[OpenSPIM] SPIMAcquisition plugin installation fails

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi Carsten,

On 2015-02-18 16:57, Carsten Wolff wrote:

> to be honest I don't know exactely what command-line I should use to
> see what is missing. Google didn't help here. I also was playing
> around a lot but couldn't find something appropriate. I need your help
> again.

We are talking about starting Micro-Manager (not Fiji), right?

First, you have to find out where Micro-Manager was installed.

The easiest way to find out used to be to right-click on the 
Micro-Manager icon (either on the Desktop or in the Start Menu) and 
select "Properties". The window that pops up should show the working 
directory as well as the executable, but at least in my Windows version, 
it only says "(multiple values)" and tells me no more.

Absent that information, you need to either remember where you installed 
it, or find the installation location. In my setup, it is C:\Program 
Files\Micro-Manager-1.4 (the default).

Next, you need to edit the `ImageJ.cfg` file in that directory (it might 
be generated only after you started Micro-Manager for the first time). 
In the second line, it says something about a "javaw.exe". To see the 
command-line output, you will have to change that to "java.exe" (i.e. 
remove the "w"), for example by directing your Windows Explorer to the 
Micro-Manager directory, right-clicking on the `ImageJ.cfg` icon, 
selecting "Open With" from the context menu and opting to edit with 
Notepad.

After that, start Micro-Manager and you will see a command-line window 
pop up that gives you a metric ton of information. Typically, you will 
want to extend the buffer by right-clicking on the window icon on the 
left of the window's title bar, open the Properties from the context 
menu, and increase the "Buffer Size" in the "Command History" group of 
the "Options" tab from its ridiculous "50" to something more appropriate 
(I chose 5000 here). That will allow you to scroll back and read 
information that whizzed by too fast.

If you were talking about Fiji instead, have a look here to find out how 
to run from the command-line: http://fiji.sc/Command-Line_Debugging.

Ciao,
Johannes