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Make Jedit run on JDK on removable USB drive without changing PATH (batch file, maybe?)
Submitted by sidewalking on Wednesday, 19 April, 2006 - 13:29
Hi all,

I searched a bit but couldn't find the answer, so here goes:

Here is my situation. I have an old JRE 1.3 on my work computer and one of our programs will not work with anything newer than this (don't ask). Needless to say, I am not allowed to install any Java JRE (and I presume JDK/SDK either).

However, I copied my install folders of the newest JDK and JRE for 1.5.0_6 to my USB drive (path is E:\Java\jdk1.5.0_06) and I can run Netbeans, BlueJ and jGRASP just fine because those prompt you to browse for a JDK to use.

This is the problem I run into: I want to use Jedit, not just as an editor but with the compiler functionality, and I wold prefer running it from my USB Java 1.5 JRE rather than the antiquated 1.3 on my desktop machine. Can I do this? I know how to set the path but I do not want to interfere with the functionality of that work program. Is there a batch file I can use to start it that will invoke it to start in the E:\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\bin or E:\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin folders instead of the system path that directs to JRE 1.3?


Many thanks! Smiling

Scott
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jedit.bat
by Robert Schwenn on Wed, 19/04/2006 - 19:43
rem jedit.bat
rem ... sets home directories of java and jedit only for jedit if it is started with this batch file
@echo off

set JAVA_HOME=C:\Programme\Java\jdk1.5.0_06
set JEDIT_HOME=G:\Tools\jEdit_43pre3
set JEDIT_SETTINGS=...directory on USB...

start %JAVA_HOME%\bin\javaw.exe -jar %JEDIT_HOME%\jEdit.jar -reuseview %*

rem try this (instead of the command above) for using settings directory on USB-stick:
rem start %JAVA_HOME%\bin\javaw.exe -jar %JEDIT_HOME%\JEdit.jar -settings=%JEDIT_SETTINGS% -reuseview %*

Robert
 
Thanks Robert, this worked li
by sidewalking on Fri, 21/04/2006 - 13:06
Thanks Robert, this worked like a charm.

I am still getting weird compile errors when using the JCompile plugin or when it does work I cannot run the compiled code in the CLI. Maybe the path settings are just weird because this wasn't make to be portable (in terms of removable drive only).

At least I can run Java programs just fine in it, so that is a plus.

Scott
 
Options?
by Robert Schwenn on Fri, 21/04/2006 - 18:02
I didn't use JCompiler yet. May be You have to set some options of JCompiler or JavaCore plugin? Take a look at the help and in this forum topic

Robert

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