CEDET

On 08/15/2010 09:12 AM, Richard Riley wrote:
>
> Can semantic be configured to open the correct javadoc for a
> class/method?

Semantic has a command semantic-ia-show-doc which is pretty good at 
finding the right method, but it will show the javadoc as snarfed by 
Emacs from the sources, not the fancy javadoc web browser bit.

It would not be much of a stretch for someone to take the information 
calculated in semantic-ia-show-doc and convert that into a URL.  If 
anyone wants to do that (I'm not a Java programmer) I can help make it 
happen.

Another issue is that the Java integration with Semantic is incomplete, 
in that CEDET/Semantic is used as infrastructure under JDEE, so most of 
the high-level stuff is a JDEE feature, and not part of Semantic.

Another possibility is Malabar mode which I have only read about:

http://github.com/espenhw/malabar-mode

I don't know too much about this, but it also uses CEDET/Semantic as a 
backend.


Eric

"Eric M. Ludlam" <eric@...> writes:

> On 08/15/2010 09:12 AM, Richard Riley wrote:
>>
>> Can semantic be configured to open the correct javadoc for a
>> class/method?
>
> Semantic has a command semantic-ia-show-doc which is pretty good at 
> finding the right method, but it will show the javadoc as snarfed by 
> Emacs from the sources, not the fancy javadoc web browser bit.
>
> It would not be much of a stretch for someone to take the information 
> calculated in semantic-ia-show-doc and convert that into a URL.  If 
> anyone wants to do that (I'm not a Java programmer) I can help make it 
> happen.
>
> Another issue is that the Java integration with Semantic is incomplete, 
> in that CEDET/Semantic is used as infrastructure under JDEE, so most of 
> the high-level stuff is a JDEE feature, and not part of Semantic.
>
> Another possibility is Malabar mode which I have only read about:
>
> http://github.com/espenhw/malabar-mode
>
> I don't know too much about this, but it also uses CEDET/Semantic as a 
> backend.
>
> Eric
>


I am using malabar-mode which in turn uses maven for managing java
projects. JDE seems to be dead in the water : the comments on the
malabar-mode git site explain why.

If anyone knows enough about these things then I think javadoc-help.el
is the way forward if it can be integrated with semantic. My elisp and
comprehension of cedet is way too low to allow me to try.

http://javadochelp.sourceforge.net/

The cedet with Emacs 24 is pretty damn nice with Java and malabar-mode :
javadoc support would really make it a good Java IDE.

The boom in Android etc means a new lease of life for Java  - cedet
support will be great.