for download at
http://sunsite.auc.dk/jde/
JDE-2.1.6beta22 Release Notes
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* JDEbug now correctly represents byte values and int and long values greater
than 24 bits in length. Thanks to Charles Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for
this fix.
* History now works for interactively entered vm, jdb, and application
arguments.
Thanks to Andy Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for reporting this bug.
* Exception tracing now works correctly. Thanks to Matthew Conway
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
for reporting this bug.
* Fixes Lisp error caused by unescaped quotes within strings.
Thanks to Mark Gibson, Doug Beal, and Martin Dickau for reporting this
bug. Thanks to
David Hay, Mark Gibson, Steve Haflich, David Dagon, and Charles Hart for
creating
an efficient Java method for escaping strings.
* Fixes several bugs with setting key bindings.
* Added a JDEbug option to the jde-db-customization variable.
This obsoletes the old method of selecting the debugger by
selecting the debugger class type and setting the Name option to jdebug.
* You can now specify vm and app command-line arguments interactively when
launching an
application from JDEbug.
Thanks to Steve Haflich for providingt this enhancement.
* Display threads now includes the stack for each thread.
Thanks to Paul Michael Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for implementing this.
Note that a
future release will allow you to click on a frame and see the source and
local
variables for the frame.
* JDE now sets the working directory to jde-run-working-directory before
starting JDEbug.
Note. The debugger launches all processes from this directory. You can
not set the working
directory on a per-process basis.
* The JDE documentation now includes the beginnings of a JDEbug User's Guide.
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About the JDE
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The Java Development Environment for Emacs is a freeware Emacs/JDK-based
IDE for creating Java applications. It has all the features usually
associated with the term IDE except for a GUI designer. Advantages of the
IDE include speed, reliability, multiple platforms (WIndows and Unix), and
configurability. Technical support is available via the JDE mailing list
which currently numbers more than 630 subscribers.
JDE Features
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* Supports all versions of the Sun JDK, including 1.3 beta
* Autoindentation
* syntax coloring
* JPDA-based source-level debugger that supports multiple process debugging
* Java source interpreter
* Intelligent method and field completion
* Tree-structured source-code browser
* Class browser
* Hyperlinks from symbols to definitions
* Automatic customizable code generation
* Class import wizard
* Method override wizard
* Context-sensitive help for any classes that have javadoc documentation.
* Built-in support for RCS and CVS source code repositories
* Commands for running and debugging applets
* HTML user's guide
