Help

This opens the user guide you are reading right now.

The viewer used is the standard JavaHelp viewer, which is a bit awkward but essentially works similar to a web browser.

One notable feature is is the search function, which you can use by clicking on the magnifier glass icon.

Figure 3.7. Searching for a keyword in the help viewer.

Searching for a keyword in the help viewer.

System information

This open a window displaying the following information:

  1. Platform name and version (for example Mac OS X-10.3.5-ppc), Java version (for example 1.4.2_05).

  2. Cache and Memory status.

  3. Image file suffixes recognized, and details about the Java ImageIO plug-in that deals that deals with the respective suffix.

Homepage

This opens the the Jomic homepage at http://jomic.sourceforge.net.

Mailing list

This opens open a web page where you can register for the Jomic user mailing list.

Report bug

This opens a web form in your browser where you can report a bug. A decent bug report should attempt to answer the following questions:

  1. Which version of Jomic are you using?

  2. What steps are necessary to reproduce the bug? The easiest way to describe this is as list of sentences worded as commands, for example "enter this", "click that", "wait for this to open", ...)

  3. What was the result of these steps, and what would you have expected?

The bug report form is hosted on SourceForge, but you do not need to register and login. Still, it is recommended to register and login because it makes it easier to track where a bug came from. Otherwise, your username simply is nobody.

Request feature

This opens a web form in your browser where you can issue a request for functionality currently missing in Jomic.

The feature request form is hosted on SourceForge, but you do not need to register and login. Still, it is recommended to register and login because it makes it easier to track where a request came from. Otherwise, your username simply is nobody.

Contact author

If you issue is not covered by the above possibilities, you can send an email directly to the author.