Saving a "project" file along with a source file creates problems for me. I
have a common source tree which will support several different
"applications" which I will need to debug at some point in time. My notion
of a "project" consists of exactly what I listed in my previous note. I
can't assume that any particular source file belongs exclusively to one
project.
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From: Paul Kinnucan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 9:40 AM
To: Karr, David; 'jde'
Subject: Re: Looking at using JDE as JUST a standalone debugger
At 09:03 AM 7/20/99 -0700, Karr, David wrote:
>I'd like to see if I can use JDE as JUST a standalone debugger. I
already
>have good colorization and syntax editing for Java, I just need a
good
>debugger. From what I can see, JDE tries to be much more than I
need.
>
>>From a debugging point of view, it seems like I need to select a
"project",
>which has various attributes, like:
>
>1. run directory
>2. classpath
>3. main class
>4. other "java" command-line arguments
>5. run class command-line arguments
>
>>From what I can see, JDE makes me reconfigure all of these things
if I need
>to work on a different "project".
>
That is true, but you can save the settings in a "project" file,
using the
JDE->Project->Save Project option. The settings are automatically
restored
when you open a source file that belongs to the project. The JDE
assumes
that the source files for a project reside in a separate directory
tree.
When you save a project, the JDE saves the project file in the
directory
containing the source file in the current buffer. The next time you
open a
file anywhere in the directory tree whose root is the directory
containing
the project file, the JDE loads the project file and executes its
contents
thereby restoring all the saved settings. Similarly, if you switch
from a
project A buffer to a project B buffer, the JDE automatically
reloads the
project file. Thus, you can have multiple project files open. All
this is
explained in great detail in the JDE User's Guide which you can view
simply
by selecting Help from the JDE menu.
- Paul
