2 * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.6)
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3 * Copyright (C) 2010 J Procter, AM Waterhouse, G Barton, M Clamp, S Searle
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5 * This file is part of Jalview.
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7 * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
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8 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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9 * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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11 * Jalview is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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12 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
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13 * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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14 * PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Jalview. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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18 package jalview.util;
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21 * System platform information used by Applet and Application
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23 * @author Jim Procter
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25 public class Platform
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28 * sorry folks - Macs really are different
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30 * @return true if we do things in a special way.
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32 public boolean isAMac()
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34 return java.lang.System.getProperty("os.name").indexOf("Mac") > -1;
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38 public boolean isHeadless()
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40 String hdls = java.lang.System.getProperty("java.awt.headless");
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42 return hdls != null && hdls.equals("true");
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47 * @return nominal maximum command line length for this platform
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49 public static int getMaxCommandLineLength()
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51 // TODO: determine nominal limits for most platforms.
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52 return 2046; // this is the max length for a windows NT system.
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