[ jEdit-users ] FW: jEdit does not start up anymore (windows 2000)

[Blok, P. <Pie...@ra...>]

Yes Slava,

The properties file was indeed corrupt. I finally found it in the My =
Documents/<user>/.jEdit folder.
I overlooked it because I was just looking for a file with a .props =
extension. I cannot send it to you anymore since I repaired it manually =
(without saving a copy of the corrupted part). From some point it =
contained endless strings of

\u0000\u0000\u0000 etc.

I just deleted all that stuff and kept the first part.

The corruption will have been caused by the crashing. However, I do not =
know why it crashed. On my machine, now and then, but not very often, =
jEdit crashes while shutting it down. (Almost invariably when I intend =
to shut the whole machine down, but before I actually do so. The funny =
thing is: that crashing causes my machine to shut down and reboot. So =
maybe, for some reason, jEdit being the last application that I am =
closing, is causing some severe problem in windows which then itself =
crashes. so maybe it is not jEdit at all that is crashing).=20

Anyway, thank you very much for your help.

Met vriendelijke groet

Piet Blok

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Blok, Piet =20
> Sent:	maandag 11 augustus 2003 11:18
> To:	'jed...@li...'
> Subject:	jEdit does not start up anymore (windows 2000)
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> Suddenly, jEdit will not start up anymore. It hangs somewhere at the =
beginning of the startup progress bar. When starting from the =
commandline, I get the following messages:
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> C:\Program Files\jEdit 4.1>java -jar jedit.jar
> Exception in thread "main" [error] java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: =
Malformed
>  \uxxxx encoding.
> [error]         at java.util.Properties.loadConvert(Unknown Source)
> [error]         at java.util.Properties.load(Unknown Source)
> [error]         at org.gjt.sp.jedit.jEdit.loadProps(Unknown Source)
> [error]         at org.gjt.sp.jedit.jEdit.initUserProperties(Unknown =
Source)
> [error]         at org.gjt.sp.jedit.jEdit.main(Unknown Source)
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> (Normally, I start jEdit via jEdit.exe)
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> The last time I used jEdit successfully, it crashed when it was =
closed.That was version 4.0.3. Since I can not get it to work again =
(same messages as above). I uninstalled (via the uninstaller) it and =
downloaded the new version 1.4 (automatic java installer). This =
installed fine, but the startup problem persisted.
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> I tried jedit /u and jedit /i which both ran successfully, but the =
problem persists.
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> I have java sdk 1.4.2 installed.
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> (I work from behind a firewall that prevents jEdit to look for =
updates. The standard jEdit settings to get past this firewall are not =
working, I believe because it is some special Microsoft firewall with a =
protocol that is not supported in java. Therefore I disabled
> all firewall settings and never try to automatically update.)
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> At this point I am stuck. Are the above messages the real clue to the =
problem? And if so, what may be wrong? Are there some user property =
files that may be corrupted and where may they be located? Or may there =
be another problem and should I disregard the messages? May the startup =
process hang because it is endlessly trying to get through the firewall =
for instance?
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> I work with jEdit now for several years and never had any similar =
problem.
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> Thanks for any help.
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> Piet Blok
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