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Re: [ jEdit-users ] Can't change appearance
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From: Alan E. <ala...@gm...> - 2011-08-01 15:37:56
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On windows, you can have jedit "running" without a main window, and without any indication to the user that jEdit is running. That is a bug. I reported it a looooong time ago: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1657143&group_id=588&atid=566996 On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Matthieu Casanova <cho...@gm...>wrote: > Yes, > jEdit updates it's UI only when launching jEdit. Theorically it is > possible to do it at anytime in java but there is a bug with > Buffertabs that makes jEdit crash if that plugin is installed and we > update the look & feel. > > Matthieu > > 2011/7/25 David Aldrich <Dav...@em...>: > > Hi Vampire, > > > > So the vital information is what you wrote here: > > > > " if you invoke "File -> Exit" aka C+q, then jEdit is closed completely. > If you just click 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 then jEdit > keeps running in the background to be immediately available if you want to > reuse it". > > > > That probably accounts for what I saw - I always click the X button in > the upper right corner. > > > > David > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vampire [mailto:Va...@je...] > > Sent: 25 July 2011 15:07 > > To: David Aldrich; jEdit-users List > > Subject: Re: [ jEdit-users ] Can't change appearance > > > > Maybe the same issue the other guy had. For him it was also magically > fixed after he really restarted jEdit and not only closed the last view and > reopened it. :-) > > > > 2011/7/25 David Aldrich <Dav...@em...>: > >> Hi Vampire > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks for your reply. Somehow, the Look and Feel has now become the > >> Windows one as expected. I don't know when the changed setting was > >> actually adopted. Maybe after a reboot. > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks for your help. > >> > >> > >> > >> David > >> > >> > >> > >> From: Vampire [mailto:Va...@jE...] > >> Sent: 25 July 2011 14:41 > >> To: David Aldrich > >> Cc: jed...@li... > >> Subject: Re: [ jEdit-users ] Can't change appearance > >> > >> > >> > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> -------- > >> > >> Storage Efficiency Calculator > >> > >> This modeling tool is based on patent-pending intellectual property > >> that > >> > >> has been used successfully in hundreds of IBM storage optimization > >> engage- > >> > >> ments, worldwide. Store less, Store more with what you own, Move data > >> to > >> > >> the right place. 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