@mallard said:
@spittman said:
Not to excuse the automatic association in the installer, but most "non-tech" people wouldn't be working on jars with jEdit.
Somebody doesn't know what a .jar file is.... A .jar file is a self-contained archive containing a java application (it is actually a .zip file containing a bunch of .class files and any resource files that may be needed).
You don't work on a .jar file with jEdit, jEdit is a .jar file.
As for non-tech people, there are several Java apps out there that non-tech people might use (e.g. several popular file sharing programs are Java-based). Stealing the .jar association will prevent these applications from working (unless they have a special launcher).
Actually I do know what a .jar file is. I have done some Java development in the past (though admittedly limited). I did however misunderstand the problem as stated. I assumed he was trying to update a jar file with an updated class and got the phone software. Having never used jEdit, I didn't realize it was a java based text editor (ie a .jar itself). So, yes the fact that the phone software took over RUNNING .jar files as opposed to the JRE is definitely a WTF.