#8 Preferences not maintained on Linux

[Ross Gardler]

We are using the new XML preferences format in Java 1.4, however
there seems to be a problem on the Linux platform. The preferences
are being saved with the wrong document type. This results in an
error when first loading the preferences (reported at the console)

The application will still run with the default prefernces. We are also
able to change the preferences for a single session. However, these
preferences do not persist over multiple sessions.

This has not been tested under windows yet, an a windows user
please test this and comment here.

[Ross Gardler]

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leverm reports this as working OK on windows XP, so it would appear to
be a Linux problem.

[Ross Gardler]

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I cannot find the cause of this bug. The files are being written by the
java application OK but they are being written with a doctype of:

<!DOCTYPE map SYSTEM
'http://java.sun.com/dtd/preferences.dtd'>

The java API states it should be

<!DOCTYPE preferences SYSTEM
'http://java.sun.com/dtd/preferences.dtd'>

Everything works fine on WIndows so it must be a virtual machine issue.
Until Sun release a working version or I discover a workaround I'm afraid
we are stuck with this (most of the downloads have been windows so
hopefully this is only going to annoy myself and one or two others)