diff --git a/build/windows/dist.sh b/build/windows/dist.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-REVISION=`head -1 ../../todo.txt | awk '{print $1}'`
-
-if [ $1 ]
-then
-  RELEASE=$1
-  echo Creating Processing release $RELEASE...
-else 
-  RELEASE=$REVISION
-  echo Creating Processing distribution for revision $REVISION...
-fi
-
-# check to see if the version number in the app is correct
-# so that mikkel doesn't kick my ass
-VERSIONED=`cat ../../app/src/processing/app/Base.java | grep $REVISION`
-if [ -z "$VERSIONED" ]
-then
-  echo Fix the revision number in Base.java
-  exit
-fi
-
-./make.sh
-
-# remove any old boogers
-rm -rf processing
-rm -rf processing-*
-
-mkdir processing
-cp -r ../shared/lib processing/
-cp -r ../shared/libraries processing/
-cp -r ../shared/tools processing/
-
-if [ $1 ]
-then
-  # write the release version number into the output directory
-  echo $1 > processing/lib/version.txt
-fi
-
-cp ../../app/lib/antlr.jar processing/lib/
-cp ../../app/lib/ecj.jar processing/lib/
-cp ../../app/lib/jna.jar processing/lib/
-cp ../../app/lib/ant.jar processing/lib/
-cp ../../app/lib/ant-launcher.jar processing/lib/
-
-cp ../shared/revisions.txt processing/
-
-echo Extracting examples...
-unzip -q -d processing/ ../shared/examples.zip
-
-echo Extracting reference...
-unzip -q -d processing/ ../shared/reference.zip
-
-# add the libraries folder with source
-cp -r ../../net processing/libraries/
-cp -r ../../opengl processing/libraries/
-cp -r ../../serial processing/libraries/
-cp -r ../../video processing/libraries/
-cp -r ../../pdf processing/libraries/
-cp -r ../../dxf processing/libraries/
-
-# add java (jre) files
-unzip -q -d processing jre.zip
-
-# get platform-specific goodies from the dist dir
-cp launcher/processing.exe processing/
-
-# grab pde.jar and export from the working dir
-cp work/lib/pde.jar processing/lib/
-cp work/lib/core.jar processing/lib/
-
-# convert revisions.txt to windows LFs
-# the 2> is because the app is a little chatty
-unix2dos processing/revisions.txt 2> /dev/null
-unix2dos processing/lib/preferences.txt 2> /dev/null
-unix2dos processing/lib/keywords.txt 2> /dev/null
-
-# remove boogers
-find processing -name "*.bak" -exec rm -f {} ';'
-find processing -name "*~" -exec rm -f {} ';'
-find processing -name ".DS_Store" -exec rm -f {} ';'
-find processing -name "._*" -exec rm -f {} ';'
-find processing -name "Thumbs.db" -exec rm -f {} ';'
-
-# chmod +x the crew
-find processing -name "*.html" -exec chmod +x {} ';'
-find processing -name "*.dll" -exec chmod +x {} ';'
-find processing -name "*.exe" -exec chmod +x {} ';'
-find processing -name "*.html" -exec chmod +x {} ';'
-
-# clean out the cvs entries
-find processing -name "CVS" -exec rm -rf {} ';' 2> /dev/null
-find processing -name ".cvsignore" -exec rm -rf {} ';'
-find processing -name ".svn" -exec rm -rf {} ';' 2> /dev/null
-
-# zip it all up for release
-echo Packaging standard release...
-echo
-P5=processing-$RELEASE
-mv processing $P5
-zip -rq $P5.zip $P5
-# nah, keep the new directory around
-#rm -rf $P5
-
-# zip up another for experts
-#echo Expert release is disabled until further notice.
-echo Packaging expert release...
-echo
-cp -a $P5 $P5-expert
-# remove enormous java runtime
-rm -rf $P5-expert/java
-zip -rq $P5-expert.zip $P5-expert
-
-echo Done.
-
diff --git a/build/windows/make.sh b/build/windows/make.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-
-### -- SETUP WORK DIR -------------------------------------------
-
-if test -d work
-then
-  BUILD_PREPROC=false
-else
-  echo Setting up directories to build P5...
-  BUILD_PREPROC=true
-
-  mkdir work
-  cp -r ../shared/lib work/
-  cp -r ../shared/libraries work/
-  cp -r ../shared/tools work/
-
-  cp ../../app/lib/antlr.jar work/lib/
-  cp ../../app/lib/ecj.jar work/lib/
-  cp ../../app/lib/jna.jar work/lib/
-  cp ../../app/lib/ant.jar work/lib/
-  cp ../../app/lib/ant-launcher.jar work/lib/
-
-  echo Extracting examples...
-  unzip -q -d work/ ../shared/examples.zip
-
-  echo Extracting reference...
-  unzip -q -d work/ ../shared/reference.zip
-
-  cp -r ../../net work/libraries/
-  cp -r ../../opengl work/libraries/
-  cp -r ../../serial work/libraries/
-  cp -r ../../video work/libraries/
-  cp -r ../../pdf work/libraries/
-  cp -r ../../dxf work/libraries/
-
-  echo Extracting enormous JRE...
