[Qgis-user] INTERLIS plugin on mac

[Annina Hirschi Wyss]

Thanks for your help, William,

I'm quite discouraged... Hope getting some help from the plugin developer

On Oct 8, 2010, at 9:57 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:

> On Oct 8, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Annina Hirschi Wyss wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Oct 8, 2010, at 7:04 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
>> 
>>> On Oct 8, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Annina Hirschi Wyss wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi List,
>>>> 
>>>> I can't get the INTERLIS plugin to work on my OSX 10.6.4, QGIS 1.5.0 (Framework install from KyngChaos). It says it can't find the JRE, so I set the JAVA_HOME variable and path, but no change...
>>>> 
>>>> Am I missing something, or did someone make similar experiences?
>>> 
>>> Do you need model support?  From what the dialog says for loading Interlis data, Java is needed for model support, implying that will still read interlis data without it.
>> Yes I'd like to. but even if i try to load an interlis xml without a model, it's not selectable in the "choose"-window
> 
> I don't know about this, it sounds like a problem with the operation of the plugin.
> 
>>> 
>>> Adding the JRE path to the environment is yet another case where OS X applications do not get any of the shell environment (ie set in your .bash_profile).  There is a hidden, little documented (if at all) method to get environment into an application, but I don't like to encourage it because it's clunky to use (hidden file, and no GUI unless you install 3rd party software).
>> do you mean the /etc/paths-file? Or is it more complex?
>> 
> That's also just for the shell.
> 
> If you really, really, really want to use this hidden environment thing, install the RCEnvironment preference pane.
> 
> 
> -----
> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com>
> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
> 
> "We are at war with them. Neither in hatred nor revenge and with no particular pleasure I shall kill every ___ I can until the war is over. That is my duty."
> 
> "Don't you even hate 'em?"
> 
> "What good would it do if I did? If all the many millions of people of the allied nations devoted an entire year exclusively to hating the ____ it wouldn't kill one ___ nor shorten the war one day."
> 
> <Ha, ha> "And it might give 'em all stomach ulcers."
> 
> - Tarzan, on war
>