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- <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Appendix B. The Activity Log</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="jEdit 4.3 User's Guide"><link rel="up" href="using-jedit-part.html" title="Part I. Using jEdit"><link rel="prev" href="shortcuts.html" title="Appendix A. Keyboard Shortcuts"><link rel="next" href="history.html" title="Appendix C. History Text Fields"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Appendix B. The Activity Log</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="shortcuts.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part I. Using jEdit</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="history.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="appendix" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="activity-log"></a>Appendix B. The Activity Log</h2></div></div></div><p>The <em class="firstterm">activity log</em> is very useful for
- troubleshooting problems, and helps when developing plugins.</p><p><span class="guimenu"><strong>Utilities</strong></span>><span class="guisubmenu"><strong>Troubleshooting</strong></span>><span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Activity
- Log</strong></span> displays the last 500 lines of the activity log. By
- default, the activity log is shown in a floating window. This window can be
- docked using the commands in its top-left corner popup menu; see <a class="xref" href="docking.html" title="Window Docking">the section called “Window Docking”</a>.</p><p>The complete log can be found in the <code class="filename">activity.log</code>
- file inside the jEdit settings directory, the path of which is shown inside
- the activity log window.</p><p>jEdit writes the following information to the activity log:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>Information about your Java implementation (version, operating
- system, architecture, etc).</p></li><li><p>All error messages and runtime exceptions (most errors are
- shown in dialog boxes as well, but the activity log usually contains
- more detailed and technical information).</p></li><li><p>All sorts of debugging information that can be helpful when
- tracking down bugs.</p></li><li><p>Information about loaded plugins.</p></li></ul></div><p>While jEdit is running, the log file on disk may not always accurately
- reflect what has been logged, due to buffering being done for performance
- reasons. To ensure the file on disk is up to date, invoke the
- <span class="guimenu"><strong>Utilities</strong></span>><span class="guisubmenu"><strong>Troubleshooting</strong></span>><span class="guimenuitem"><strong>Update
- Activity Log on Disk</strong></span> command. The log file is also
- automatically updated on disk when jEdit exits.</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="shortcuts.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="using-jedit-part.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="history.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Appendix A. Keyboard Shortcuts </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Appendix C. History Text Fields</td></tr></table></div></body></html>