Release Notes

JIG Version 1.1

Version / Build Number, Release Date / Description


Version 1.1

4050, September 1, 1998

Initial release for Windows 95, NT and Unix

Notes for JIG Version 1.0.1 Users

The following are the most significant changes that have been made since version 1.0.1:

  1. JIG is installed with JRE 1.1.6 on Windows 95/NT.
  2. There are special menu selections for saving all Browsers' contents, saving and compiling, and saving and running.
  3. Implicit compile causes the "Run" and "Debug" commands in the "File" menu to check whether the java file has been changed or if a class file exists and compile/recompile if necessary.
  4. An Applet View command is included on the File menu for launching applets. An Applet View and Debug mode for debugging applets is also provided.
  5. From the File menu, HTML Browser launching is available.
  6. The File menu offers the ability to invoke javadoc the Java source code documentation utility.
  7. There are new Browse menu selections for browsing implementors of an interface, extenders of a class and the methods of a stack trace.
  8. There are new Source menu selections for creating a new interface, renaming a class or interface, renaming a method, and deleting a class.
  9. When creating a new method, return type information can be included in the creation dialog, otherwise the type defaults to void.
  10. An optional CLASSPATH parameter can be given for compiling, running and debugging.
  11. A destination directory parameter can be given for specifying the target directory of compiled classes.
  12. Help documentation launches an HTML browser to access JIG documentation.
  13. When the Browser is in Line Number display mode, the method list is sorted by line number.
  14. JIG can now use a single transcript instead of multiple dialogs for process output.
  15. Compile and run commands accept highlighted text from the Transcript as well as the Browser and Work Space.
  16. The package root directory (formerly User Directory) is now selectable for the current Browser.
  17. The Browser has a selectable mode for automatic save of editor changes when changing method, class or package without selecting File Save from the menu.
  18. Separate Browsers editing the same class are automatically resynchronized when changes are made to any one Browser. Edits, if any, in the other Browsers are not affected.
  19. The Browser provides separately selectable Inner classes for display in the class list.
  20. The Debugger GUI has been enhanced.
  21. The Debugger knows what the current class is at the current break point and can suggest a class name when setting breaks.
  22. JIG command line parameters have been provided to set JIG Home (the place JIG looks for startup files) and the location and name of the initialization file to use.
  23. JIG has been internationalized and includes a locale file of string properties.
  24. Three sample utilities have been included with JIG that provide useful functionality as well as a demonstration of navigation in JIG. The utilites are for 1) making Java source I18n compliant, 2) generating class variable accessor methods, and 3) formatting for the output of java -prof (java.prof).


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