Re: Using emacs to debug Java programs
Lew writes:
I've looked for instructions before, but had no luck. I miss the days
when I could do gcc compiles from emacs and debug via its gdb
interface. I gather from what you're telling me that the emacs gurus
have sussed out how to tie emacs into the JVM, a remarkable
achievement indeed. This is great; I can start using emacs for my
Java development once I get this information.
Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
http://jdee.sourceforge.net/
A couple of things about that site scare me, though still plan to look into
the product.
They claim that the product "interfaces Emacs to command-line Java development
tools (for example, JavaSoft's JDK)". JavaSoft hasn't been around in quite a
while, since well before a major change in the JVM's debugger interface.
"... JDEbug, the JDEE's debugger." The JVM includes a debugger interface.
Why do they need a separate one?
"Year 2000 Compliance" - aren't they a little late to the party on that one?
"make file support" - no one uses make files with Java.
"Sun's Java 2 Software Development Kit (SDK)" "... JDK 1.2 or higher ..." -
How old is this product? All of Sun's "Java 2" SDKs are obsolete. The last
version of Java 2 ceased being supported by Sun over two and a half years ago.
There's nary a mention of Java 5 (itself obsolescent) or higher on the JDEE
site.
"Copyright ? 1997-2004 Paul Kinnucan" - OK, that seems to answer the "how old"
question. I'm a bit nervous that work on JDEE apparently stopped at around
the time Java 5 came out.
I suspect that JDEE might still work despite these areas of concern. Suspect,
but hardly dare hope.
--
Lew