Re: Automatic update of ImageJ's text window upon file change

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Sep 08, 2009; 5:10pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Automatic-update-of-ImageJ-s-text-window-upon-file-change-tp3691274p3691276.html

> Hi Daniel,
>
> if you are using an external editor for plugins (I also do this), why
> do you also have the .java file open in ImageJ? Simply select
> "Compile and Run" from the plugins menu of the ImageJ main window and
> the file compiled last will be selected in the file browser anyhow
> (merely type <RETURN> to compile it again).
>
> Nevertheless, I have a suggestion to making this more comfortable:
> Having "Compile and Run" going the "plugins" directory instead of the
> ImageJ directory by default (after ImageJ has been started).

This is fixed in the ImageJ 1.43g daily build.

-wayne

> Michael
> ________________________________________________________________
>
> On 8 Sep 2009, at 16:54, Daniel Kalthoff wrote:
>
>> When developing plugins, I like to have the .java-file open in
>> ImageJ to test the current version every now and then. For code
>> editing, however, I am using a different editor (with syntax-
>> highlighting, etc). It's quite annoying that for every simple
>> modification of the code, I have to reload the file within ImageJ.
>> Is there a chance to make ImageJ automatically reload the file when
>> it's changed? May be in the next version?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Daniel