<div>Further thought....</div>
<div>Do you have all the repostories(Universe, Multiverse, tryingToRemeberTheOtherVerses :) ) enabled?</div>
<div>remembering that Sun and Debain have different thoughts on what "free" is...<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Sean O'Donnell</b> <<a href="mailto:sean@seanodonnell.com">sean@seanodonnell.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">uhoh, I sense an emacs and eclipse vs. vim and jedit debate brewing...<br><br>I'll just say that I'd prefer *NOT* to use emacs or eclipse, and leave
<br>it at that. =p<br><br>but yea, there are plenty of alternatives.<br><br>I'd really like to get jEdit functional on here. It's the closest to<br>UltraEdit that I can find for a Linux GUI, and I've become quite comfy
<br>w/ it now for some time. VIM will do for now though.<br><br>I don't want to start a Slackware vs. Debian debate either, but these<br>types of package-related issues usually are non-existent in Slackware,<br>seeing how slackware does a very good job of including old libs and
<br>other stuff that seems to always be a pain in most other distros I've used.<br><br>It is refreshing to use debian and package-based software for a change<br>though, but the irony of it actually consuming more time than it would
<br>me compiling or using Slackware, just makes me chuckle... =p<br><br>PS: jEdit runs fine on Slackware and slamd64 w/ no need for 6+ different<br>Java Packages. =p<br><br>-Sean<br><br>*thinking of returning to Slackware...*
<br><br>Robert Leyva wrote:<br>> In a pinch, perhaps use emacs or eclipse, as they understand java syntax<br>> for highlighting and indenting?<br>><br>> Once you can get jEdit happy, then just switch back....<br>
><br>><br>>> I'm unable to get jEdit running on a Debian etch 32-bit system, but am<br>>> able to get it running on a Debian etch 64-bit system. It's installed,<br>>> but won't run.<br>
>><br>>> ...<br>>><br>>> Thanks,<br>>><br>>> Sean<br>>><br></blockquote></div><br>