Paul Kinnucan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have come to rely on the Emacs Code Browser (ECB) and would like to
> integrate it into the JDE. This would entail making ECB yet another
> external package required by the JDE. The benefit, however, is that the JDE
> would provide facilities for using ECB, such as keybindings and menu items
> for toggling ECB off-and-on and setting up ECB to browse
> jde-db-source-directories. What do you think?
I think this will be great.
>
> I've also started working on a Java-based netinstaller for the JDE that
> would download and uncompress the JDE and all its required packages and set
> up your .emacs file. I might even include installing Emacs itself (on
> Windows) and cygwin as netinstaller options.
>
> This should eventually eliminate the problem of having to download and
> install so many packages.
This is only a problem for those who don't follow directions as far as I can
tell.
The combination of simple download and customizable layout will probably bring
in a lot of new users who are intimidated by the install and/or emacs non-MS
look.
Mark
