Hi Ah ha, the penny has dropped now, thank you. For other folks who might be interested this is what I've used:
Command field: java com.example.ProjectA Working directory: /home/me/Documents/Java/Classes Base path: /home/me/Documents/Java/Classes I'm not quite sure of the inner workings though it seems ok with the Working Directory and Base Path being the same. Regards Duncan > ---------------------------------------- > From: Lex Trotman <ele...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wed Nov 07 21:05:55 CET 2018 > To: <esn...@contactoffice.com>, Geany general discussion list > <users@lists.geany.org> > Subject: Re: [Geany-Users] Java in Geany - Fully Qualified Classname > > > On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 at 06:00, es noyo <esn...@contactoffice.com> wrote: > > > > How do I get Geany to automatically pick up the fully qualified classname > > from the java project that I'm working on in order to run the project? > > > > I'm trying to import some java applications I had previously written > > elsewhere (Windows + Eclipse, though I've only imported the java files, not > > attempting to import projects). I've been looking at > > https://wiki.geany.org/howtos/configurebuildmenu but can't seem to get the > > settings right. > > > > So far I've worked out how to get javac up and running. I'm using this > > entry in the build menu: > > Command field: javac "%f" -d /home/me/Documents/Java/Classes -cp > > /home/me/Documents/Java/Classes > > so that it finds source files and leaves classfiles in the structure below: > > /home/me/Documents/Java/Source/ProjectA > > /home/me/Documents/Java/Source/Utilities/etc/etc > > /home/me/Documents/Java/Classes/.... > > As I said, this looks like it is working ok. > > > > The problem is what command string to use in the execute part of the build > > menu. I've tried: > > Command field: java -classpath /home/me/Documents/Java/Classes "%e" > > Working directory field: /home/me/Documents/Java/Classes > > > > However I'm getting the error: "Error: Could not find or load main class". > > > > Clearly I can see that it doesn't have the right form of classname in it. I > > know the java command is supposed to use the Fully Qualified Classname of > > the form "java com.example.ProjectA". Obviously I want it to pick this up > > automatically from the project. How do I do this? > > > > Geany works on filenames, it doesn't know about Java specific stuff > like classnames (or any other language specific stuff either). So you > will either have to do some shell smarts to extract the classname or > hard code it in a project specific run command. > > Cheers > Lex > > > Thanks for any clues > > Duncan > > > > -- > > Professional Virtual Office > > https://www.contactoffice.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > Users@lists.geany.org > > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users -- Professional Virtual Office https://www.contactoffice.com _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