-  unzip -q -d work jre.zip
-
-  # build the export launcher
-  cd export
-  make 
-  cd ..
-
-  # build the processing.exe bundle
-  # there are a few hacks in the source to launch4j-3.0.1
-  # to build them, use the following:
-  # cd head_src/gui_head && make -f Makefile.win
-  cd launcher
-  ./launch4j/launch4jc.exe config.xml
-  cp processing.exe ../work/
-  cd ..
-
-  # chmod +x the crew
-  # cygwin requires this because of unknown weirdness
-  # it was not formerly this anal retentive
-  # with the html, it's necessary on windows for launching reference 
-  # from shell/command prompt, which is done internally to view reference
-  find work -name "*.html" -exec chmod +x {} ';'
-  find work -name "*.dll" -exec chmod +x {} ';'
-  find work -name "*.exe" -exec chmod +x {} ';'
-  find work -name "*.html" -exec chmod +x {} ';'
-fi
-
-cd ../..
-
-
-### -- BUILD CORE ----------------------------------------------
-
-echo Building processing.core...
-
-cd core
-
-#CLASSPATH="..\\build\\windows\\work\\java\\lib\\rt.jar;..\\build\\windows\\work\\java\\lib\\tools.jar"
-#CLASSPATH="..\\build\\windows\\work\\java\\lib\\tools.jar"
-#export CLASSPATH
-
-perl preproc.pl
-
-mkdir -p bin
-../build/windows/work/java/bin/java \
-    -classpath "..\\build\\windows\\work\\java\\lib\\tools.jar" \
-    com.sun.tools.javac.Main \
-    -source 1.5 -target 1.5 -d bin \
-    -encoding UTF-8 \
-    src/processing/core/*.java src/processing/xml/*.java
-
-rm -f ../build/windows/work/lib/core.jar
-
-# package this folder into core.jar
-cd bin && zip -rq ../../build/windows/work/lib/core.jar \
-  processing/core/*.class processing/xml/*.class && cd ..
-
-# back to base processing dir
-cd ..
-
-### -- BUILD PREPROC ---------------------------------------------
-
-if $BUILD_PREPROC
-then
-
-echo Building PDE for JDK 1.5
-
-cd app
-
-# first build the default java goop
-../build/windows/work/java/bin/java \
-    -cp "..\\build\\windows\\work\\lib\\antlr.jar" antlr.Tool \
-    -o src/antlr/java \
-    src/antlr/java/java.g
-
-# now build the pde stuff that extends the java classes
-#../../build/windows/work/java/bin/java \
-#    -cp "..\\..\\build\\windows\\work\\lib\\antlr.jar" antlr.Tool \
-#    -o src/processing/app/preproc \
-#    -glib antlr/java/java.g processing/app/preproc/pde.g
-
-# this is totally ugly and needs to be fixed
-# the problem is that -glib doesn't set the main path properly, 
-# so it's necessary to cd into the antlr/java folder, otherwise
-# the JavaTokenTypes.txt file won't be found
-
-# this is the eventual hack to make things work
-# why this is required on windows and not the others is beyond me
-cp src/antlr/java/JavaTokenTypes.txt src/processing/app/preproc/
-
-# this is a total disaster...fix me soon!
-cd src/processing/app/preproc
-../../../../../build/windows/work/java/bin/java \
-  -cp "..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\build\\windows\\work\\lib\\antlr.jar" antlr.Tool \
-  -glib ../../../antlr/java/java.g \
-  pde.g
-cd ../../../..
-
-
-# back to base processing dir
-cd ..
-
-fi
-
-
-### -- BUILD PDE ------------------------------------------------
-
-cd app
-
-# has to be present, otherwise javac will complain of file writing errors
-rm -rf ../build/windows/work/classes
-mkdir ../build/windows/work/classes
-
-../build/windows/work/java/bin/java \
-    -classpath "..\\build\\windows\\work\\java\\lib\\tools.jar" \
-    com.sun.tools.javac.Main \
-    -source 1.5 -target 1.5 \
-    -encoding UTF-8 \
-    -classpath "..\\build\\windows\\work\\lib\\core.jar;..\\build\\windows\\work\\lib\antlr.jar;..\\build\\windows\\work\\lib\ant.jar;..\\build\\windows\\work\\lib\ant-launcher.jar;..\\build\\windows\\work\\lib\\ecj.jar;..\\build\\windows\\work\\lib\\jna.jar;..\\build\\windows\\work\\java\\lib\\tools.jar" \
-    -d ..\\build\\windows\\work\\classes \
-    src/processing/app/*.java \
-    src/processing/app/debug/*.java \
-    src/processing/app/syntax/*.java \
-    src/processing/app/preproc/*.java \
-    src/processing/app/tools/*.java \
-    src/processing/app/tools/android/*.java \
-    src/processing/app/windows/*.java \
-    src/antlr/*.java \
-    src/antlr/java/*.java 
-
-cd ../build/windows/work/classes
-rm -f ../lib/pde.jar
-zip -rq ../lib/pde.jar .
