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Hi. I was just wondering if someone can recommend a Java editor for
me. I'm looking for something that supports automatic indentation.

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> Hi. I was just wondering if someone can recommend a Java editor for
> me. I'm looking for something that supports automatic indentation.

You might try Vim, which supports formatting of a number of languages,
including Java

http://www.vim.org/

wrote:
> Hi. I was just wondering if someone can recommend a Java editor for
> me. I'm looking for something that supports automatic indentation.
>

If all you need is an editor, vim and gvim are pretty good.

I'd look into a full IDE like NetBeans, though. Java with it's
reflection allows much more support from an IDE that a language like C++
(in my opinion). It's time to move beyong vim and make and use a full
featured IDE.

On Jun 16, 2:10 am, Mark Space <marksp...@sbc.global.net> wrote:
> b...@coolgroups.com wrote:
> > Hi. I was just wondering if someone can recommend a Java editor for
> > me. I'm looking for something that supports automatic indentation.
>
> If all you need is an editor, vim and gvim are pretty good.
>
> I'd look into a full IDE like NetBeans, though. Java with it's
> reflection allows much more support from an IDE that a language like C++
> (in my opinion). It's time to move beyong vim and make and use a full
> featured IDE.

Not one but TWO insane recommendations that a newbie try a vi-based
editor. Are you mad? Suggesting an editor that does just about
everything bass-ackwards or just plain weird to a newbie is a cruel
prank indeed. I wonder how soon before he shows up here complaining
that it's broken because when he types into it, it complains of
invalid commands or does freaky stuff instead of his text
appearing...matter of hours I suppose, maybe just minutes.

If he wants automatic indent I'm sure there's a lot of free or easily-
cracked Windoze programmers' editors out there that do it and follow
normal user interface conventions, and which will be a lot easier to
use and more familiar to the OP than anything whose name starts the
same as the word "vile".

I recommend an IDE also though, but one like Eclipse, not one like
Netbeans.

Twisted wrote:
> On Jun 16, 2:10 am, Mark Space <marksp...@sbc.global.net> wrote:
>> b...@coolgroups.com wrote:
>>> Hi. I was just wondering if someone can recommend a Java editor for
>>> me. I'm looking for something that supports automatic indentation.
>> If all you need is an editor, vim and gvim are pretty good.
>>
>> I'd look into a full IDE like NetBeans, though. Java with it's
>> reflection allows much more support from an IDE that a language like C++
>> (in my opinion). It's time to move beyong vim and make and use a full
>> featured IDE.
>
> Not one but TWO insane recommendations that a newbie try a vi-based
> editor. Are you mad? Suggesting an editor that does just about
> everything bass-ackwards or just plain weird to a newbie is a cruel
> prank indeed. I wonder how soon before he shows up here complaining
> that it's broken because when he types into it, it complains of
> invalid commands or does freaky stuff instead of his text
> appearing...matter of hours I suppose, maybe just minutes.
>
> If he wants automatic indent I'm sure there's a lot of free or easily-
> cracked Windoze programmers' editors out there that do it and follow
> normal user interface conventions, and which will be a lot easier to
> use and more familiar to the OP than anything whose name starts the
> same as the word "vile".
>
> I recommend an IDE also though, but one like Eclipse, not one like
> Netbeans.
>
There's nothing wrong with vi* editors. vi was created for *nix
environments in the day before there were arrows on the keyboard and if
its good enough for the original builders of Unix, it's good enough for
me. However, on a Win* platform, it may not be the best choice,
although there is a version of vim available. On windows, I would
suggest emacs with the appropriate plug-ins or something like JCreator,
which is about half way between a flat editor and an IDE.

When I first started to play with java 3 or 4 years ago, I used JCreator
and found it quite good enough.

To the OP, here is a link for JCreator

http://www.jcreator.com/download.htm

Select the LE and you'll have a nice editor for free.

wrote:
> Hi. I was just wondering if someone can recommend a Java editor for
> me. I'm looking for something that supports automatic indentation.

Hi!

SciTE works great with several languages.
(I'm using it under Linux.)

http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTE.html

Best regards
Gerald

wrote:
> Hi. I was just wondering if someone can recommend a Java editor for
> me. I'm looking for something that supports automatic indentation.
>
Short answer: any decent editor with a C language mode. The editors I
mainly use support auto-indentation and bracket balancing:

- Windows. I use PFE - its been around for quite a while but is still a
good editor - a multi-window editor within a private desktop (MDF) - and
the ability to run a compiler and pipe its output into a new window.

- Linux/UNIX. I use microEmacs. Its small, fast and fully customisable.
Its available as source and has been ported to a large number of
operating systems and C compilers. Its also good under Windows. I use
it in Linux/Unices/Windows/OS-9 and it retains not only the same
look&feel but all the same keystrokes work the same everywhere.


--
martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

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> Hi. I was just wondering if someone can recommend a Java editor for
> me. I'm looking for something that supports automatic indentation.

Emacs and JDEE (http://jdee.sunsite.dk/).

Regards,

Patrick

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If u find an IDE, Eclipse is a good choice.
Good luck!

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> Hi. I was just wondering if someone can recommend a Java editor for
> me. I'm looking for something that supports automatic indentation.
>
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On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:26:55 -0700, wrote:

>Hi. I was just wondering if someone can recommend a Java editor for
>me. I'm looking for something that supports automatic indentation.

Hee hee! You have stirred up some hornets

Personally I found TextPad quite convenient to use (Windows platform).
But I won't say it's the best 'cos I haven't tried the others.