Kepler

Found this:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Java/Reference/Java_PropertiesRef/Articles/JavaSystemProperties.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001975

which references the system properties one can use under OSX. It says nothing about changing the default "about" dialog in the main application window. Still looking...anyone have any ideas on this?

Possibly need to change a key/value in the Info.plist file, but that won't work for ant runs, only when Kepler is executed from the application icon.

It would also be nice to figure out how to make the kepler icon show up in the apple-tab list instead of a generic "exec" icon.

Handling the About menu is possible and described in the Java Development Guide for Mac OS X:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Java/Conceptual/Java14Development/07-NativePlatformIntegration/NativePlatformIntegration.html

"Apple provides functionality for this in the com.apple.eawt package. The Application and ApplicationAdaptor classes provide a way to handle the Preferences, About, and Quit items."

Examples here:
http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2004/qa1363.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS10003370
http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/OSXAdapter/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS10000685

And reference info here:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Java/Reference/1.5.0/appledoc/api/com/apple/eawt/Application.html
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Java/Reference/1.5.0/appledoc/api/com/apple/eawt/ApplicationAdapter.html

Setting your own icon is done, if I remember correctly, via the Info.plist file in the app bundle. However, I also just found a page that indicates it can be set on the command line too, using:
-Xdock:icon=myhome/myIcon.icns
Apple prefers icons in icns format. I think XCode has an icon editor.

Thanks for the info, Matt. The icon is currently set in the plist file, and it shows up fine in the Finder, but not in the bar that appears when you apple-tab between apps. I'll try to look into this more.

Fixed. The mac version of kepler now has an about box, it correctly exits when using apple-q and it has a new icon set that fit the standard OSX icon sizes.

Original Bugzilla ID was 4067