Best Java Text Editor

Which is the best java text editor? I am using Forte for Java but was told JBuilder is better.
Also does anyone know how to change the view in the Forte program. Ive got seperate windows everywhere.

I am not using Forte, so I can't answer your second question. As for the first, search the forum, please. That has been asked and answered frequently. The are quite a few tools out there that people like to use and every single one has it's advantages and drawbacks. I would never say that one tool is the best there is, but that I like it the most. An editor that one person finds useful and is comfortable with, is often disliked by someone else... I myself do not like JBuilder, for example. I'd say, try out a few and decide whatyou like the most.

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Java text editor usb

Hi i am a java student and i dont really know where this question but my question is
Is there a java text editor and java programs compiler for a usb drive?

It is possible, though a bit of a hack. You can install the JDK on your computer at home and copy the directory to your USB drive. When you want to use it at school, simply add the bin directory of the JDK to the system path and you can use the commandline to compile and run your applications.

Macintosh Java text Editors

I have been looking for a good macintosh Java text editor for my newphew. His high school is primary macintosh (Mac OS X) workstation based, therefore in order to code/learn Java, he understands that he can use a simple text editor.
Is there a good text editor for the macintosh? Maybe a comparison is BBEdit for web site development, something with that power.
Or is there a better simple editor in the terminal he can use?
Thank you for reading this post.

You can use TextEdit in plain text mode, or you can go to http://developer.apple.com/ and get Apple's free Project Builder IDE of OS X10.2, which works OK most the time as a text editor with syntax highlighting, but I've found tends to fall over when you try to debug; I've just ordered OS X 10.3 which comes with XCode, which looks prettier, and may even work.
For the one or two class examples I post here, I use project builder as a text editor, and compile from the terminal. For larger projects, I use project builder but have to be disciplined about saving regularly.
I've also used J (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armedbear-j/), though mainly under linux on a slow laptop, which is quite fast and lightweight, and being Java portable. I will go try it on the Mac forthwith.
Pete

