[ jEdit-users ] RE: JCompile Plugin

[Giglio, J. <JAM...@hq...>]

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... when I try to compile, nothing happens and the 
activity log says:

[error] Thread-12: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: 
sun/tools/javac/Main

[error] Thread-12:  at 
jcompiler.CompilerThread.run(JCompiler.java:362)

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That's exactly the error message I got; the suggestion to copy tools.jar into jdk1.2/lib solved the problem. Now can somebody explain in words of one syllable _why_ this worked? Please hurry; I'm a lot older than 16, and losing IQ points by the hour.

And a suggestion: If possible, it would be useful for the plugin's window to display progress and/or error messages as it works, perhaps by announcing the birth of each .class file as it goes along.