The tools.jar is the file that contains the compiler.  This way JDEE can run 
the compiler directly using the classpath that JDEE sets.
-Matt

On Monday 22 November 2004 03:15 pm, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having trouble running JDEE (with both Emacs and XEmacs) on a
> Debian GNU/Linux system. The problem is with finding the tools.jar
> file. Since I'm using runtimes not licensed from Sun (sablevm, kaffe
> etc.) this file is missing.
>
> Could some one explain to me (just a hint) why tools.jar is so
> important to JDEE? I can run beanshell without it, and I'm not sure
> what else might be needing it.
>
> Best regards,
> Shyamal
>
> PS: I read this list via the web, so I would never complain about a Cc :-)

-- 
Matthew Kurjanowicz
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CS 2110 TA
College of Computing
GEORGIA Institute
of TECHnology

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