I've decided to try experimenting with the jde debugger to see if it has features that make it worth using over netbeans.
I first set "jde-debugger" to "Jdebug" in customize. Should I be using Jdebug for this, or "jdb"? I'm not certain exactly what I'm supposed to set up now. I see the user guide mentions setting the "location of the JPDA libraries". It has examples for JDK 1.3 and 1.2.2, but not 1.4.x. The customize info for that variable specifically says you only need to set this variable for a 1.2 JVM. The "jre home" variable seems to be needed if I start the debuggee through the debugger. I'm not. I'm only going to be remotely connecting, so it appears that I wouldn't set that variable. I set the "Server Socket" variable to the JPDA port my debuggee is configured for. The customize info for this variable seems ambiguous whether this is the correct variable to set. At this point, the contents of the "Attach Process" menu is grayed out, so I can't select a server to connect to.