Java Hates Me :'(

[Arcane Wizard]

Installed the SDK (1.3.1) yesterday, JBuilder works fine but I want to write my applets with notepad and compile them with javac.

HELLO_WORLD.java
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class HELLO_WORLD extends Applet {
public void paint(Graphics g) {
g.drawString("Hello world!", 50, 25); //draws an overused string of characters
}
}

When I try to compile:

javac HELLO_WORLD.java -O
HELLO_WORLD.java:4: class HELLO_WORLD is public, should be declared in a file named HELLO_WORLD.java
public class HELLO_WORLD extends Apllet {
^
1 error

ARG!! I AM DECLARING IT!! IT IS IN A FILE CALLED HELLO_WORLD.java!!

help?

I also tried javac HELLO_WORLD.java without the -O and I tried JDK 1.4.2

[JoeImp]

I haven't used java for at least 2 years, so I can't really help. Gotta learn it again sometime though, for college . Anyways, if you're typing all this in notepad, make sure you went file->save as, then click all types, and saved it as a .java. In otherwords, it could say "hello_world.java" as the file name, but still be a .txt file. It would then be hello_world.java.txt. Kinda wierd isn't it? You probly already know this, but it's the best I can do. Sorry

Imp

[leofox]

yeah, that's annoying, and the stupid thing is that windows doesn't show the extension of known files. You probably already know this Arcane, but you can show all the extensions by clicking Extra/Mapoptions/View/ then uncheck "hide known extensions".

I've had problems like that when "programming" in HTML. (huh? why does it open like a text file and not like a website??? )

[Arcane Wizard]

Yeah I already knew that, I made the file by right clicking->new..->txt file and changing the file's name and extension to HELLO_WORLD.java and then I wrote the code.

Also, "Extra/Mapoptions" does not exist, it's either "Extra/Mapopties" for Dutch users or "Tools/Folder Options" for UK/US users, and the selectable function is called "Hide extensions for known file types."

Oh, and it's not stupid at all that it's selected by default.

[leofox]

I literally translated the Dutch menu names
well, you know what i mean anyway.

[Arcane Wizard]

[optimize]

Try removing the underscore, that might confuse it...?
Anyways I always use Forte Community Edition (Old, might be hard to find)
Uses alot of memory (128MB+) but it has never failed me, full debugger and all!
(The old version is free)

[EEDOK]

it shouldn't need the word public..

[Arcane Wizard]

It already works without changing anything.

And it doesn't need to show a string either, or contain comments, or any use of the paint method, but it's still nice that doesn't mean I'm not allowed to program the thing the way I want to.

[EEDOK]

public class HELLO_WORLD extends Apllet {

Perhaps that's the real problem hidden behind the message?
Notepad works fine, but I still think nothing comes close to Eclipse when it comes to Java programming.. The compile as you code saves Tons! of time..

[Arcane Wizard]

Awesome, you found an error in the debugging error message, my source code is perfect:

public class HELLO_WORLD extends Applet {
public void paint(Graphics g) {
g.drawString("Hello world!", 50, 25); //draws an overused string of characters
}
}