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Evening, kiddiwinks.

Essentially, this thread will be taking the same form as the one that Phil B. (I think it was Phil B, anyways) started some time ago on the Murga Forum. Anybody who's come across, or has regularly used, any specific Java apps that you think the rest of us may find useful, feel free to post about 'em.

These things often turn up in the most unlikely places.....or a well-known or complex app, which you might expect to be released in a standard package format, turns out to be written in Java.

I'm going to share a few; I know this first one is one Phil definitely dug up:-

CruiserGL

It's kind of a Java version of what Google or Bing Maps offer, using the OpenMaps API/ecosystem. Works pretty well, too. Comes as a .pet.

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Next one is JDiskReport. It's a wee disk-usage analysis tool. 'Nuff said. This is an SFS.

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Next up is PinEmUp! - a Java-based 'sticky-notes' application, so's you can plaster reminders to yourself all over your desktop.... Pet package.

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This next one, um.....well; it very definitely functions, though I haven't as yet, quite got the hang of it. ScreenStudio is, as far as I can make out, a Java-powered version of OBS - Outside Broadcast Studio - but I haven't yet got the hang of the latter, either, so that's not saying much!

Worth a look, perhaps, if you're wanting to make up your own vids from various sources...

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Then we have JPDFView. No prizes for guessing what THIS does. It's neat, practical, workmanlike; it gets the job done. Comes as a .pet package.

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Solo Java MP3 player is ALSO self-explanatory. Please note, when it says MP3 player, it means exactly that.........it will ONLY play mp3s, and doesn't function with any other format. Mind you, I've come across a few Linux apps of various types that are also dedicated to one specific format.... Again, a .pet package.

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This last one's just a bit of fun, really, though it IS fully functional. Who remembers the old-style adding machines we used to use in offices? Pull the handle for each operation, and it printed-out on a roll of paper tape? Then we got large, desktop-sized calculators.....though these still retained the paper tape printout.

Well, SuperbCalc is exactly like the latter. A large calculator, with "paper-tape" printout.....which can be detached, and saved/copy-pasted/whatever you want to do with it. You can change display/GUI size/colour, and it even has sound effects!

Comes as a .pet.

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I've also got a number of individual .jar files. There's another music player; a basic notepad; a Java-powered installer for Capa Chess, a pretty nifty 3D chess game, itself Java-powered.....and what appears something rather like Google Maps, only laid out in Mercator projection, and apparently for mature students/university post-grads who are studying Geology..? Can't remember where I got this from, now.....it's around 60 MB in size, and for a Java-powered app is highly-detailed and pretty complex......called GeoMapApp.

I vaguely recall it was developed jointly between a British university, a Danish one, and a couple of American ones..?? (*shrug*)

You can find these here, if you fancy poking around:-

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Anybody else have anything you fancy sharing? Feel free to dive-in...!!

If anyone has any links for sources of Java apps, those would be especially welcome.....

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A few URLs (these are the ones I can actually find):_

Cruiser - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Cruiser#Map

GeoMapApp - http://www.geomapapp.org/

JDiskReport - http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/

PinEmUp! - https://sourceforge.net/projects/pinemup/files/

(All the others are either defunct, or their respective sites no longer exist...)

Mike.

Tag: JavaMod, JavaTunes, Arachnophilia

Could you please add home pages urls of those programs. So that everyone can download a newer version yourself.

You can start .jar files with this command:

java -jar javafile.jar

or prepare a bash script eg. jstart.sh for this:

#!/bin/sh
java -jar "$@"

JavaMod - The Java Mod Player
https://sourceforge.net/projects/javamod/

I use it to play Amiga modules mostly.

Here you have some tunes of one of the best Polish tracker musicians.

