It does seem to require JPDA (either J2SE SDK 1.3 or maybe SDK 1.2.2 plus some stuff): http://www.javasoft.com/products/jpda/ For remote debugging, it's necessary to add some special command line options to the remote java interpreter: http://www.bluemarsh.com/java/jswat/docs/howto-remote.html Joel On Sat, 9 Jun 2001 Mike Bresnahan wrote: > > I downloaded jswat and it looks super-ripfurry cool, however I can't get it > to work. :( It keeps crashing, complaining it can't find my class, or > exiting without purpose. I'll keep trying. Has anyone had better luck? > > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joel T Schneider" <jts at tc.umn.edu> > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 3:56 AM > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Java IDEs for linux > > > > On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 Bob Tanner wrote: > > > I am really getting desperate for a -good- debugger for Java. > > > > > > I downloaded jde for emacs and the debugger is klunky and very slow. > > > > > > I went to jbuilder and it crashes on my constantly. > > > > > > I tried Forte and it's god-awful slow. > > > > > > Anything I'm missing? > > > > A while ago, I bookmarked the open-source JSwat Java debugger: > > > > http://freshmeat.net/projects/jswat/ > > http://www.bluemarsh.com/java/jswat/ > > > > JSwat is an "extensible, standalone, graphical Java debugger front-end, > > written to use the Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA) package > > provided by JavaSoft." Haven't tried it myself yet, but it looks pretty > > decent. (Also not sure whether anyone else has already mentioned it, > > since I'm subscribed to tclug-list in digest mode.) > > > > Joel --- defenestrate tr. v. To throw out of a window.