From 7b0783b59d3e5ae474862fe9a3b6df60c4e4bf06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 08:23:40 +0000 Subject: update tlcockpit 1.0 git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@48838 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/tlcockpit/NEWS | 5 +++++ Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/tlcockpit/README.md | 8 +++++++- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Master/texmf-dist/doc/support') diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/tlcockpit/NEWS b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/tlcockpit/NEWS index 1be72691ded..8534c067fdd 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/tlcockpit/NEWS +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/tlcockpit/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ NEWS for tlcockpit +version 1.0 (20181006) +---------------------- +- check for used Java version and abort if less than < 1.8 (Java 8) +- add support for Cygwin + version 0.9 (20180408) ---------------------- - make package info dialog content copyable (as far as possible) diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/tlcockpit/README.md b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/tlcockpit/README.md index d4a767c1ed2..c5b9bbd8d26 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/tlcockpit/README.md +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/tlcockpit/README.md @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Requirements You need at least `tlmgr` from after 2017-11-23, in TeX Live language at least version 45888 or `texlive.infra`. -A recent Java installation that includes JavaFX is required. If you see +A recent Java (at least Java 8) installation that includes JavaFX is required. If you see errors like ``` Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again @@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ that means that the Java installation does not provides JavaFX. On Windows the latest JRE from Oracle include JavaFX. On Linux one might need to install some extra packages (Debian/Ubuntu: openjfx). +With recent release of Java 11 problems are getting worse, since JavaFX is now +separately packaged, and ScalaFX only supports (by now) JavaFX8. That means, for +now it is necessary to have a Java 8 installation. As soon as ScalaFX supports +JavaFX11 we will move to use it. + + Development ----------- -- cgit v1.2.3