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Bug 1009 - Simulate color blindness plug-in not opening
Simulate color blindness plug-in not opening
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Fiji
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Plugins
unspecified
Macintosh Mac OS
: P4 normal
Assigned To: ImageJ Bugs Mailing List
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2015-02-24 17:08 CST by M-Rick
Modified: 2015-02-26 13:39 CST
3 users (show)

See Also:
Description M-Rick 2015-02-24 17:08:58 CST 
When selecting the Simulate color blindness plug-in from the color menu, the Dichromacy plug-in is opened instead of color blindness.

Information about your version of Java:

  os.arch => x86_64
  os.name => Mac OS X
  os.version => 10.7.5
  java.version => 1.6.0_65
  java.vendor => Apple Inc.
  java.runtime.name => Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
  java.runtime.version => 1.6.0_65-b14-462-11M4609
  java.vm.name => Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
  java.vm.version => 20.65-b04-462
  java.vm.vendor => Apple Inc.
  java.vm.info => mixed mode
  java.awt.graphicsenv => apple.awt.CGraphicsEnvironment
  java.specification.name => Java Platform API Specification
  java.specification.version => 1.6
  sun.cpu.endian => little
  sun.desktop => null
  file.separator => /

The up-to-date check says: REMIND_LATER

Information relevant to JAVA_HOME related problems:

  JAVA_HOME is set to: null
  imagej.dir => /Users/aymeric/Desktop/ImageJ - 2/Fiji.app

Information about the version of each plugin:

Activated update sites:
ImageJ: http://update.imagej.net/ (last check:20150209221030)
Fiji: http://fiji.sc/update/ (last check:20150223223324)

Files not up-to-date:
  b6bf3817 (OBSOLETE_UNINSTALLED) 20150127203018 jars/edu_mines_jtk.jar
  25895ad6 (OBSOLETE_UNINSTALLED) 20150127203018 jars/imglib2-ops-2.0.0-beta-26.jar
Comment 1 Mark Hiner 2015-02-25 07:43:58 CST 
The Dichromacy plugin actually is the "Simulate Color Blindness" plug-in. I assume the author wanted it registered twice in the menu under both a "common" and "technical" name. But it was a deliberate choice:

https://github.com/fiji/Dichromacy/blob/Dichromacy-2.0.0/src/main/resources/plugins.config

I added the plugin's author (Gabriel Landini) as a cc to this ticket in case you would like to discuss any modifications to the plugin.

Thank you for the feedback!
Comment 2 G. Landini 2015-02-25 07:57:40 CST 
Hi
I wrote the Dichromacy plugin (with the kind help of the Vischeck guys). The "Simulate..." was, I believe, an older plugin (written by Johannes?), so this might be a command redirection so old users are not confused (or there might be 2 different commands, I have not checked yet).
I am easy on how the maintainers want to resolve this, if necessary.
Comment 3 M-Rick 2015-02-25 08:09:39 CST 
But the new plugin has fewer choices than the original Simulate color blindness like described on this page.
It it normal?
http://fiji.sc/Simulate_Color_Blindness

If there is a newer one, there shouldn't have several entries but only one and an information in the help or on the dedicated plugin page to inform of the changes.
Comment 4 Mark Hiner 2015-02-25 08:52:20 CST 
Thanks Gabriel - yes, I was able to find the old plugin here:

http://fiji.sc/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=fiji.git;a=blob;f=src-plugins/Daltonize_/Simulate_Color_Blindness.java;h=e48893544d18442d6e55934af0104ac72ea75ea6;hb=HEAD

As far as I can tell it still works. I have no idea why it wasn't migrated to GitHub with the other Fiji plugins.

I am tentatively thinking I will put this plugin on GitHub and add it back to Fiji, updating the "Simulate Color Blindness" menu entry to point to this plugin. Is that OK with you?
Comment 5 Mark Hiner 2015-02-26 13:39:01 CST 
I resurrected the old Daltonize command and assigned it to Image > Color > Simulate Color Blindness. It should now function as intended after updating Fiji.

Image > Color > Dichromacy will continue to call Gabriel's Dichromacy plugin.

If anyone ever wants to merge the two implementations, the source for both plugins now lives in the Dichromacy component: https://github.com/fiji/Dichromacy/tree/Dichromacy_-2.1.0/src/main/java

Thanks again for the feedback on these plugins.