suggestion required on building an java based editor???

[subho saha]

I want to make a editor sort of thing (like edit plus or jcreator)for java. Where should i start from?.What are the topics needed to be covered.What should i study.What do I need to know?Really i don't have any Idea .But I am really interested?
Some body please help me out. Any , any suggestion will be highly appriciated. Really any advice.

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Seriously: I'd start by looking at freshmeat.net and sourceforge.org. Search for "java editor". Look how many there are. Pick a few, download them, look at the code until the urge to do it goes away. Don't waste your time reinventing the wheel.

If you have particular features you want to implement in an editor, implement them as plugins to an existing editor or IDE that supports plugins. I'd suggest Eclipse (www.eclipse.org) but there are plenty of others.

[subho saha]

this is just an hobby project.So i donot want to go through high funda editors at the beganing.If some body can show me the starting point, It will be much helpful.waiting in anticipation

[Paul Clapham]

Start with requirements definition. So far you want to write "an editor sort of thing". You need to add some more detail to that list of requirements. Such as what it should do. Once you have a couple of pages of requirements written down, you should have a better idea of what tasks you are going to have to do.

[Tim Cao]

Look at the demo/jfc directory in your JDK installation. There is one demo project named Notepad. It is a simple Swing based text editor. You can start by playing with it.

[subho saha]

Ok lets say I want to make something like text pad which acts not only as an editor but also compiles and runs from same interface.Making an editor is Ok. But how to link that program,compile it,show errors and obiously run and show runtime exceptions
[ November 28, 2005: Message edited by: subho saha ]