Re: [ jEdit-users ] RPM package

[Slava P. <sp...@gj...>]

James Sinnamon wrote:
> 
> Slava,
> 
> Thanks again.  It looks good, however I had to change my /usr/bin/jedit to:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> exec /usr/local/j2sdk1.3/bin/../bin/java ${JEDIT} -classpath \
> "${CLASSPATH}:/usr/share/jedit-3.0pre5/jedit.jar" org.gjt.sp.jedit.jEdit $@
> 
> I don't suppose there is a standard place for people to put their JDK/SDK's
> these days?

The RPM assumes you have Java in your PATH. An easy way to do it which
works on RedHat 6.2 (and I assume Mandrake too) is to create a file
'java.sh' in the '/etc/profile.d' directory with the following contents:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/localj2sdk1.3
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin

Then, make the file executable with:

chmod +x /etc/profile.d/java.sh

And the next time you log in, you will be able to type 'java' to start
jEdit.

> Also, I take it that ${JAVA} is normally supposed to be ""?

I assume you meant ${JEDIT}. Yes, its blank by default. You can define
it (perhaps in java.sh) if you want to pass arguments to the VM. For
example, my JEDIT variable is defined as follows:

export JEDIT="-mx32m -Dhttp.proxyHost=proxy.dynamite.com.au -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080"

This allows me to use the plugin manager from behind a firewall
(I run Java 1.1 so the easier-to-use Firewall plugin doesn't
work).

Slava

PS: I have figured out how to make the RPM relocatable. So when
3.0pre5 is released for real, it will support --prefix.