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Compiles 1.5.0, but it runs 1.4.1_02 and I can't set it

Submitted by tgm1024 on Thursday, 5 August, 2004 - 13:34

Installing jEdit

Hi, I have jEdit (ver 4.2pre15) configured to use

C:\jdk1.5.0\bin\javac

for compiling, but I see no place where I can tell it to execute with

C:\jdk1.5.0\bin\java

unless I hand type it all out in the console plugin. It seems to default to
my prior 1.4.1 jre installation's java.exe (not my prior jedit
installation, since I've never installed it before):

C:\Programs\jdk1.4.1_02\bin\java

When I ask the console plugin for what the current path is, I get this
prepended to the path:

C:\Programs\jdk1.4.1_02\bin;

(...) And this is not showing up in my user path verified both through a
"dos window" and from the control panel->System->Advanced->environment
variables. I'm on windows XP pro.

BTW, there is no such option Start->Programs->jEdit->setjEditParameters. The only two programs
there are

jEdit
and
Uninstall jEdit

And I can find no similar option anywhere within jEdit itself.

What's going on? How do I execute on jdk1.5.0 by default?

"anonymous" name happens when cookies aren't set

Submitted by tgm1024 on Thursday, 5 August, 2004 - 13:40

Bug Reports

It seems that if your browser doesn't have cookies allowed for the jedit.org website, that the login name will not "stick" and all your posts will be under the name "anonymous".

This happens WITHOUT WARNING.

Task List accross multiple buffers

Submitted by smsm1 on Thursday, 5 August, 2004 - 15:02

Feature Requests

How about an option to have Task List list all tasks in all currently open buffers? This would be more advantagous than just the current buffer, especially when you are using many small buffers.

Linux creating a (shortcut) link on the desktop

Submitted by cannon on Thursday, 5 August, 2004 - 21:11

Installing jEdit

Hello,

I tried, and so far 'am failing to create a link on the desktop to jedit on my linux box.
My bash script runs fine from the console (only):

#!/bin/sh
#
javaw -Xquickstart -Xms10mg -jar /usr/share/jedit/4.1/jedit.jar
# EOF.

Regarding jedit it self, on linux and with the IBM compiler it runs without much fuss, and almost like a native application - hint renicing it does wonders.
The file browser needs further work on, it is not responsive to double clicks as one would expect (right click/Open is better than double clicking).
This is probably to do with how nodes are linked and the file system being accessed in linux.

My linux installation is mandrake 10, java/jedit have to be installed/twigged manually.

At home only recently I converted to linux; so any help with this would be great.

Regards,
Cannon

Where are global options stored?

Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, 5 August, 2004 - 21:12

I would like to be able to save my settings...just in case I have to reinstall jEdit again and I'd rather not have to reconfigure the editor to my liking if I can help it.
Where are the global options stored (directory?) and is it just a file I can copy somewhere else and put back if a reinsstall is done?
Peter

JEdit 4.2pre15 freezes for no apparent reasons.

Submitted by enouk on Friday, 6 August, 2004 - 10:26

Troubleshooting

Hi all.

I am using JEdit 4.2pre15 (Windows installer) on a Win2000 P3 machine with Java 1.4.2. I also have a few plugins installed (most of them Java related).

I really appreciate all the features JEdit offers, unfortunately it tends to crash quite frequently (every 2 minutes!), especially when I type fast or delete text (backspace): the cursor will then stop blinking and the whole text editor stop responding mouse clicks.

I am not sure what's the cause of it. I suspect it is somehting to do with the plugins. I downloaded them through Jedit so they are all legit no? Could it be that some of the plugings don't like each others?

Has anyone been experiencing the same problem? Any idea on how to solve it?

Cheers
Seb

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jEdit - Jext relationship

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, 6 August, 2004 - 18:49

Can someone explain me what is the relationship between jEdit and Jext - they look very similar.

Text indenting

Submitted by suguru on Friday, 6 August, 2004 - 23:26

This may not be what jEdit is designed for, but I'm trying to use it to write documentation and can't get it to format a paragraph normally. For example, if I put a tab at the start of a paragraph and set soft wrap to on, the second (wrapped) line will be indented by the tab's width just like the first line. In a normal text paragraph in a document (or a book) that wouldn't happen, the first line would be indented by a tab, and the second line would not be indented and would be flush with the left side of the screen.

Is there a way to do this in jEdit? I got soft wrap to work, but no matter what options I select I can't keep all the subsequent wrapped lines of a paragraph from being indented.

Back indent

Submitted by stif on Saturday, 7 August, 2004 - 11:04

Feature Requests

When will JEdit have the back indenting feature for keywords like end in ruby, or </body> in html? Thats the only thing i really miss in JEdit - besides that I love JEdit Smiling

Does the XSL transform engine support version 2 of XSL?

