Re: [ jEdit-users ] Can't change appearance

[Vampire <Va...@jE...>]

Hi David,

maybe this IRC excerpt can help you.

<haole> hello there... i've just installed jedit 4.4 on windows 7 and i
can't change the look and feel! i change it and when i restart the
software, the settings sets back to Metal... what could be wrong?
<@Vampire0> Welcome haole
<@Vampire0> Hmm, sounds strange
<@Vampire0> Are there any error messages in the activity log?
<haole> Vampire0: don't know where it is... lemme look for it
<haole> i've installed jedit in many other machines and never had this
problem
<haole> no errors in activity.log, apparently
<haole> it looks like the WindowsLookAndFeel is not in my classpath
<haole> do you know where it is located in the 1.6 jdk?
<haole> can't seem to google it :(
<@Vampire0> The Windows LAF should be part of Java itself, so I don't
think this could be :-/
<@Vampire0> And neither activity.log shows an error? Not the one before
restart nor the one after restart?
<@Vampire0> An restart the activity.log is started afresh and the old
one is in the settings-backup folder
<haole> Vampire0: i found an error in activity.log complaining about not
finding WindowsLookAndFeel
<haole> sorry... forgot to mention before my last msg
<@Vampire0> hm
<haole> my activity.log for a single session where i try to change the
lookandfeel: http://pastebin.com/Av3yGEiG
<@Vampire0> what is the message exactly, including stacktrace if available?
<@Vampire0> And what show the first couple of lines in activity.log?
<@Vampire0> Hm, really strange
<@Vampire0> Did you try reinstalling Java?
<@Vampire0> This really shouldn't happen
<haole> Vampire0: gonna try to reinstall... might be something messed up
with this machine
<@Vampire0> hm, strange
<@Vampire0> actually the wrong class is searched :-/
<@Vampire0> javax.swing.plaf.metal.WindowsLookAndFeel is not correct
<@Vampire0> it should be com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel
<@Vampire0> If you invoke "Utilities -> BeanShell -> Evaluate BeanShell
Expression..." and enter 'jEdit.getProperty("lookAndFeel")', what does
it tell you?
<@Vampire0> haole?
<@Vampire0> And also in the same dialog:
<@Vampire0> result = ""; for (lafInfo :
UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) { result += lafInfo.getClassName()
+ '\n'; } return result;
<haole> Vampire0: sorry, i was away a little
<haole> lemme test it
<haole> i started jedit to test your statement and it worked with the
windowslookandfeel!!
<haole> i think i had an instance of java running that was missing things up
<haole> bizarre
<haole> i closed the java processes and now it works (?)
<@Vampire0> btw. haole, you don't need to kill the Java process, if you
invoke "File -> Exit" aka C+q, then jEdit is closed completely
<@Vampire0> If you just click the the X button in the upper right
corner, only the current View is closed, even if it is the last one in
case of server-mode
<@Vampire0> then jEdit keeps running in the background to be immediately
available if you want to reuse it
<@Vampire0> You can also use the "Quit jEdit Server" entry in the
Startmenu to quit a jEdit instance, even if it is running without an
open view currently

Regards
Vampire

David Aldrich schrieb:
> Hi
>
> Running jEdit 4.4.1.
>
> Since upgrading from Win 7 Prof 32-bit to Win 7 Prof 64-bit, jEdit's appearance appears to be stuck as 'Metal'.  I cannot change it to 'Windows'.
>
> Has anyone come across this problem please?
>
> Best regards
>
> David
>
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