I've recently been learning the Processing programming language. Processing includes an IDE called the Processing Development Environment (PDE), but the editor is quite basic.
The IDE has an option to use an external editor. One of my preferred editors is jEdit due to it's cross-platform support. Jedit has built-in support for over 170 languages, but not processing which I guess is still a little bit too niche at the moment.
How do I add Processing with all the color highlights to jEdit?
The whole process for adding processing has been detailed here: http://wiki.processing.org/w/JEdit_as_External_IDE.
Basically, jEdit is using XML files to define syntax coloring rules (incl. simple checking) for its various editing modes. Each syntax definition file has a file extension mapping to tell jEdit which language mode to use for individual files. For Processing files we will use the standard .pde extension.
There are two things you need to do: (Before installing any of the files below, please make sure jEdit is not running.)
Syntax Highlighting
Download File:Processing.xml into the "modes" folder inside your jEdit installation.
On Linux/MAC this is usually /usr/share/jedit/modes
On Windows this is C:\Program Files\jEdit\modes
Then copy and paste the following XML node into the file "catalog" inside the same folder and syntax coloring/checking for PDE files should be ready: <MODE NAME="processing" FILE="Processing.xml" FILE_NAME_GLOB="*.pde" />
Abbreviations
Download Media:abbrevs_v0.1.zip and extract it into the right folder for your system:
Windows
C:\Documents and Settings\{USERNAME}\.jedit
Mac
/Users/{USERNAME}/.jedit
Note: This folder is not visible in the Finder. Unzip the file in your home folder, open a terminal window and type: mv ~/abbrevs ~/.jedit/abbrevs</source>
Linux
Find the location of the jEdit settings directory via the menu: Utilities > Troubleshooting > Activity log, then extract/copy the file in that folder.
For all systems, you'll need to restart jEdit in order for the abbreviations to come in effect.
Related
I am attempting to install PDFBox on my system in order to create PDF files, but am unsure which jar files I need. If I go to https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi
I see command line tools as follows:
pdfbox-app (9.1MB)
preflight-app (9.2MB)
debugger-app (9.0MB)
I also see "Libraries of each subproject" as follows:
pdfbox (2.6MB)
fontbox (1.6MB)
preflight (248KB)
xmpbox (132KB)
pdfbox-tools (77KB)
pdfbox-debugger (245KB)
What is meant by "each subproject"? Is it talking about the command line tools or something different?
I am planning to use java from the command line rather than in an IDE. Does this mean that I just need the Command line tools or do I need the "Libraries of each Subproject" as well? What does the "-app" indicated in the command line tools vs the related libraries?
Is there a page on apache.org that mentions the differences between all of these?
To create PDF files should I be using the preflight and debugger files as well or are those optional?
Summarizing the comments: you want to create a PDF from scratch and access your development over ssh so you can't use an IDE and have to use javac. For that you could use pdfbox-app jar file, but this would be huge. Instead, use the pdfbox, fontbox and commons-log jar files. See also here for additional dependencies if you want to do more advanced stuff (read / render (= convert to image) / decrypt / sign).
How can I tell IntelliJ (or its Markdown or Multimarkdown plug-in) that files named *.apib are Markdown, and should be handled the same way as files named *.md?
I found the Preferences for the plugins (Preferences: Other Settings: Markdown/MultiMarkdown), but these only control what it means to "be handled the same way," not how to get there in the first place.
I also found Preferences: Plugins, but it only seems to handle installing the plugins, not configuring them.
Open Preferences and choose Editor. Select File Types and select Markdown Language, then add *.apib to the list of patterns.
When I load/save settings on my PC for IntelliJ-IDEA v11+ Ultimate on Windows 7, it is super slow (seconds). I think the settings are being saved on a network drive (corporate setup), but I want to confirm.
What is the default location on Windows 7 for IntelliJ-IDEA settings files?
How can I change the location of settings files?
UPDATE
I checked my idea.properties file here: C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 11.1.5\bin\idea.properties. I see this entry (commented-out):
# idea.config.path=${user.home}/.IntelliJIdea/config
My insane corporate setup has Java's user.home mapped to \\UBSPROD.MSAD.UBS.NET\UserData\arpeke\RF. There, I found the folder named .IntelliJIdea with my settings.
IntelliJ saves its config and indexes, which can amount to several gigs worth of data, to your home directory. It's been that way for approximately "a long time". In my experience, if you have default network mounts, your home dir will be set to one of those, so that's very likely your problem. Edit <idea dir>/bin/idea.properties to change the location where it saves stuff. There will be a handful of properties to change because it calls things out individually rather than having one, overall directory.
Props to Ryan for the hint I needed. Posting a detailed answer here, because I could not find the answer anywhere else on the Net.
Discover your Java's user.home System property settings.
See this Q&A: On Windows 7, how does Java JVM set "user.home" System property?
Or, try in an Java IDE: System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.home"));
You may surprised by its value!
