Re: Jedit using wrong java on MacOS

I think you have to go into its .app package and tell it use the JDK you
want. Applications launched from "Applications" don't see the shell
environment as far as I remember.

HTH

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Bob

On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 6:13 AM Evans, Philip A. (Dr.) <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi everyone
>
> If I install jedit from the downloadable mac dmg file (which is
> prefereable to the universal installer for many reasons) it seems to insist
> on pocking up the oracle Java that shipped with MacOS, instead of the newer
> java I’ve installed from MacPorts.
>
> I have disabled the system java, set JAVA_HOME etc. Other Java apps seem
> to be picking up openjdk15 fine, but not jedit. If I use jedit 5.6.0 then
> it complains that it won’t work at all, and jedit 5.5.0 complains because I
> have a plug in that requires java>1.8
>
> Does anyone know how to force jedit to use a specific installation of java?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Phil
>
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