhandles) now run under Linux. You can
see a screenshot here: http://www.geocities.com/sw286000/oplot-gl/snapshot4.png

Both packages are available under CVS on octave-forge and should be part of
the next octave-forge release. Tests under Linux have been made using the Sun
java implementation 1.6 and JOGL 1.1 (latest version available from
Sun web site).

> From an installation point of view, you'll need (David, correct me if I'm wrong)
1) jogl.jar and gluegen-rt.jar somewhere in PATH (may be octave bin dir)
2) libjvm.so and JOGL support shared libs somewhere in LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Have fun, and big kudos to David.

Michael.