Re: Can no longer open files in jedit from the command line in MacOS

Hi Phil,
Just my 5 cents... I have no problem opening jEdit 5.6.0 on my iMac 27"
(2019) with macOS 12.5. (no change since the latest update)
In About jEdit it specifies server-background mode, using Oracle Corp Java
11.0.8
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Op ma 15 aug. 2022 om 14:10 schreef Evans, Phil (Dr.) <[email protected]
>:

> Hi everyone
>
> I’m using jEdit (5.6.0) on my Mac, as I have been doing for some time, but
> for some reason in the last few weeks:
>
> open -a /Applications/jEdit.app myFile.txt
>
> does not open myFile.txt, just a blank jEdit window. This may be since
> upgrading to MacOS 12.5 (from 12.4) although I’m not 100% sure.
>
> Is anyone else seeing this?
>
> For extra context, I have to hack to use jEdit at all (someone on this
> mailing list helped me with this a few years ago) because just starting up
> jEdit tries to use some ancient java version and it fails. So instead I
> have had to use a script to find the correct java and invoke things, and
> then I have to compile that with shc so that MacOS will set the security
> settings so I can actually open files (seriously….). I don’t know whether
> this is the problem.
>
> If anyone knows a solution to this, or a better (i.e. simpler) way to make
> jEdit “just work” on MacOS, please let me know!
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Phil
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