Source

Nintaco_src_2023-12-08.zip

Compile

The source .zip contains:

build.xml - The Apache Ant buildfile.
lgpl-2.1.txt - The free software license.
src - The source tree.
lib - The dependent .jar files.
lib/native - JInput binaries for multiple platforms.

The buildfile requires the environmental variable JAVA_HOME to point to Java SE Development Kit 8 or above. To compile, simply extract the source .zip to a temporary directory and run ant:

$ ls
build.xml  lgpl-2.1.txt  lib  src

$ ant
Buildfile: build.xml

default:
    [mkdir] Created dir: build
    [mkdir] Created dir: dist
    [mkdir] Created dir: dist\lib
    [mkdir] Created dir: dist\lib\native
    [mkdir] Created dir: archive
    [mkdir] Created dir: javadoc
     [copy] Copying 90 files to build
     [copy] Copied 166 empty directories to 155 empty directories under build
     [copy] Copying 14 files to dist\lib
     [copy] Copying 1 file to dist
    [javac] Compiling 855 source files to build
    [javac] Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
    [javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
    [javac] Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
    [javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
    [javac] Creating empty build\nintaco\api\package-info.class
      [jar] Building jar: dist\Nintaco.jar
      [zip] Building zip: archive\Nintaco_bin_2017-05-01.zip
  [javadoc] Generating Javadoc
  [javadoc] Javadoc execution
  [javadoc] Loading source files for package nintaco.api...
  [javadoc] Constructing Javadoc information...
  [javadoc] Standard Doclet version 1.8.0_121
  [javadoc] Building tree for all the packages and classes...
  [javadoc] Building index for all the packages and classes...
  [javadoc] Building index for all classes...

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 16 seconds

$ ls
archive  build  build.xml  dist  javadoc  lgpl-2.1.txt  lib  src

The buildfile creates 4 new directories:

build - The .class files.
dist - The Nintaco.jar and the dependencies.
archive - The zipped up contents of dist.
javadoc - The API Javadoc.

The buildfile also provides a run task:

$ ant run

Alternatively, Nintaco can be launched from the dist directory:

$ java -jar Nintaco.jar

Netbeans

Nintaco was developed using Java SE Development Kit 8 and Netbeans IDE 8.2. The user-interface cannot be modified without the NetBeans IDE Swing GUI Builder.

To use Nintaco from Netbeans, begin by extracting the source .zip to a temporary directory. Then, create a new Java project in Netbeans and copy src from the .zip to the new project folder.

To add the libraries, right-click on the project node and select Properties from the context menu. Then, select Libraries under Categories and press Add JAR/Folder. Finally, select all the .jar files inside of the lib directory.

When a new Java project is created, Netbeans automatically adds a default Apache Ant buildfile called build.xml. A new task needs to be added to that buildfile to copy the contents of lib/native (from the source .zip) to dist/lib/native at build time. Add the task below and adjust the fileset dir to point to the location of the extracted files.

    <target name="-post-jar">
      <copy todir="${dist.dir}/lib/native">
        <fileset dir="lib/native"/>
      </copy>
    </target>

To compile Nintaco, right-click on the project node and select Clean and Build from the context menu.

Finally, to run Nintaco, right-click on the project node and select Run.