JavaTunes
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedi ... unes.shtml

Arachnophilia - programming editor
https://arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/index.html

Multivalent.jar

a stunning piece of java software able to view and manipulate pdf files
Multivalent.jar
- https://www.dropbox.com/s/q2znap8yf9rb2 ... t.jar?dl=1
documentation
- https://www.dropbox.com/s/4unqvswkc7uds ... s.zip?dl=1

# MD5
813bb651a1cc6ea230f28aac47f78051  Multivalent.jar
# SHA1
1545d3dcfb35d8c3a79be5a621003feaba9f02d0  Multivalent.jar
# SHA256
c9d48bc713f3f605a56754a8a42bba097597ad7ffe1035ce9e236e54a61339d0  Multivalent.jar

I wrote several scripts for different imposition schemes (In Italian, sorry) in my blog:
https://ignoraetlabora.wordpress.com/

actual Multivalent.jar hosted on sourceforge are deprived od pdf tools, so you need to download from my link

@puppy_apprentice :-

Could you please add home pages urls of those programs. So that everyone can download a newer version yourself.

Mm. I'll do what I can, mate.....but you have to understand that I've collected these over quite a long period of time, and I can't remember where I found most of 'em now! They have a tendency to show up in the most unexpected locations, too.....usually where you wouldn't expect to find Java apps.

I'll see if I can track some of them down. No promises, mind....

Mike.

JavE (Java Ascii Versatile Editor) v5.0 and 270+ fonts. As you might guess, for drawing ASCII graphics
Of course there are more modern Playscii and Moebius, but JavE remains my favorite. This is a Java program, but I made a .pet. After installation, run via Menu>>Graphic>>JavE
https://disk.yandex.ru/d/tbQXczxFg6V_1A

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The main thing is not to use such tools for various outrages I went through this on russian forums. There, various idiots drew ascii-ass-dicks-naked-women half the size of the screen. And I was one of those idiots Do not repeat the mistakes of youth

Pixelitor java image editor: https://pixelitor.sourceforge.io/

HeliosPaint free image editor: http://www.heliospaint.com/

@muggins :-

Hey, thanks for those last two. I LIKE Pixelitor, I must say. Kinda like a Java-powered older version of the GIMP. Very neat.

Cheers!

Mike.

Art of Illusion (3D modelling, rendering, and animation)
I like Wings 3D written in Erlang programming language more. But in Java, AoI is probably the only one of this scale.

Tag: CrosswordEditor, FidoCadJ, HoDoKu

I have one suggestion - make first post of this topic as an index page with links to our posts (maybe broken down into categories eg. graphics, music etc.)

CrosswordEditor - application for creating, editing and solving crosswords
http://crosswordeditor.sourceforge.net/

FidoCadJ - vector drawing program with a complete library of electronic symbols
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fidocadj/

HoDoKu - a Sudoku generator/solver/trainer/analyzer
http://hodoku.sourceforge.net/en/index.php

JD-GUI. Standalone graphical utility that displays Java sources from CLASS files(instant access to methods and fields). Main site (http ) and Gitpage
Direct link to file:
https://github.com/java-decompiler/jd-g ... -1.6.6.jar

Tag: JPC, SlowQR, TTFEdit

JPC - the fast pure Java™ x86 PC emulator
http://jpc.sourceforge.net/home_home.html

SlowQR - generator/decoder of QR Codes
https://sourceforge.net/projects/slowqr/

TTFEdit - TrueTypes tables editor
http://ttfedit.sourceforge.net/

Grey wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:56 am

Art of Illusion (3D modelling, rendering, and animation)
I like Wings 3D written in Erlang programming language more. But in Java, AoI is probably the only one of this scale.

Good grief. A Java-powered Blender/OBS combo. I wouldn't have thought that possible..! I'm officially impressed, yes, indeedy.

Whether or not I shall ever find time to play around with it is anybody's guess.....

Mike.

Tag: aTunes, Jajuk, Jukes

Three Java music players/organizers:

aTunes
http://www.atunes.org/

Jajuk
http://www.jajuk.info/

Jukes
https://code.google.com/archive/p/jukes/

Opera Mini - https://drive.google.com/file/d/129STkb ... sp=sharing

amethyst wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:54 am

Opera Mini - https://drive.google.com/file/d/129STkb ... sp=sharing

This one I CAN recommend. It works well, despite that it takes a wee bit of getting used to..!

