Sketch size, Eclipse, Ubuntu

moesian

in Integration and Hardware • 3 years ago

Hello,

I'm trying to use Processing in Eclipse on Ubuntu 10.04 amd64. When I launch a sketch the 'canvas' takes up only a fraction of the area I've defined. Intermittently the full sketch is shown, but it seems completely random. The position of objects don't seem to affected, only the size of the area which is visible and that can be interacted with (mouse events etc only work in this small area).

Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone have any ideas on what could be causing it? I'm at loss.

Thanks

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ben.fry

Re: Sketch size, Eclipse, Ubuntu

3 years ago

Are you using sun-java? Are you running your code with PApplet.main()?

moesian

Re: Sketch size, Eclipse, Ubuntu

3 years ago

Hello,

I'm using PApplet.main:

public static void main(String[] args) {
PApplet.main(new String[] {"--present", EclipseTest.class.getName()});
}

I think I'm using the Java supplied with Processing otherwise I have OpenJDK Java 6. I'll try installing sun-java, will be a couple of days till I get back to my computer, I'll post back whether it works or not.

Thanks for the quick response.

kooogy

Re: Sketch size, Eclipse, Ubuntu

3 years ago

what does your size() call look like?

applets can have trouble if you use variables in the size call.

ben.fry

Re: Sketch size, Eclipse, Ubuntu

3 years ago

I'd recommend removing --present since it's enabling Full Screen Exclusive Mode, which often has problems with drivers (especially on Linux). FSEM isn't really necessary on Linux (and Windows) since the OS can open a window to the full width and height of the screen without it (unlike Mac OS X, where we need to use FSEM, or magic, to hide the menu bar).

OpenJDK is not supported, and is especially unlikely to work with FSEM.

adamcsmit..

Re: Sketch size, Eclipse, Ubuntu

3 years ago

I had an issue with OpenJDK where applet windows in Eclipse would always be size 200x200. Went away when I installed the Sun JDK 6.

moesian

Re: Sketch size, Eclipse, Ubuntu

3 years ago

Hi,

I've removed '--present' and everything appears to be working now. I'll go ahead and remove OpenJDK and install Sun JDK 6 anyway.

Thanks everyone for all your help.

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