[PLUG] Can't figure out how to launch a Java app

[John Jason Jordan]

On Sun, 6 Oct 2019 13:12:11 -0700
King Beowulf <kingbeowulf at gmail.com> dijo:

>On 10/6/19 12:02 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
>> For many years I have used TreeForm, a Java application, to draw
>> syntax trees. The latest version I have working is TreeForm 10.3,
>> but the current latest version is 1.11, and I can't figure out how
>> to launch it.
>>
>> 	https://sourceforge.net/projects/treeform/
>>
>> To launch 10.3 I use 'java -Xmx256m -Xms64m -jar TreeForm.jar' from
>> the command line while in the folder for 10.3. But after unpacking
>> the download package for 1.11 I can't find a .jar file anywhere.
>>
>> I have Oracle Java 8 installed on my Xubuntu 16.04 computer. In case
>> it is not adequate for this incarnation of TreeForm I figured I'd
>> deal with that issue later. First I have to figure out a launch
>> command.
>>
>> Suggestions welcome!
>
>I went to the link above, downloaded TreeForm 1.11/TreeFormWindows.zip
>(neet verion 2019-09-05), extracted, changed to the appropriate
>directory:
>
>$ unzip TreeFormWindows.zip
>$ cd TreeFormWindows
>$ ls
>TreeForm.bat  TreeForm.jar  about.htm  help  image  readme.txt
>what_new.htm
>
>$ java -Xmx256m -Xms64m -jar TreeForm.jar
>Oct 06, 2019 1:10:31 PM userInterface.Start main
>INFO: Launching the application...
>Oct 06, 2019 1:10:31 PM userInterface.Start main
>INFO: Launch thread now exiting...
>
>runs as expected.

Thanks for figuring it out for me. I had downloaded the TreeForm.jar
file, which installs files, but apparently not the same files as the
1.11 folder. Following your instructions it is working now.