Let us suppose it is C:\Users\user123
There, you will find a folder named .IntelliJIdea, and sub-folder within named config.
If the .IntelliJIdea folder is stored on a network drive, you may find IntelliJ performance less than ideal.
Modify your idea.properties file. Possible full path: C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 11.1.5\bin\idea.properties
Modify options for config, system, plugins, and logs. Example: idea.config.path=${user.home}/.IntelliJIdea/config => idea.config.path=c:/local/path/.IntelliJIdea/config
Update
Official Knowledge Base article from JetBrains: http://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/entries/23348963
If I try to build an application with the application class outside the default package, so the application file path is /app/AppClass.mxml instead of /AppClass.mxml (as would normally be the case), Flash builder cannot launch the application for debugging because it is looking for the SWF in debug/app/AppClass.swf and the SWF is being output to debug/AppClass.swf instead. Changing the output folder to debug/app makes it put the swf in debug/app, but then it puts the application configuration file "AppClass-app.xml" in /debug/app/app and then that can't be found.
Is there a way to change only the SWF output folder, or the location of the xml configuration file in the run-configuration?
You may use symbolic link to created swf file - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link
for example for Windows :
cd project/path/bin-debug/package/path/
MKLINK ClassName.swf project/path/bin-debug/ClassName.swf
and it's work
or you can use symbolic link for folder:
cd project/path/bin-debug/package/
MKLINK path project/path/bin-debug/ /D
I think I remember this worked for me. But it was long time ago. And, yes, it is a known problem, I also recall Adobe people mentioning it as a limitation of FB.
In my Ant script, you'll need to do the adjustments to reflect your actual file names and directory structure. Also note that it will make it more cumbersome to debug it from FB. You'll need to use the debugging target in Ant, and then connect the debugger to the running application (so that some info, especially on the startup) will be lost. The only way you would be able to debug it, though I've never tried it, is with the commandline tools (I'm not sure of adl syntax for breakpoints / printing / stack frames, so idk how to do it.
Also, for the released application you will probably want to change the signing mechanism.
I'm considering switching from Eclipse to Intellij. One thing I like about Eclipse is that the whole installation is just a folder, and I can put that on a USB stick and copy it to another computer if I want. All of my plugins, settings, and everything else come with me and all I have to do is simply copy a folder.
Is there any way I could do this with Intellij?
Yes, it's possible, just copy the installation directory to the flash drive, then edit IDEA_HOME\bin\idea.properties file, change the values of idea.config.path and idea.plugins.path to the relative location, like: ../config and ../user-plugins (locations are relative to IDEA bin directory).
Now copy your original settings and third-party plug-ins (if any):
${user.home}/.IntelliJIdea10/config => usb:/IDEA_HOME/config
${user.home}/.IntelliJIdea10/config/plugins => usb:/IDEA_HOME/user-plugins
Note that it's not recommended to change idea.system.path variable, so that it remains on the fast local drive, otherwise it could affect IDEA performance and occupy a lot of USB drive space.
One thing you could also do is to use the ${idea.home} path variable. I described in an article how you can create a portable version of IntelliJ IDEA including a version of the JDK.
https://leolabs.org/blog/making-intellij-portable/
I hope it can help you, as this is my first article in English ;)
Regards
leolabs
In addition to the answer of CrazyCoder:
To copy the "system" folder of IntelliJ / PHPStorm to the usb memory stick is required if you want that IntelliJ / PHPStorm behave like a portable app.
To get the desired folders install IntelliJ / PHPStorm to your HDD and run it at least one time.
On Windows 7 the path is (copy the folders to your usb memory stick):
%USERNAME%\.WebIde10\config\ => usb:/IDEA_HOME/config
%USERNAME%\.WebIde10\system\ => usb:/IDEA_HOME/user-plugins
Note that user-plugins is not created at first start of IntelliJ / PHPStorm, so create it on your usb memory stick.
Edit the idea.properties as CrazyCoder told you and change all 3 values:
idea.config.path
idea.plugins.path
idea.system.path
open c:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 14.1.3\bin\idea.properties
change # idea.config.path=${user.home}/.IntelliJIdea/config to idea.config.path=../PortableSetting/config
change # idea.system.path=${user.home}/.IntelliJIdea/system to idea.system.path=../PortableSetting/system
change # idea.plugins.path=${idea.config.path}/plugins to idea.plugins.path=../PortableSetting/config/plugins
change # idea.log.path=${idea.system.path}/log to idea.log.path=../PortableSetting/system/log
make PortableSetting folder in c:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 14.1.3\
copy content of C:\Documents and Settings\User\.IntelliJIdea14\ to c:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 14.1.3\PortableSetting\
copy c:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 14.1.3 to USB and enjoy!
I wrote this answer for windows XP default directory.
for more information about default directory look at here.
I read other people answers and made an step by step answer.
You can use portableapps platform for portable intellij. Details description is here.