Thanks, Nic.

Mike.

Tag: Circuit Simulator, InsightPoint, Jubler

Circuit Simulator - an electronic circuit simulator
https://www.falstad.com/circuit/

InsightPoint - a tool for creating vector graphics
Home page gone with wind.
https://www.szybkiplik.pl/Zm5cUNuFr8
Expires after 7 days.
To use it on 64 bit Puppies you have to load .sfs with 32bit libs too.

Jubler - subtitles editor
https://www.jubler.org/index.html

There is a console tool for this on old forum:
https://oldforum.puppylinux.com/viewtop ... 8#p1014088
You have to log in first to get it, because programming section is hidden.
Edit: it works now without log in.

puppy_apprentice wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 4:37 pm

InsightPoint - a tool for creating vector graphics
Home page gone with wind.
https://www.szybkiplik.pl/Zm5cUNuFr8

How to launch it? Doesn't work in Fossapup even with 32-bit .sfs. There is insightpoint.exe ʘ‿ʘ

puppy_apprentice wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 4:37 pm

Expires after 7 days.

The readme.txt file says 14 days ◕‿↼

This exe is linux elf file 32bit, cut .exe, give permission and try to launch.
7 days is for my link with program.

Found what the problem is. I have Mono installed. The system thinks that it is not Java, but Mono program. Therefore, it only works when launched from terminal with the command ./insightpoint.exe (ᵔᴥᵔ)

I always launch new programs (even with GUI) from console to see what is under the hood.

Tag: DocSearcher, TV-Browser, yEd

DocSearcher - document indexer and search utility
https://www.docsearcher.de/

TV-Browser - electronic TV guide
https://www.tvbrowser.org/

yEd - a general-purpose diagramming program with a multi-document interface
https://www.yworks.com/products/yed

Tag: FuncPlotter, Kitchen Garden Aid, JavaCPC Desktop

FuncPlotter - 2d function grapher
http://funcplotter.sourceforge.net/

Kitchen Garden Aid - garden planner
http://kitchengarden.sourceforge.net/

JavaCPC Desktop - Java Amstrad CPC Emulator
https://sourceforge.net/projects/javacpc/

Tag: GloboNote, MUD Map, Qana

GloboNote - Free note taking application
https://globonote.info/

- helps users of MUDs, MUSHs, text adventures and similar games at creating maps of the virtual worlds and to keep an overview over places, paths, dangerous areas
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mudmap/

Qana - Java application that encrypts files, text and archives (hierarchically structured sets of files) with a 256-bit symmetric-key cipher
http://qana.sourceforge.net/

Interior design program http://www.sweethome3d.com/

JDraw http://jdraw.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=6

Tag: Docear, Freeplane, Freemind

3 mind/idea mapping java apps:

https://docear.org/

Freemind
https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/

Freeplane
https://www.freeplane.org/wiki/index.php/Home

Tag: DocFetcher, Jarnal, JPdfBookmarks

DocFetcher - desktop search application
http://docfetcher.sourceforge.net/en/index.html

Jarnal - Java app for note-taking, sketching and PDF-/picture-annotating
https://sourceforge.net/projects/jarnal/

JPdfBookmarks - allows you to create and edit bookmarks on existing pdf files
https://sourceforge.net/projects/jpdfbookmarks/

http://jwork.org/jport/

Running run.sh puts a small program launcher on the right of your desktop.

The downloaded free version of jPort has a limited number of applications (about 20). You should register in the member area and purchase the jPort program in order to install more free programs from the Portable Java Application (PJP) portal and update the existing programs.

This list is nice:
https://jwork.org/jport/pjp/db.php
We could try to find homepages of those apps.
Some of them we have on our forum.