Java Text Editor

I have created an applet editor that will enable a user to break a text file down into a series of smaller html files. This does serve a purpose that is not really important at the moment and I don't want to bore you all.
The problem I am having is that upon clicking the open button and the 2 save buttons, the applet opens file chooser where you can select a file. The problem is that once the file is open, the applet, for some reason starts the openfile() method again. The same happens when using the the 2 saveFile() methods. Can anyone help?
package tagger;
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.text.Document;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.net.URL;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;
* <p>Title: Cheshire Parish Register Database Note Tagging System</p>
* <p>Description: An online Text Editor and Note Creation Tool for use with
* CPRDB</p>
* <p>Copyright: </p>
* <p>Company: The University Of Liverpool</p>
* @author Mike Melling
* @version 1.0
public class NoteTagger extends Applet {
    public String fileName = null;
    boolean isStandalone = false;
    BorderLayout borderLayout1 = new BorderLayout();
    JPanel jPanel1 = new JPanel();
    BorderLayout borderLayout2 = new BorderLayout();
    JPanel jPanel2 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel3 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel4 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel5 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel6 = new JPanel();
    BorderLayout borderLayout3 = new BorderLayout();
    BorderLayout borderLayout4 = new BorderLayout();
    BorderLayout borderLayout6 = new BorderLayout();
    BorderLayout borderLayout7 = new BorderLayout();
    JScrollPane jScrollPane1 = new JScrollPane();
    JTextArea jTextArea1 = new JTextArea();
    JScrollPane jScrollPane2 = new JScrollPane();
    JTextArea jTextArea4 = new JTextArea();
    BorderLayout borderLayout8 = new BorderLayout();
    JPanel jPanel7 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel8 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel9 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel10 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel11 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel13 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel14 = new JPanel();
    BorderLayout borderLayout9 = new BorderLayout();
    JPanel jPanel15 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel16 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel17 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel18 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel19 = new JPanel();
    BorderLayout borderLayout10 = new BorderLayout();
    JButton jButton2 = new JButton();
    JButton jButton1 = new JButton();
    JPanel jPanel22 = new JPanel();
    BorderLayout borderLayout12 = new BorderLayout();
    JScrollPane jScrollPane5 = new JScrollPane();
    JTextArea jTextArea3 = new JTextArea();
    JLabel jLabel1 = new JLabel();
    BorderLayout borderLayout13 = new BorderLayout();
    BorderLayout borderLayout14 = new BorderLayout();
    FlowLayout flowLayout1 = new FlowLayout();
    BorderLayout borderLayout15 = new BorderLayout();
    JPanel jPanel27 = new JPanel();
    Document document1 = jTextArea1.getDocument();
    Document document2 = jTextArea3.getDocument();
    JFileChooser jFileChooser1 = new JFileChooser();
    String currFileName = null; // Full path and filename. null means new/untitled.
    JPanel jPanel20 = new JPanel();
    java.awt.BorderLayout borderLayout16 = new BorderLayout();
    JPanel jPanel24 = new JPanel();
    JTextField jTextField1 = new JTextField();
    JPanel jPanel25 = new JPanel();
    java.awt.BorderLayout borderLayout18 = new BorderLayout();
    JTextField jTextField2 = new JTextField();
    JPanel jPanel26 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel12 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel21 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel23 = new JPanel();
    JPanel jPanel28 = new JPanel();
    java.awt.BorderLayout borderLayout5 = new BorderLayout();
    JButton jButton6 = new JButton();
    JButton jButton7 = new JButton();
    JFileChooser jFileChooser2 = new JFileChooser();
    String currFileName2 = null; //Full path and filename. null means new/untitled
    JButton jButton3 = new JButton();
    public String getParameter(String key, String def) {
        return isStandalone ? System.getProperty(key, def) :
                (getParameter(key) != null ? getParameter(key) : def);
    //Construct the applet
    public NoteTagger() {
        try {
            jbInit();
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
    //Initialize the applet
    public void init() {
        try {
            jbInit();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
    //Component initialization
    private void jbInit() throws Exception {
        jPanel1.setLayout(borderLayout2);
        jPanel5.setLayout(borderLayout3);
        jPanel2.setLayout(borderLayout13);
        jPanel6.setLayout(borderLayout14);
        jPanel3.setLayout(borderLayout6);
        jPanel4.setLayout(borderLayout7);
        jTextArea1.setLineWrap(true);
        jPanel3.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(700, 100));
        jPanel4.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel4.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(700, 50));
        jTextArea4.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(700, 100));
        jTextArea4.setEditable(false);
        jTextArea4.setText("");
        jScrollPane2.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.
                                                VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
        jScrollPane2.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(700, 100));
        this.setLayout(borderLayout8);
        jPanel2.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel2.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(700, 850));
        jPanel7.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel8.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel9.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel10.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel11.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jScrollPane1.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.
