Posted by Sven Gothel on Jul 07, 2012; 11:08am
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/Applet-demos-not-working-tp4025445p4025458.html

On 07/07/2012 01:59 AM, Kyle [via jogamp] wrote:
> OK so I was able to get the
> http://jogamp.org/deployment/jogamp-next/jogl-test-applets.html applets
> running under Windows. I'm noticing on these applets that they use
> com.jogamp.newt.awt.applet.JOGLNewtApplet1Run which I haven't heard of until
> now.

This utility class is just a tool allow loading any GLEventListener
into a NEWT GLWindow, which itself is hooked to an AWT component (the Applet).
It's documented in the source (API doc) and on the launch page.

The jogl-demo page has a test for Gears (GL2) as well, using plain AWT.

> The demos don't work under linux still, but if I can get my applet
> running under Windows I'll be satisfied, even if it hurts a little on the
> inside. There's more Windows users than Linux users. From the looks of it
> looking around the problem seems to be icedtea like you mentioned.

Yes. It's not Windows vs Linux.

~Sven