2 * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer ($$Version-Rel$$)
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24 * System platform information used by Applet and Application
31 * sorry folks - Macs really are different
33 * @return true if we do things in a special way.
35 public static boolean isAMac()
37 return java.lang.System.getProperty("os.name").indexOf("Mac") > -1;
41 public static boolean isHeadless()
43 String hdls = java.lang.System.getProperty("java.awt.headless");
45 return hdls != null && hdls.equals("true");
50 * @return nominal maximum command line length for this platform
52 public static int getMaxCommandLineLength()
54 // TODO: determine nominal limits for most platforms.
55 return 2046; // this is the max length for a windows NT system.
59 * escape a string according to the local platform's escape character
62 * @return escaped file
64 public static String escapeString(String file)
66 StringBuffer f = new StringBuffer();
68 while ((p = file.indexOf('\\', lastp)) > -1)
70 f.append(file.subSequence(lastp, p));
74 f.append(file.substring(lastp));