                                                VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
        jScrollPane1.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(300, 470));
        jScrollPane1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(470, 470));
        jPanel13.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel14.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel14.setLayout(borderLayout9);
        jPanel15.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel15.setLayout(borderLayout10);
        jPanel16.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel16.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(10, 7));
        jPanel19.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel18.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel18.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(280, 33));
        jPanel18.setLayout(flowLayout1);
        jPanel17.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jButton2.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jButton2.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(83, 23));
        jButton2.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
        jButton2.setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.CENTER);
        jButton2.setText("Open");
        jButton2.addActionListener(new NoteTagger_jButton2_actionAdapter(this));
        jPanel5.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 560));
        jPanel6.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel6.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(217, 550));
        jPanel6.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 560));
        jPanel22.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel22.setLayout(borderLayout15);
        jScrollPane5.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.
                                                  HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
        jScrollPane5.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.
                                                VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
        jScrollPane5.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(32767, 245));
        jScrollPane5.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(300, 470));
        jScrollPane5.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 470));
        jLabel1.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 20));
        jLabel1.setToolTipText("");
        jLabel1.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
        jLabel1.setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.CENTER);
        jLabel1.setText("Cheshire Parish Register Database Note Tagging System");
        jPanel27.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jTextArea3.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(2147483647, 2147483647));
        jTextArea1.setDocument(document1);
        jTextArea3.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(2147483647, 2147483647));
        jTextArea3.setDocument(document2);
        jButton1.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jButton1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(83, 23));
        jButton1.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
        jButton1.setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.CENTER);
        jButton1.setText("Save");
        jButton1.addActionListener(new NoteTagger_jButton1_actionAdapter(this));
        jButton1.setEnabled(false);
        this.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel1.setBorder(BorderFactory.createRaisedBevelBorder());
        jPanel1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1000, 750));
        jPanel20.setLayout(borderLayout16);
        jTextField1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(62, 25));
        jTextField1.setText("");
        jPanel24.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel24.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(10, 10));
        jPanel25.setLayout(borderLayout18);
        jTextField2.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(62, 25));
        jTextField2.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(62, 25));
        jTextField2.setText("");
        jPanel26.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel26.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(10, 10));
        jPanel25.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(470, 505));
        jPanel12.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 40));
        jPanel12.setLayout(borderLayout5);
        jPanel28.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel21.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jPanel23.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jButton6.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jButton6.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(83, 23));
        jButton6.setText("Save");
        jButton6.setEnabled(false);
        jButton6.addActionListener(new NoteTagger_jButton6_actionAdapter(this));
        jButton7.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        jButton7.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(83, 23));
        jButton7.setText("Query");
        jButton7.addActionListener(new NoteTagger_jButton7_actionAdapter(this));
        jFileChooser1.addChoosableFileFilter( new FileFilter1() );
        jFileChooser1.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed( false );
        jFileChooser1.setMultiSelectionEnabled( false );
        jFileChooser1.setSelectedFile( null );
        jFileChooser2.addChoosableFileFilter( new FileFilter2() );
        jFileChooser2.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed( false );
        jFileChooser2.setMultiSelectionEnabled( false );
        jFileChooser2.setSelectedFile( null );
        jButton3.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(83, 23));
        jButton3.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(83, 23));
        jButton3.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(83, 23));
