JAL-2920 release notes

[jalview.git] / README

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index 76814d1..eaf226b 100755 (executable)
--- a/README
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@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 Jalview Readme
-For Jims Branch!
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 The source is available as a tar file and comes complete with the GNU General Public License. 
 
-To build the application you will need a J2SDK 1.5+. 
+To build the application you will need a J2SDK 1.7+. 
 
 An Ant build file (build.xml) is provided, you will need to install Apache Ant first. 
 Run ant to view usage which will display a list of useful build targets.
 
+Jalview is primarily developed with eclipse, and a .project file is provided to simplify importing the source into your own eclipse workspace. A NetBeans nbbuild.xml file is also provided for developing Jalview with NetBeans - but this is not officially supported.
+
 You may also be able to use Borland JBuilder to build Jalview. A JBuilder project file 
 (JalviewX.jpx, JalviewApplet.jpx) for both application and applet is provided, 
 but the library dependencies are almost certainly out of date. See the build.xml 
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@ To run application:
 
 java -Djava.ext.dirs=JALVIEW_HOME/lib -cp JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar jalview.bin.Jalview
 
-Replace JALVIEW_HOME with the full path to Jalview Installation Directory.
+Replace JALVIEW_HOME with the full path to Jalview Installation Directory. If building from source:
+
+java -Djava.ext.dirs=JALVIEW_BUILD/dist -cp JALVIEW_BUILD/dist/jalview.jar jalview.bin.Jalview
+
 
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