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INSTALLATION GUIDE
** NEW ** Jipe the successor to JEditor now AVAILABLE ** NEW **
This document goes through the installation process, to get J-Editor up and running. Further docs, can be found from within the J-Editor Help menu.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Features of this version include, A graphical interface which allows you to edit, compile, run applets and applications from within one environment, a powerful Project Manager, a Jar File Manager, the ability to handle multiple documents, printout facility, customize your own environment, by specifying your own compiler, interpreter, and browser, and changing fonts and colours of the editing window, cut, copy, paste, find and replace options, automatic document indenting, compile all java files contained within a directory in one operation, a help window, short-cut keys, save warnings before closing windows, a compile error to line finder, and the facility to load java, project and html files from the command line, using drag and drop or double clicking on file or project.
HOW TO INSTALL :
For both Windows95 & Linux you need Jeditor.zip
Note it is approx. 91k in size, and includes editor.jar (The main
file), jeditor (for use with the Linux OS), jeditor.reg and jeditor.bat (for
use with Windows95), and the help files in HTML format.
Note, JEditor is free, and is being updated regularly, if you like the program, please register so that you can be kept informed of any new releases.
Windows 95 :
Place the file editor.zip into your main java directory, & unzip it. You should now have a new jeditor directory in your java directory.
Next add editor.jar to your classpath in the autoexec.bat file,
it should look something like :
SET CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:.;C:\JAVA\BIN\JEDITOR\EDITOR.JAR
Place the jeditor.bat file into a pathed directory eg c:\windows or c:\
You are now ready to start J-Editor. Type jeditor from within a MS-Dos window to test. Or alternatively double click on the jeditor.bat icon.
Options - type the name of a java,html,htm or prj file after jeditor, and that document will be opened up on start up.
If you would like to set J-Editor as the main application to open .prj and .java files, edit the jeditor.reg file to suit your system (instructions are provided in the file itself ) Save the file, and then double click the jeditor.reg file, this will update your system registry to allow J-Editor to open .java & .prj files automatically, by clicking on a file icon. Setting the registry also allows files to open using a full path & filename.
Linux :
Place the file editor.zip into your main java directory, & unzip it. You should now have a new jeditor directory in your java directory.
Edit the classpath line in file called jeditor to point to editor.jar.
Copy the jeditor file to your /usr/bin file.
You are now ready to start J-Editor. Type jeditor from within a X-window to test.
Options - type the name of a java,html,htm or prj file after jeditor, and that document will be opened up on start up.
LEGAL NOTES :
I have provided this software as is, free of charge, I am using this software on both Windows95 and Linux systems, without any problems, however there are a few bugs, which I have documented in the J-Editor help file. You should be aware about these bugs, before performing large/serious programs.
Users of this software does so at their own risk, and I will not be held responsible for any loss of data or damage to hardware/software, that might arise from the use of this program.
FINAL NOTE :
As I have already stated, this software is free, however I would appreciate any comments you might have, including undocumented bugs, and improvements that could be made. Please feel free to E-mail me at this address : stevelawson@oocities.com
I am also looking for volunteers to help to come up with a really good debugging tool for J-Editor, and an improved indent routine, that's fast, and complies to the programming indenting rules. If you would like to help please let me know.
And finally many thanks for being brave and trying out this piece of software....
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