        jButton3.setText("New");
        jButton3.addActionListener(new NoteTagger_jButton3_actionAdapter(this));
        jPanel1.add(jPanel2, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
        jPanel1.add(jPanel3, java.awt.BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        jScrollPane2.getViewport().add(jTextArea4);
        this.add(jPanel1, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
        jPanel3.add(jScrollPane2, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
        jPanel3.add(jPanel8, java.awt.BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        jPanel3.add(jPanel9, java.awt.BorderLayout.WEST);
        jPanel3.add(jPanel10, java.awt.BorderLayout.EAST);
        jPanel3.add(jPanel11, java.awt.BorderLayout.NORTH);
        jPanel5.add(jPanel7, java.awt.BorderLayout.WEST);
        jPanel5.add(jPanel13, java.awt.BorderLayout.EAST);
        jPanel5.add(jPanel20, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
        jPanel14.add(jPanel16, java.awt.BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        jPanel14.add(jPanel15, java.awt.BorderLayout.NORTH);
        jPanel15.add(jPanel19, java.awt.BorderLayout.WEST);
        jPanel15.add(jPanel17, java.awt.BorderLayout.EAST);
        jPanel15.add(jPanel18, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
        jPanel4.add(jLabel1, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
        jPanel18.add(jButton2);
        jPanel18.add(jButton1);
        jPanel20.add(jTextField1, java.awt.BorderLayout.NORTH);
        jPanel5.add(jPanel14, java.awt.BorderLayout.NORTH);
        jScrollPane1.getViewport().add(jTextArea1);
        jPanel25.add(jScrollPane5, java.awt.BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        jPanel25.add(jTextField2, java.awt.BorderLayout.NORTH);
        jPanel25.add(jPanel26, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
        jPanel6.add(jPanel12, java.awt.BorderLayout.NORTH);
        jScrollPane5.getViewport().add(jTextArea3);
        jPanel6.add(jPanel27, java.awt.BorderLayout.EAST);
        jPanel1.add(jPanel4, java.awt.BorderLayout.NORTH);
        jPanel1.add(jPanel5, java.awt.BorderLayout.WEST);
        jPanel1.add(jPanel6, java.awt.BorderLayout.EAST);
        jPanel6.add(jPanel22, java.awt.BorderLayout.WEST);
        jPanel6.add(jPanel25, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
        jPanel12.add(jPanel28, java.awt.BorderLayout.WEST);
        jPanel21.add(jButton7);
        jPanel21.add(jButton6);
        jPanel21.add(jButton3);
        jPanel12.add(jPanel23, java.awt.BorderLayout.EAST);
        jPanel12.add(jPanel21, null);
        jPanel20.add(jPanel24, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
        jPanel20.add(jScrollPane1, java.awt.BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    //Start the applet
    public void start() {
    //Stop the applet
    public void stop() {
    //Destroy the applet
    public void destroy() {
    //Get Applet information
    public String getAppletInfo() {
        return "Applet Information";
    //Get parameter info
    public String[][] getParameterInfo() {
        return null;
    // Open named file; read text from file into jTextArea1; report to statusBar.
     void openFile(String fileName) {
         try {
             // Open a file of the given name.
             File file = new File(fileName);
             // Get the size of the opened file.
             int size = (int) file.length();
             // Set to zero a counter for counting the number of
             // characters that have been read from the file.
             int chars_read = 0;
             // Create an input reader based on the file, so we can read its data.
             // FileReader handles international character encoding conversions.
             FileReader in = new FileReader(file);
             // Create a character array of the size of the file,
             // to use as a data buffer, into which we will read
             // the text data.
             char[] data = new char[size];
             // Read all available characters into the buffer.
             while (in.ready()) {
                 // Increment the count for each character read,
                 // and accumulate them in the data buffer.
                 chars_read += in.read(data, chars_read, size - chars_read);
             in.close();
             // Create a temporary string containing the data,
             // and set the string into the JTextArea.
             jTextArea1.setText(new String(data, 0, chars_read));
             // Cache the currently opened filename for use at save time...
             this.currFileName = fileName;
             jButton1.setEnabled(true);
        jTextArea4.append('\n'+"Opnened "+ currFileName);
catch (IOException e) {
    jTextArea4.append('\n'+"Error opening "+fileName);
    // Save current file; handle not yet having a filename; report to statusBar.
boolean saveFile() {
    // Handle the case where we don't have a file name yet.
    if (currFileName == null) {
        return saveAsFile();
    try {
    // Open a file of the current name.
    File file = new File (currFileName);
    // Create an output writer that will write to that file.
    // FileWriter handles international characters encoding conversions.
    FileWriter out = new FileWriter(file);
    String text = jTextArea1.getText();
    out.write(text);
    out.close();
    jButton1.setEnabled(false);
            return true;
catch (IOException e) {
    jTextArea4.append('\n'+"Error saving "+ currFileName);
return false;
    // Save current file; handle not yet having a filename; report to statusBar.
    boolean saveFile2() {
        // Handle the case where we don't have a file name yet.
    if (currFileName2 == null) {
        return saveAsFile2();
    try {
    // Open a file of the current name.
    File file = new File (currFileName2);
    // Create an output writer that will write to that file.
    // FileWriter handles international characters encoding conversions.
    FileWriter out = new FileWriter(file);
    String text = jTextArea3.getText();
    out.write(text);
    out.close();
    jButton7.setEnabled(false);
            return true;
catch (IOException e) {
    jTextArea4.append('\n'+"Error saving "+ currFileName2);
