The current README file packaged with the Linux GTK version of

AppleCommander.

build/README-linux-gtk

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+This is a highly experimental Linux GTK compile of AppleCommander.  This version does
+not require Java nor does it require the SWT distribution - it is compiled into a 
+native Linux executable.
+
+To launch AppleCommander:
+    $ cd <AppleCommander directory>
+    $ ./applecommander.sh
+
+Let me know if this works for you.
+
+Thanks!
+RobGreene at users.sourceforge.net
+
+Items of note:
+
+1.  The graphics libraries that AppleCommander use are either in a Sun JVM or
+    in JDK 1.4.x - neither of which GCJ supports.  All graphics options are
+    disabled (if they aren't, they certainly won't do anything).  Yes, 
+    GraphicsFileFilter.java was hacked to bits for this part.
+
+2.  The libraries that GCJ requires are listed here.  My Linux/Unix is rusty
+    enough that I have no clue if they are standard or not:
+        $ ldd AppleCommander
+        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x40023000)
+        libgcj.so.3 => /usr/lib/libgcj.so.3 (0x4002c000)
+        libm.so.6 => /lib/i686/libm.so.6 (0x40612000)
+        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x40634000)
+        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40642000)
+        libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (0x42000000)
+        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 (0x40645000)
+        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
+
+3.  I do not have the full GTK development environment.  Thus, the two *.so
+    libraries that are distributed and the need to launch AppleCommander from
+    applecommander.sh to setup LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
+
+4.  For those interested, I have build files (not Makefiles) that will be
+    posted in the build subdirectory of the AppleCommander source files on
+    SourceForge.net.  Note that the copy of SWT source that I obtained from 
+    eclipse.org had pieces that would not compile -
+    * org.eclipse.swt.custom.DisplayRenderer.java
+        Added the following explicit import:
+            import org.eclipse.swt.custom.StyledText.LineCache;
+        Not sure - this may be a GCJ issue.
+    * org.eclipse.swt.custom.TableCursor.java
+        Changed "void traverse(...)" to "boolean traverse(...)" and added
+        returns to return the same value as "event.doit".  This is because
+        the method that is over-ridden returns a boolean - so this class
+        could/should never have compiled before, right?
+    * org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.GtkSelectionData.java
+    * org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.GtkTargetEntry.java
+        Both of these classes were "mangled".  I basically had to replace/fix
+        the newline character through the file.
+
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