Re: Open source Java source editor

This should have been posted to [email protected], not nbui.

Serkan Camurcuoglu wrote:
> I need a freely usable Java editor for my application
> which gives the user the option to write small scripts
> in Java. Basically all the functionality I need is
> syntax coloring. Can I use the source editor of
> NetBeans for this purpose and distribute it free of
> charge with my application?

Yes, but please read the Sun Public License text for details. In a 
nutshell, if you make source modifications and distribute the results, 
you need to make the modifications available somewhere for public viewing.

> If I can, how much time and effort will it take?

Don't know, ask on dev@openide; perhaps someone else has done so already 
and can tell you.

For NB 3.6 there was a standalone editor kit which is probably what you 
want. There are reportedly some problems with code completion 
functionality in the NB 4.0 version, though this would probably not 
affect you.

-J.

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