At 11:02 AM 8/15/00 -0400, you wrote: >Dear Paul... > >Just downloaded the lastest JDE to a Solaris Unix box. I unjar/untar the >3 files (jde-latest.zip, speedbar-0.12.tar.Z, and sematic-1.2.1.tar.Z) >and copy them to my ~/site_lisp directory: > >~/site_lisp/jde-2.2.2 >~/site_lisp/sematic-1.2.1 >~/site_lisp/speedbar-0.12 > >I've been using JDE for quite some time so the environment for emacs >20.7.1 is already set up and works really well. > >The question that I have is about all the .java files and makefiles that >come with jde-2.2.2. I can't do a make on the UNIX side with the >makefiles. Do I need to compile these files? Your installation site >mentions about the cygnus utilities but I use emacs/jde on the unix >side. The installation never explains what to do (if anything) to these >java files. Could you clarify their existance? Is my "installation" of >copying files to my ~/site_lisp (mentioned above) enough to get full >robust usage of JDE? You do not have to compile the files. The JDE distribution includes a jde.jar file that contains all the compiled Java code that the JDE uses. Th .java files in the distribution are the source for jde.jar. The distribution provides the source for the use of users who might want to fix/upgrade the JDE's Java-based features. - Paul
