Thanks, all. I now have lots of options ! My aim is to enable folks to do serious JAVA development from an internet cafe in Barbados (or somewhere similar) so I am looking for the thinnest PC/client set up possible. I'll try out some of the options suggested.
JC --- Troy Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 08:56 PM 2/25/02 +0000, Phillip Lord wrote: > > >>>>> "Troy" == Troy Daniels > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Troy> At 01:30 PM 2/25/02 -0500, Paul Kinnucan > wrote: > > >> John Cobo writes: > Paul, > > >> > > > >> > Am I correct in thinking that your JDEE > allows a single set up > > >> of >the JDK, Emacs, Tomcat, Web server, any > shared JAR, WAR files > > >> for >the development team, etc. on a shared > server. Developers > > >> can >then 'simply' access the environment > through a window on to > > >> the >server ? > > > > > > Troy> At my company, the Unix disks can be > mounted on the PC using > > Troy> samba, so that it looks like a network > drive. I then run > > Troy> emacs on my PC, and can read and compile > the files on the Unix > > Troy> disk. Actually running the code requires > a window on the Unix > > Troy> machine*. This may work better or worse, > depending on (at > > Troy> least) the availability of samba, and > whether the net lag is > > Troy> worse for interacting with emacs or for > writting the class > > Troy> files. > > > > Another possibility would be to have a go > with TRAMP, which > >is ange-ftp for the new millenium. I use it across > ssh, which works > >very well. > > > > I've not tried it on windows though, and I > don't know how > >much JDE functionality it would break. I'd be > interested to know. > > I expect that it breaks compiling and running. > Assuming it uses > ange-ftp-style names, c:\jdk1.3.1\javac > \\user@host:\dir\file.java is > unlikely to succeed. :-) > > Troy > > > Phil > > > > > > Troy Daniels > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 781-273-3388 x218 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
