[Pythonmac-SIG] JPython with MRJ ?

[Just van Rossum]

At 16:50 +0200 4/17/98, Jack Jansen wrote:
>If someone can write up a webpage or a document or something on how to
>install
>this (Jeff, maybe you could start it as you seem to at least understand
>something about it:-) I guess that would be very handy to have.

This was posted to comp.lang.python over the weekend:

>[Running JPython 1.0b5 on Macintosh]
>
>Today, I have announced the release of documentation how to run
>JPython 1.0b5 on Macintosh. It runs well on Macintosh with MRJ 2.0.
>
>The program and its documentation is available at;
>  <http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~mizutori/java/index.html#howtojpython>
>  <http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~mizutori/java/JPython-10b5-doc.pdf>
>
>JPython is an implementation of the object-oriented scripting language
>Python, seamlessly integrated with the Java platform. JPython will run
>flawlessly on any 1.1 compliant Java VM, so it should run on Macintosh
>with MRJ 2.0.
>
>     Unfortunately, due to a bug of JPython's parser program, you may
>fail to install the standard JPython libraries on Macintosh platform.
>This document describes a prescription for overcoming this problem, and
>how to install a bunch of JPython stuff successfully and run its scripts
>well on Macintosh.
>
>--
>Mizutori Tetsuya, Tokyo, Japan
>mailto:mizutori@nn.iij4u.or.jp
>http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~mizutori/


I don't have time to check it out, perhaps others can share their experiences.

Just