return false;
    // Save current file, asking user for new destination name.
// Report to statusBar.
    boolean saveAsFile() {
      // Use the SAVE version of the dialog, test return for Approve/Cancel
      if (JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION == jFileChooser1.showSaveDialog(this)) {
        // Set the current file name to the user's selection,
        // then do a regular saveFile
        currFileName = jFileChooser1.getSelectedFile().getPath();
        //repaints menu after item is selected
        this.repaint();
        return saveFile();
      else {
        this.repaint();
        return false;
    // Save current file, asking user for new destination name.
// Report to statusBar.
    boolean saveAsFile2() {
      // Use the SAVE version of the dialog, test return for Approve/Cancel
      if (JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION == jFileChooser2.showSaveDialog(this)) {
        // Set the current file name to the user's selection,
        // then do a regular saveFile
        currFileName2 = jFileChooser2.getSelectedFile().getPath();
        //repaints menu after item is selected
        this.repaint();
        return saveFile();
      else {
        this.repaint();
        return false;
    public void jButton1_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        saveFile();
        // Display the name of the saved directory+file in the statusBar.
        jTextArea4.append('\n'+"Saved to " + currFileName);
    public void jButton7_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        try{
            getAppletContext().showDocument(new URL("http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/Live/v3.3/database.html"), "_blank" );
        catch (MalformedURLException ex)
            ex.printStackTrace();
        jButton6.setEnabled(true);
    public void jButton6_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        saveFile2();
        // Display the name of the saved directory+file in the statusBar.
        jTextArea4.append('\n'+"Saved to " + currFileName2);
    public void jButton3_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
     // Handle the File|New menu item.
     // Clears the text of the text area.
     jTextArea3.setText("");
     currFileName2 = null;
     jButton6.setEnabled(true);
     jButton7.setEnabled(false);
    public void jButton2_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            // Use the OPEN version of the dialog, test return for Approve/Cancel
        if (JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION == jFileChooser1.showOpenDialog(this)) {
    // Call openFile to attempt to load the text from file into TextArea
            openFile(jFileChooser1.getSelectedFile().getPath());
              this.repaint();
class NoteTagger_jButton3_actionAdapter implements ActionListener {
    private NoteTagger adaptee;
    NoteTagger_jButton3_actionAdapter(NoteTagger adaptee) {
        this.adaptee = adaptee;
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        adaptee.jButton3_actionPerformed(e);
class NoteTagger_jButton6_actionAdapter implements ActionListener {
        private NoteTagger adaptee;
        NoteTagger_jButton6_actionAdapter(NoteTagger adaptee) {
            this.adaptee = adaptee;
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            adaptee.jButton6_actionPerformed(e);
    class NoteTagger_jButton7_actionAdapter implements ActionListener {
        private NoteTagger adaptee;
        NoteTagger_jButton7_actionAdapter(NoteTagger adaptee) {
            this.adaptee = adaptee;
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            adaptee.jButton7_actionPerformed(e);
class NoteTagger_jButton2_actionAdapter implements ActionListener {
    private NoteTagger adaptee;
    NoteTagger_jButton2_actionAdapter(NoteTagger adaptee) {
        this.adaptee = adaptee;
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        adaptee.jButton2_actionPerformed(e);
class NoteTagger_jButton1_actionAdapter implements ActionListener {
    private NoteTagger adaptee;
    NoteTagger_jButton1_actionAdapter(NoteTagger adaptee) {
        this.adaptee = adaptee;
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        adaptee.jButton1_actionPerformed(e);
class FileSelectorUtils {
          public static String getExtension( File file ) {
          return getExtension( file.getName() );
                private static String getExtension( String str ) {
          String ext = null;
          int i = str.lastIndexOf( '.' );
              if( i > 0 && i < str.length() - 1) {
                 ext = str.substring( i + 1 ).toLowerCase();
          return ext;
          public static File ensureExtension( File file, String ext ) {
              if( getExtension( file ) == null ) {
                  file = new File( file.getAbsolutePath() + "." + ext );
              return file;
      class FileFilter1 extends FileFilter {
         // Valid File Extension
         public final static String txt = "txt";
              public boolean accept( File f ) {
         // Display Directory
         if( f.isDirectory() ) { return true; }
         // Get File's Extension
         String extension = FileSelectorUtils.getExtension( f );
         // Accept Select File Extensions
         if( extension != null ) {
if( extension.equals( FileFilter1.txt ) ) { return true; } // Accept *.ann
        // Else Deny File
        return false;
        public String getDescription() {
        return "Text Doument (*.txt)";
        class FileFilter2 extends FileFilter {
         // Valid File Extension
         public final static String html = "html";
              public boolean accept( File f ) {
         // Display Directory
         if( f.isDirectory() ) { return true; }
         // Get File's Extension
         String extension = FileSelectorUtils.getExtension( f );
         // Accept Select File Extensions
         if( extension != null ) {
if( extension.equals( FileFilter2.html ) ) { return true; } // Accept *.ann
        // Else Deny File
        return false;
        public String getDescription() {
        return "HTML Document (*.html)";
        }Any ideas? I could do with help ASAP if anybody has any ideas... Thanks
Mike

