[Bluej-discuss] Enable Assertions BlueJ 2.1.3 Java 1.5.0_07 on OS X

[Doug]

Hi Bruce,

Thanks a lot. That got it.
I didn't realise you could browse an application package.... still  
learning!

Thanks again
Doug

On 28 Feb 2007, at 00:18, Bruce Quig wrote:

> Hi Doug,
>
> You were on the right track with your investigations.There are 2  
> ways to
> do it. The actual bluej.defs file lies within the BlueJ.app  
> application
> bundle. If you right click on the BlueJ.app and select Show Package
> Contents it will allow you to traverse the app bundle. The bluej.defs
> file can be found in BlueJ.app/Contents/Resources/Java
>
> You should be able to make the appropriate change in there, which from
> memory is to uncomment the bluej.vm.args line to read:
>
> bluej.vm.args=-ea
>
> The other alternative is in the <home>/Library/Preferences/org.bluej
> area that you mentioned. There is a file called bluej.properties. You
> can add the required bluej property setting into there and it will
> over-ride any setting in bluej.defs. This means you can make the  
> change
> at the user level rather than at the application level if that is more
> appropriate.
>
> Let is know if you have any problems (bluej-support at bluej.org)
>
> Bruce
>
> Doug wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone know how to enable assertions with the above  
>> configuration?
>>
>> I have found posts that tell me to edit the bluej.defs file, but I
>> don't have one on my system.
>> I tried creating one under home/Library/Preferences/org.bluej since
>> this was the only place I could see any type of config files at all
>> and had no joy.
>> Can anyone point out the error of my ways?
>>
>> thanks a lot
>> Doug
>>
>>
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