-cd ../..
-
-
-### -- BUILD LIBRARIES ------------------------------------------------
-
-PLATFORM=windows
-
-
-#CLASSPATH="..\\build\\$PLATFORM\\work\\lib\\core.jar;..\\build\\$PLATFORM\\work\\java\\lib\\rt.jar"
-#CLASSPATH="..\\build\\$PLATFORM\\work\\lib\\core.jar"
-
-JAVAC="../build/windows/work/java/bin/java -classpath ..\\build\\windows\\work\\java\\lib\\tools.jar com.sun.tools.javac.Main -source 1.5 -target 1.5 -encoding UTF-8"
-CORE="..\\build\\$PLATFORM\\work\\lib\\core.jar"
-LIBRARIES="..\\build\\$PLATFORM\\work\\libraries"
-
-# move to processing/build 
-cd ..
-
-
-# SERIAL LIBRARY
-echo Building serial library...
-cd ../serial
-mkdir -p bin
-$JAVAC \
-    -classpath "library\\RXTXcomm.jar;$CORE" \
-    -d bin src/processing/serial/*.java 
-rm -f library/serial.jar
-find bin -name "*~" -exec rm -f {} ';'
-cd bin && zip -rq ../library/serial.jar processing/serial/*.class && cd ..
-mkdir -p $LIBRARIES/serial/library/
-cp library/serial.jar $LIBRARIES/serial/library/
-
-# NET LIBRARY
-echo Building net library...
-cd ../net
-mkdir -p bin
-$JAVAC \
-    -classpath "$CORE" \
-    -d bin src/processing/net/*.java 
-rm -f library/net.jar
-find bin -name "*~" -exec rm -f {} ';'
-cd bin && zip -rq ../library/net.jar processing/net/*.class && cd ..
-mkdir -p $LIBRARIES/net/library/
-cp library/net.jar $LIBRARIES/net/library/
-
-
-# VIDEO LIBRARY
-echo Building video library...
-if test -f "${QTJAVA}"
-then 
-  echo "Found Quicktime 7 installation"
-else
-  QTJAVA="$WINDIR\\system32\\QTJava.zip"
-  if test -f "${QTJAVA}"
-  then
-    echo "Found Quicktime 6 at $QTJAVA"
-  else 
-    echo "Could not find QuickTime for Java,"
-    echo "you'll need to install it before building."
-    exit 1;
-  fi
-fi
-cd ../video
-mkdir -p bin
-$JAVAC \
-    -classpath "$QTJAVA;$CORE" \
-    -d bin src/processing/video/*.java 
-rm -f library/video.jar
-find bin -name "*~" -exec rm -f {} ';'
-cd bin && zip -rq ../library/video.jar processing/video/*.class && cd ..
-mkdir -p $LIBRARIES/video/library/
-cp library/video.jar $LIBRARIES/video/library/
-
-
-# OPENGL LIBRARY
-echo Building OpenGL library...
-cd ../opengl
-mkdir -p bin
-$JAVAC \
-    -classpath "library\\jogl.jar;$CORE" \
-    -d bin src/processing/opengl/*.java 
-rm -f library/opengl.jar
-find bin -name "*~" -exec rm -f {} ';'
-cd bin && zip -rq ../library/opengl.jar processing/opengl/*.class && cd ..
-mkdir -p $LIBRARIES/opengl/library/
-cp library/opengl.jar $LIBRARIES/opengl/library/
-
-
-# PDF LIBRARY
-echo Building PDF library...
-cd ../pdf
-mkdir -p bin
-$JAVAC \
-    -classpath "library\\itext.jar;$CORE" \
-    -d bin src/processing/pdf/*.java 
-rm -f library/pdf.jar
-find bin -name "*~" -exec rm -f {} ';'
-cd bin && zip -rq ../library/pdf.jar processing/pdf/*.class && cd ..
-mkdir -p $LIBRARIES/pdf/library/
-cp library/pdf.jar $LIBRARIES/pdf/library/
-
-
-# DXF LIBRARY
-echo Building DXF library...
-cd ../dxf
-mkdir -p bin
-$JAVAC \
-    -classpath "$CORE" \
-    -d bin src/processing/dxf/*.java 
-rm -f library/dxf.jar
-find bin -name "*~" -exec rm -f {} ';'
-cd bin && zip -rq ../library/dxf.jar processing/dxf/*.class && cd ..
-mkdir -p $LIBRARIES/dxf/library/
-cp library/dxf.jar $LIBRARIES/dxf/library/
-
-
-echo
-echo Done.
-
diff --git a/build/windows/run.sh b/build/windows/run.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-CLASSPATH=lib\\pde.jar\;lib\\core.jar\;lib\\jna.jar\;lib\\ecj.jar\;lib\\antlr.jar\;lib\\ant.jar\;lib\\ant-launcher.jar\;java\\lib\\tools.jar
-export CLASSPATH
-
-cd work && ./java/bin/java processing.app.Base