The apps listed at java-tips.org are just some of those that happen to be written in Java. If you want an editor that does syntax highlighting and other programming-specific tasks, you have dozens more options. A few Windows editors that spring to mind are EditPad, Crimson Editor, Scite, UltraEdit and Notetab. Then there are the old Unix standys, Emacs and vi, which have Windows versions as well. I use EditPad Pro, which isn't free like many of the others, but is worth the money anyway, IMO.

Where can I download a Java Text Editor?

I am new to java. And want to have a text editor which can color code the program and keep it in more user friendly format.
Where can I get such text editor from?
Thanks

Check out the category Java Editors at http://www.esus.com:
http://www.esus.com/javaindex/gettingstarted/writingprograms/javaeditors/javaeditors.html
Cheers,
Joris

Help to find a Java Text Editor PLEASE

HELP! I am in need of a program that will compile, execute and have an "autocomplete" sort of thing to help me with learning java. If there are any programs out there sort of like how Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2003-2005. But I need a program specifically for Java because I am learning. Please Reply as soon as possible. Thanks.

Yes, that's what I meant.
When I first started programming in Java (I already had exp with C/C++ and command line tools), I was looking for a IDE that had lots of features, two of which were Drag-an-Drop GUI editing and visual debugging. I admit it, I suffer from the Visual Studio way of doing things.
I downloaded Eclipse and Netbeans and tried both. Eclipse was faster loading but seemed spartan with its features. I also didn't quite understand the way Eclipse handled projects. It was a terminology thing really. Also, I was not familiar with all the various subproject's for eclipse and lacked time to figure it out.
I then tried Netbeans which loads slower but had everything I wanted in an IDE. Also calling projects 'projects', was easier for me to wrap my head around. That was in version 4 days. Since then, Netbeans has added alot of add on modules and features that are truly impressive for a free IDE. There are third party modules available on the web and adding them to the IDE is usually a 2 or 3 click process... Easy.
I haven't checked out Eclipse lately but I'm sure they are also doing things to improve their IDE as well. Competition between the two is a good thing, it just benefits the community as a whole.
(*gets off his soapbox*)
JJ

Basics for a Java based text editor.

I want to try and write a simple java text editor I can upgrade as I learn more about java. Can anyone point me in the right direction or tell me the basic layout of a text editor?

I want to try and write a simple java text editor I
can upgrade as I learn more about java. Can anyone
point me in the right direction or tell me the basic
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C you installed by installing the XCode package from your installation DVD
Perl is already installed
PHP is already installed
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Aravind

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What's the best Java Editor?

Right now I'm using JCreator. I've tried JBuilder, but it keeps crashing on my machine and it runs damn slow...
Is there a better editor out there that shows your errors clearer and stuff?

