Re: [ jEdit-devel ] New jedit launcher!

[Brian H. <bri...@ac...>]

I guess if we are not careful we will have 3 or 4 versions to choose from=
 :)

After this topic was first brought up I though it would be fun to write=20
one.  So to make a long story short I did.
I posted the source code and binary on=20
http://www.activeclickweb.com/java/jedit

I tried to modify the wiki page but I've forgotten my community login=20
:(  Anyone know how to recover it?

Now I don't want to get into a war over whose code is better (really I=20
don't care).  But these were the goals I had in mind when I wrote mine:
1:  Isolate all windows specific code to a very small location (this is=20
mostly the socket stuff)
2:  Keep it mind-numbingly simple
3.  Get it to compile using gnu make and the free microsoft compiler
4.  Port it to Linux

I've done 1 and 2.  3 and 4 are yet to be implemented but this should be=20
easy.
In my estimation the jedit.exe file should do only two things:
1.  Start Jedit and take files on the command line (ex. >jedit.exe=20
myfile.java)
2.  If jedit is already running it should use the IPC mechanism to tell=20
jedit to load the file.

There should be no gui code in the jedit.exe  Startup options should be=20
saved in a properties file that is read by the exe and modified by a=20
java program.  Mine is all hard coded as I have not added the properties=20
functionality yet.

This keeps the exe small and easy to port to other platforms.

If we want to add a dynamic context menu, requiring a COM object, it=20
should be done in a separate dll that just calls the exe to start=20
jedit.  But this may not be necessary, I've also included on my site=20
above a reg file that will add right click support for opening file with=20
jedit.  Before anyone panics it is only two lines, check it out.

If someone more wiki savvy then myself would add this to the wiki I=20
wouldn't mind.

Brian

Martin Fischbach wrote:

> Hi to everybody interested in the "new" jedit launcher!
>
> Plz see =20
> http://community.jedit.org/cgi-bin/TWiki/view/Main/ImprovingJeditLaunch=
er =20
> for details and don=C2=B4t hesitate to WRITE COMMENTS!
>
> Best regards
>
> Martin