plugin updates: AntFarm, FTP, IRC, JCompiler, Sessions, SQL
Submitted by
jgellene on
Monday, 22 October, 2001 - 20:01
* AntFarm 1.0.1: includes Ant 1.4.1, a bug fix release of Ant; fixed NPE caused by build files that did not have a name specified for the project; the Console is not brought to the front when selecting build files or targets from the tree view; removed remaining JDK 1.2 dependencies; requires jEdit 3.2final, Console 3.0, EditBus 1.1, XML 0.3, and JDK 1.1
* FTP 0.3.1: renaming and saving files didn't work with the Microsoft FTP server; made file listing parsing code more compatible with servers that use non-English month names; Connecting to a different port didn't work properly; requires jEdit 2.7pre2 and JDK 1.1
Running multiple versions of jEdit
Submitted by
jgellene on
Monday, 22 October, 2001 - 14:33
Multiple installations on Windows
If you are running jEdit under Windows, follow these steps using jEditLauncher:
First, download the installer for the new version, save it to your desktop or some other temporary location, and run it by double-clicking its file icon (if you have associated .jar archive files with a Java application loader) or by running the loader - either java.exe
or javaw.exe
- from a command line with the -jar
parameter and the full path of the installer file as the target.
Next, select an installation directory for the new version that differs from your existing installation directoy. The default value offered by the installer specifies the version in the directory's name, so that will work fine.
One more theme: could this be the one?
Submitted by
jgellene on
Saturday, 20 October, 2001 - 14:12
A new theme, "Binary", is available for your inspection and use if you are a
registered member of jEdit Community. It is adapted from the theme of the same name created by
Dezina and released for public use. This has potential as our signature "default" theme. What do you think?
Using a dedicated browser window in InfoViewer
Submitted by
jgellene on
Saturday, 20 October, 2001 - 10:29
To do this, you will need the Windows Script Host, which is installed on most versions of Windows. The latest version, Windows Script Host 5.6, is available by download from
Microsoft's MSDN web site. The most recent version compatible with Windows 95 is
Windows Script Host 5.5. You will also need the script
launch_same_ie.js
, available in the
Downloads section.
jEdit 4.0 progress report
Submitted by
slava on
Saturday, 20 October, 2001 - 02:38
jEdit 4.0 development is moving along well. I have recently started writing a new document model, which will bring performance and memory usage improvements. There are also a lot of UI changes that improve the general jEdit experience. I plan on releasing a '4.0pre0 snapshot' in maybe a week's time; this will not be an official release, but rather something that plugin developers and daring users can try out. Me and John Gellene will then start updating the documentation, and when that is done, I will release 4.0pre1.
New beta plugin version: Sessions 0.7.3
Submitted by
jgellene on
Friday, 19 October, 2001 - 23:54
Originally written by Dirk Moebius and revised by Sergey Udaltsov, the Sessions plugin maintains lists of open files as workspaces called "sessions". It provides functions for creating, naming, maintaining and loading sessions.
New BeanShell macros
Submitted by
jgellene on
Friday, 19 October, 2001 - 18:29
- Dump_Project_File_Names.bsh writes a list of files in current view of the Project Viewer plugin to a new buffer.
- Edit_jEdit_Property.bsh displays a dialog for viewing and editing individual jEdit properties, including properties set by plugins and custom properties set by users.
- Make_Extra_Console.bsh creates a separate instance of the Console plugin interface in its own frame window. This allows you to run and view output from separate external processes from within jEdit.
community.jedit.org now used for news
Submitted by
jgellene on
Friday, 19 October, 2001 - 10:17
What should we be asking you?
Submitted by
jgellene on
Thursday, 18 October, 2001 - 21:31
What should be our next survey? We can even have more than one at the same time. Nominate a question by adding a comment to this article.
New beta plugins: Tags and JMonkey
Submitted by
jgellene on
Wednesday, 17 October, 2001 - 12:37
The
Tags plugin, created by Kenrick Drew, allows you to jump to the definition of a specific language object or "tag" using tag index files. The index files are created by the
ctags
program available for both Windows and UNIX-based systems. You can obtain a robust version of ctags from the
Exuberant C Tags project site.
