Miscellaneous Menu

The Miscellaneous menu contains all of the options that did not fit neatly into one of the above categories.

• Indent Level: Specifies the number of spaces that make up a "tab" in DrJava. This is used for auto-indenting.

• Size of Interactions History: Specifies how many interactions will be stored in the history for you to scroll through using the up arrow.

• Recent Files List Size: Specifies how many of your most recently open files are displayed when you open the "File" menu on the toolbar.

• The Checkboxes: Specify a variety of options that are personal preference:

  • Automatically Close Block Comments: Puts a "*/" after every "/**" or "/*" you type, so you don't have to remember to close the comment.

  • Allow Assert Keyword in Java 1.4: Passes a flag to the 1.4 compiler that specifies the assert keyword is okay.

  • Keep Emacs-style Backup Files: Tells DrJava to automatically make backups of files such that file file.java would be backed up as file.java~. This is a nice option, because it provides an additional level of protection against lost code.

  • Clear Console After Interactions Reset: Makes the Interactions Pane clear when it is reset. After a reset, any previous objects built in the Interactions Pane have been lost and must be recreated. Clearing the console helps you remember that you need to recreate everything.

  • Allow Access of Private Members in Interactions Pane: A great option for testing, because it gives you more flexibility than normal. However, it can also lead to confusion for beginning students since private fields cannot normally be accessed outside of their classes.

  • Show Sample of Source Code when Fast Switching: Shows part of the source code when you use ctrl-tilde to quickly switch between documents.

  • Put the focus in the definitions pane after find/replace. If this option is checked, the focus will be put in the definitions pane after using "Find". If this is not checked, then the focus will remain in the Find/Replace tab.

• JVM Args for Interactions. Allows you to pass arguments to the JVM that controls the Interactions Pane.