for download at
http://sunsite.auc.dk/jde/
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NOTE: This releases requires version 0.10 (or later) of Eric Ludlam's
speedbar and version 1.1beta (or later) of Eric's semantic bovinator.
You can download both packages from
http://www.ultranet.com/~zappo/semantic.shtml
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JDE-2.1.7 Release Notes
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* Added an entry to the JDEbug user guide about the need to set
jde-run-classic-mode-vm on when using JDK 1.3
* Added transient to the list of variable modifiers in the
java.bnf grammar.
Thanks to Mike Bowler for reporting this problem and thanks to
David Ponce for providing a fix.
* Classes index menu now shows full signatures of methods.
Thanks to Ittay Freiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for suggesting this
enhancement and to David Ponce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for implementing it.
* Added automatic generation of javadoc comment skeletons.
To generate a skeleton for the method or class at point,
select JDE->Document or type C-C C-v j. To customize the
skeletons, select JDE->Project->Options->Javadoc.
Thanks to David Ponce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for providing this
feature.
* The import wizard now checks whether an import statement already
exists for the class at point and if so does not generate an
unnecessary duplicate.
Thanks to Jim LoVerde<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for contributing this
enhancement.
* Parser now handles arrays in field declarations.
Thanks to Ittay Freiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for reporting this bug.
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About the JDE
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The Java Development Environment for Emacs is a freeware Emacs/JDK-based
IDE for creating Java applications. It has all the features usually
associated with the term IDE except for a GUI designer. Advantages of the
IDE include speed, reliability, multiple platforms (WIndows and Unix), and
configurability. Technical support is available via the JDE mailing list
which numbers more than 660 subscribers.
JDE Features
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* Supports all versions of the Sun JDK, including 1.3 beta
* Autoindentation
* syntax coloring
* JPDA-based source-level debugger that supports multiple process debugging
* Java source interpreter
* Intelligent method and field completion
* Tree-structured source-code browser
* Class browser
* Hyperlinks from symbols to definitions
* Automatic customizable code generation
* Class import wizard
* Method override wizard
* Context-sensitive help for any classes that have javadoc documentation.
* Built-in support for RCS and CVS source code repositories
* Commands for running and debugging applets
* HTML user's guide