The fastest "IDE" is actually a good text editor like
TextPad and your Java SDK. The learning curve is
basically nil, the cost is incredibly low, and you
have more learning opportunities. An IDE, however,
makes GUI building faster if you can live with the
limitations and excess code.Hi, I don't agree with you - using "only" a good texteditor for programing purpose is, in my opinion, the better way to Java - ok, you have to read a lot before you get in going, but I bet, when looking on 2 java newbies who invested 3 month in learning java, the one with the "editor only" will know more about java and building a GUI and his programs may be more compact . o O (*g* he had to type all this, so he begins to learn short coding earlier).
With an IDE you will - as a newbie - come earlier to little programs that work, but you will need more time to do the real thing, because your understanding of the java background is less - who reads the automatic generated parts of the program as a newbie? - And, given a normal texteditor to both of them - the 2 guys in the paragraph above - who would be able to write a little java program faster?
The learning curve isn't basically nil - if you really work on the topic of learning to write a java program, and not only arrange components on the screen and let the IDE work.
greetings Marsian
P.S.: I am German, my girl friend is English - she told me now, that she interprets your posting as postive to the editor only solution - hmm ... now I am confused - why do english talking persons don't say what they are meaning?

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Hi guys,
I'm new of Java Fx technology, that I find fantastic!
What I want know is to embed in my java fx application a rich text editor (like a smart word processor).
What I need is this:
1) open a document format in text editor
2) perform formatting operation, like spacing, bolding, change fonts and other
3) save / print document
Do you have any idea is does exists some free for commercial use project?
Thanks, Regards

I think javafx not contains such component yet, but you can try to use editor written with standard java. You can use standard java components and packages in your javafx projects.

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My favourite Java publisher is O'Reilly. Particularly the nutshell series (most by or co-authored by David Flanagan). I couldn't live without the stack that sit, all opened to critical pages, on my desk.
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Hello
I have developed a Text Editor with Java. I would like to make it as a IDE. Could anybody tell me how to integrate a JAVA or C++ compiler
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Please let me know
Thanks
Prashanth

Use this http://weblogs.java.net/blog/malenkov/archive/2008/12/how_to_compile.html to add your own compiler.

Create a Text Editor with Java

I'd really like to create a text editor using Java but, i'm having a little trouble figuring out which direction to take to create it. I'm thinking of purchacing a book on Swing, I know there must be more to learn though. are there anything else that might be useful in achieving my goal?
Thanks,
JV
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Shockwave83

look at the demo examples provided with your jdk.
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Using rich text editor (RTE) for custom applications

Our users enter texts on two places:
1) In Oracle Portal in text-items using the Rich Text Editor.
2) In text-fields in a custom application using html-tags <textarea>blabla</textarea>. For formatting the users currently have to type in html-tags themselves. Now we want to provide them an html-editor.
We would prefer to use the Rich Text Editor also for the custom application. However, that is integrated in Portal and the java-scripts are not easy to follow.
Have you tried something similar? So, did you use the Rich Text Editor for your own application? If yes, how?
If not, a very good alternative would be the qwebeditor (see http://www.qwebeditor.com). Did anybody replace the standard Portal rich text editor with the qwebeditor? In the Portal guides there are instructions about replacing the Portal rich text editor by another editor, but it is not clear if this will also work with the qwebeditor.
Thanks for your respons !
Best regards, Jan Willem Vermeer

Hi Jan,
I have configured FCKeditor in a few clients, and the process it's pretty straight forward, you can use the steps in the document (http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/portal/pdf/cm_rte_1014_features.pdf) .
Basically you download FCKeditor and put it in your apache server (you can put it unde rthe htdocs folder) after that, all you need to do is modify $ORACLE_HOME/portal/images/webword/buildUIHTML.html to reference the FCKeditor JS and CSS, and you can do the same type of reference for your custom apps.
Regards,
Juan

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