Running JHelpDev

Requirements

JHelpDev is a JAVA program and needs a Java Runtime Engine (JRE) to run. The JRE can be downloaded from java.sun.com. The minimum requirement is version 1.5.

Starting JHelpDev

JHelpDev is distributed in an Java executable JAR file. The specifics for starting JHelpDev will vary depending on your computer, operating system, and JRE. However, the general approach will look something like: java -jar jhelpdev.jar.. Included in the zip file are jhelpdev.bat and jhelpdev.sh, which start JHelpDev for Windows and UNIX (respectively).

Command Line Options

The shell script files (jhelpdev.bat and jhelpdev.sh) will probably meet your needs, but there are some items you may override should you need to. The full format of the command line is java [-DHOMEDIR=homedirectory] [-Dnet.sourceforge.jhelpdev.settingsFile=settingsfile] -jar jhelpdev.jar.

The HOMEDIR setting is the location that JHelpDev points to by default when opening one of the File dialogs (open project, save project as, etc). HOMEDIR is used when JHelpDev is first started, or if the last directory it pointed to is deleted or renamed. By default, HOMEDIR is just the directory from which JHelpDev was started.

The net.sourceforge.jhelpdev.settingsFile setting is the full pathname of the file that holds environment settings such as the recently opened file list. By default this is a file named .jhelpdev in your home directory. Under UNIX, your home directory is typically something like /home/username/. Under Windows home directory is typically something like c:\Documents and Settings\username\ or c:\Windows\Documents and Settings\, however this varies from one version of Windows to another.

See also: Getting Started