The author of
JMonkey, Ashley Williams, describes this new plugin as follows:
The JMonkey plugin is a collection of file system helpers, known as JMonkeys. There are currently two JMonkeys available:
Online User's Guide now available
Submitted by
jgellene on
Wednesday, 17 October, 2001 - 03:56
An online version of the User's Guide for the current "stable" version of jEdit, version 3.2.2, is
now available on the jEdit Community web site. This is the same version of the User's Guide distributed with the current release of JEdit. Each page of the guide is separately displayed and can be presented in a printer-friendly format by clicking on the printer icon in the upper-right corner of the page's center column. We hope you find this facility useful.
Help for the artistically challenged
Submitted by
jgellene on
Tuesday, 16 October, 2001 - 12:55
Thanks to Lionel Fiol for the "Made with jEdit" button logo that now appears at the bottom of our pages. Other contributions of graphics, or suggestions about themes for the jEdit Community site as a whole, are very welcome.
New features for jEdit Community site
Submitted by
jgellene on
Monday, 15 October, 2001 - 20:17
We've added a few more features to close out the first week of jEdit Community's operations.
The left column of blocks now includes a listing of the five most recently posted downloads and web links. Tooltips provide a summary of the material. The download links take you directly to the our full information page for the download item. The web links open the linked page in a new browser window.
There are two new themes available, both with Macromedia Flash graphics and music (or sound effects, depending on your taste). The WebDesignHQ_FlashGrey and WebDesignHQ_FlashRed themes were created and made available by
WebDesignHq.com. The themes run on Internet Explorer and versions of Netscape Navigator prior to version 6. The Mozilla codebase (also used by Netscape 6) does not support the scripting methods available in prior Netscape versions that are used by the themes' embedded Macromedia Flash Player.
jEdit Community passes 50 members
Submitted by
jgellene on
Sunday, 14 October, 2001 - 15:59
Over the weekend jEdit Community registered its 50th member, after only four days in operation! Thanks to all of you for your interest and support.
I want to emphasize that membership information is not distributed to anyone and is used only for purposes of jEdit Community: password maintenance and the occassional annoucement on matters dealing directly with jEdit or the site itself. You need only supply a user name and a valid email address. Please consider
becoming a member if you have not done so already.
Running jEdit 3.2.2 on the Microsoft VM
Submitted by
jgellene on
Sunday, 14 October, 2001 - 13:32
While Microsoft's support for Java seems to range from lukewarm to non-existent, it continues to make available the
Microsoft SDK for Java 4.0 for download. It includes two application launchers,
jview.exe
and
wjview.exe
. They operate like
java.exe
and
javaw.exe
, although command-line syntax differs substantially. The Java virtual machine included in the package reports its
java.version
property as 1.1.4. Version 3.2.2 of jEdit will run in Microsoft's virtual machine if you place the Swing classes in its classpath.
Keyboard problems: what's your experience?
Submitted by
jgellene on
Friday, 12 October, 2001 - 22:41
It would be useful to collect in one place any bugs or other problems jEdit users have with different combinations of operating systems, JDK's and keyboards for various languages. There are a number of posts on the mailing lists but it would be good to get current experience. If you have some combination to report on, leave a short comment to this article from which other users can get guidance.
Beta plugins in Downloads section
Submitted by
jgellene on
Friday, 12 October, 2001 - 20:34
The
Downloads section of jEditCommunity is available as a repository for beta or development versions of plugins that are not ready for posting on jEdit's
Plugin Central. You can either post a download link or send an
email message attaching a jar archive file. If the download is a new plugin, a short description of its capabilities will obviously be helpful.
New PostNuke theme available
Submitted by
jgellene on
Wednesday, 10 October, 2001 - 17:54
The
PostNuke web portal system uses "themes" to provide options for layout and presentation of the site's content. The jEdit Community site now has the "Slate" theme as an alternative to the default "PostNuke" and "ExtraLite" themes. Rendered largely in shades of dark and darker blue, the Slate theme is based on the PostNuke theme of the same name created by
PixelMayhem (formerly known as Somara), which has kindly released its creation for public use.
If you are a registered member of jEdit Community, you can specify the Slate theme and other display options in the
Your Account section of the site.
jEdit Community featured on PostNuke site
Submitted by
jgellene on
Wednesday, 10 October, 2001 - 12:23
The jEdit Community site is being featured on the home page of the
PostNuke project as a new site adopting the web portal system. We hope that this will give PostNuke users an opportunity to learn more about jEdit.