IcedTea - how to show the applet console..?

java console applet icedtea
Ruth Morales picture Ruth Morales · Nov 16, 2011 · Viewed 10.3k times · Source

since recently I think we are forced to use IcedTea to run applets in Ubuntu 11.10. At least I don't see how to install Sun Java from the Software Center.

I would like to debug an applet which gives problems in IcedTea. However, I don't know how to show the applet console. So no chance to see any Exceptions.

Cheers, Ruth

Answer

Tellurant picture Tellurant · Dec 13, 2011

You can easily see near realtime the output of the IcedTea Java plugin by first running in two separate terminal windows the following commands then invoking the applet in your web browser.

$ watch -n 1 'cat $HOME/.icedteaplugin/java.stdout'

or

$ watch -n 1 'cat $HOME/.icedteaplugin/java.stderr'

java.stdout contains standard output of the running applet whereas java.stderr will capture standard error output (capture exceptions trace here).

Note : the "-n" option flag lets you specify the refresh rate in seconds.

Related questions

Java: Clear the console

Can any body please tell me what code is used for clear screen in Java? For example in C++ system("CLS"); What code is used in Java for clear screen? Thanks!

Read More
Getting Keyboard Input

How do I get simple keyboard input (an integer) from the user in the console in Java? I accomplished this using the java.io.* stuff, but it says it is deprecated. How should I do it now?

Read More
How to write console output to a txt file

I have tried to write the console output to a txt file using this code suggestion (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread23883.html#) however I was not successful. What's wrong? try { //create a buffered reader that connects to the console, …

Read More