Submitted by mxc on Saturday, 7 August, 2004 - 20:02

Hi all, Please forgive me if this is the wrong forum to ask this quesiton. I am learning xsl and using jedit. When I run the transformation on a file I get an error when trying to use a user defined function saying that it "cannot find a variable with name of string". I have specified the said variable as a parameter of the user defined function and then try and reference it later in the funciton. eg.

 < xsl:function name="cc:lastSubString">
   < xsl:param name="string" / >
   < xsl:param name="char" / >
   < xsl:choose>
      < xsl:when test="contains($string, $char)" >

Is this because the JEdit XSLT plugin doesn't support version 2 of the xsl specification oir is my xsl wrong thanks

I/O error trying to install AntFarm plugin - Connection timed out: connect

Submitted by kcpdad on Sunday, 8 August, 2004 - 12:33

Installing jEdit

I've installed JEdit w/o problom on Windows XP Home Edition but when I try to install the AntFarm plugin it fails because of a connection time out. Help! Thanks!

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Change Editing Mode

Submitted by Anonymous on Sunday, 8 August, 2004 - 13:04

On the webpage i am working on right now there are HTML template with .tpl extension. It seems hovever there is a seperate editing mode for .tpl, so when i edit one of the templates the features of the XML plugin are not available.
So my question is if it is possible to have the HTML editing mode enabled for .tpl files automatically.

FTP plugin - strore passwords

Submitted by Anonymous on Sunday, 8 August, 2004 - 13:13

Plugin Development

I think it would be great to have the option to store FTP passwords. While it is good that passwords are not stored by default, when I am working at home where only I have access to my PC i think it is nedless having to enter the passwords everytime I open jEdit.

No color changes in console using Editor scheme

Submitted by di97mnu on Sunday, 8 August, 2004 - 22:01

Troubleshooting

Hi!
When I changes the colors using Editor scheme plugin the colors in Console and Error List wont changes, why? I would like to have the same color in all my "windows".

chears!!

//Marcus

HTML/CSS Preview in Browser

Submitted by backspaces on Sunday, 8 August, 2004 - 22:25

I suspect I'm missing something, but I haven't figured out how to view my current (x)html/css page in a browser (Safari, Firefox, ...) while using the XML plugin.

I'm using Mac OS X, so all I really need to be able to do is call the shell command "open" on the current buffer.

Is there a way to do this? .. possibly a plugin?

Owen

nVidia "C for Graphics" edit mode. (Cg.xml v0.2 by Klaus Post)

Submitted by sh0dan on Monday, 9 August, 2004 - 13:58

Edit Modes

nVidia C for graphics (Cg) is the basic programming language of the NVIDIA Cg Toolkit. This is a C-like language used for programming graphic cards.
This is based on the "cplusplus" template, but with only valid Cg keywords and all basic built-in functions and data types present.

v0.2 Contains a few more keywords.

Cannot install plugins

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, 9 August, 2004 - 14:47

Troubleshooting

I am using JEdit 4.2pre15, j2sdk4.1.2_05

Whenever I try to install plugins, I get connection time out error. The first line of the error is:-

[error] Roster$Install: java.net.ConnectionException: Connection timed out.

BufferLocal 1.2 update (BufferLocalPlugin.jar v1.2 by Dale Anson)

Submitted by daleanson on Monday, 9 August, 2004 - 16:25

Updated BufferLocal plugin. Fix for concurrent modification bug. Originally, BufferLocal was called "BufferMinder" and closed buffers that were open for a while but not used. These are known as "stale" buffers. Closing stale buffers helps reduce clutter without any work. This feature never made it into the initial release, but others have requested it, so it's back now. It is off by default, use the Plugin Options to turn it on and to adjust how long a file should be unused before it is closed. Files that need saved will not be closed, you'll need to save first. To turn on automatic buffer closing, click 'Plugins' then 'Plugin Options'. Select 'BufferLocal' from the tree on the left side. Check the box that says 'Close files not used'. Set the time limit with the spinner. When the 'Close files not used' box is unchecked, BufferLocal will still keep track of stale buffers. You can close stale buffers at any time by clicking 'Plugins', then 'BufferLocal', then 'Close Stale Buffers'.

Antialiasing of fonts... where?

Submitted by DanF on Monday, 9 August, 2004 - 18:11

I've checked, double checked, and googled everywhere and haven't found any options to enable rendering of anti-aliased fonts in jEdit. The AntiAlias plugin is deprecated, so I figured "hey, that means antialiasing is either not supported or there must be an option here somewhere...".

Can't find it. I'm feeling stupid. C'mon you guys, where is it? Sad

I'm a PHP coder and I'm loving jEdit btw. Definitely not love at first glance, I saw jEdit last year and ran away screaming. Totally different impression now, plugins are awesome! Smiling

(Specs: Windows XP SP1, J2RE v1.4.2, jEdit 4.2pre15)