thanks all for the answers, > > i am a happy jde user. however, occasionally i like to work with eclipse. > > this is not only due to the refactoring possibilities offered by eclipse. > > another reason is the eclipse compiler, which offers a lot of helpfull > > warning about e.g. meaningless assignments (ala x = x). > > > > the eclipse compiler can be used standalone: > > java -classpath $eclipse_home/plugins/org.eclipse.jdt.core_3.0.0/jdtcore.jar > > org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/batch/Main <options> <files> > > > > i would really like to use it within the jde. if possible as replacement > > for the javac server. > > > > is this possible? has anybody tried to do this? > > > > The JDEE's compile server runs javac in the beanshell (see > jde-compile.el). It could just as easily run the eclipse compiler or > any other compiler implemented in Java. All that is needed is to make > the compiler an option for the compile server, with the user able to > specify the jar file and main class for the compiler. >
i hoped for that. my lisp skills are, unfortunately, more or less non-existent. a quick look into jde-compile.el didn't reveal e.g. where to set the main method. maybe i will have another look at the weekend. furthermore, i suspect there is some additional work in order to make emacs recognize the warning and errors. another way has been mentioned: > Check out jde-eclipse.el: this requires a running eclipse and i was trying to do without it. however, for the time beeing, it might worth considering. heinz-dieter conradi
