installation

Installation process on Linux.

First, let's get it running. You need to install git (version control), ant (build manager), openjdk (virtual machine). After that you can clone the source code from the internet, compile the project and finally run it.:

• aptitude/yum install git openjdk-6-jdk ant
• git clone https://github.com/vn971/multipoints.git
• cd multipoints/
• ant
• cd dist/
• java -jar PointsOnPaper.jar

The program should be working now. These steps are enough if you want easy local changes to the source. If you want an IDE support (and I'd recommend that), you should install an IDE and open the project with it.

• aptitude/yum install eclipse
• eclipse # (launch it)
• choose a workspace directory (eclipse feature). For example, the parent of multipoints.
• Menu -> File -> Import -> Existing projects into workspace -> .. Select root directory -> Finish

The project should be opened in eclipse now. You can do many useful things with it. Refactor a block of code with "Ctrl Shift F", for example. Or jump to definition by Ctrl-clicking on a value. Or renaming something with "Ctrl R". And, of course, you can see code misprints instantly.