Chris Jenkins (chris.jenkins@duke.edu)
Jeff Loughridge (jbl2@duke.edu)
Original Release April 25, 1998
Updated June 2, 2002

JAWS is among the best distributed whiteboard systems freely available 
on the Internet because of its intuitive interface and solid 
functionality. While this version is only the beta version and some 
functionality is certainly missing, the features implemented perform well. 

 
  I. Setting up and compiling 
 II. Connecting 
III. Drawing tools 
 IV. Views 
  V. Miscellaneous 
 VI. Troubleshooting 

 

  I. Setting up and compiling 
      A. Download code.jar file. 
      B. Copy file to the directory in which you would like to unpack files. 
      C. Unpack files with jar -xvf code.jar 
      D. Compile (not necessary for precompiled version) with javac *.java 

 II. Connecting 
	A. Leader (first to set up connection)
		1. Issue command java JAWSapp 
		2. Type in machine currently executing JAWSapp 
            3. Leave the port number as the default (or collectively decide 
                upon another port). 
            4. Click the "Yes" checkbox for leader. 
            5. Enter in the total number of users to join the session 
               (including the leader)
            6. Click on done. 
            7. Inform other users that machine x is ready to accept 
               connections on port y (via talk, previous arrangement,etc.).
      B. Other collaborators 
            1. Issue command java JAWSapp 
            2. Type in machine and port to connect to (from 3. above) 
            3. Click on done. 

III. Drawing tools 
      A. Pointer tool 
      	1. Selecting objects
		a. Method 1 - enclose desired objects by completely
 	           surrounding objects in the red select rectangle
		b. Method 2 - click on objects
        2. Moving objects
		a. Method 1 - click and drag object to new location
		b. Method 2 - click on a selected object within a group of
 	           selected objects and drag the group to its new location 
      B. Line - click on one endpoint and drag to second endpoint 
      C. Rectangle - click on position of one vertex and drag until 
         rectangle is the desired size 
      D. Oval - used similar to rectangle except oval is drawn within rectangle 
      E. Polygon - click on each vertex (change tools to complete polygon) 
      F. Delete - click on each object to delete (caution: there is no 
         undo for delete)

 IV. Views 
      A. Description 
      	1. Working space - where all drawing is done for community and
               individual whiteboards 
            2. Chat box - this consists of viewing region under which is an 
               input field for outgoing messages 
            3. Viewing areas 
            	a. Community - displays shared whiteboard 
                b. Individual - displays up to four users or one large
                   view of a single individual whiteboard 
      B. Switching views/workspace
		1. Choosing workspace- click on community whiteboard or own 
                   individual whiteboard to enable editing 
		2. Choosing individual viewing areas- click on small individual
 	           whiteboard to bring up larger view, click again to return to
                   four whiteboard view 

  V. Miscellaneous 
	A. Saving session- from the actions menu choose 'Save State', enter in
           the file name and click on OK
	B. Restoring session - enter in the filename on the opening screen 
           when the leader starts the session.  It is necessary for the
           collaborators to use the same name as the names used in the
           saved session.