eds.activemath.org

This task is the first launch of the jEditOQMath authoring tool, using Java Web Start.

Prerequisites

• local ActiveMath installation
• working java installation
• applications on: the web browser

Task steps

• find the jEditOQMath web-page with google, you should find the jEditOQMath home
• from there, find the link to the developer snapshot java-web-start
• click it… let it download
• answer yes to trust this certficate
• answer yes to let it install
• answer yes to the proposals of menus and file associations (jdk >1.5)
• see splash screen
• answer “ok” about the warning of the AntFarm plugin missing javac (FIXME this is a plague!!)
• set the path to ActiveMath inside Plugins > Plugin-options then click “OQMath Jedit”, choosing the directory of ActiveMath, that is, the one that contains conf, lib, and thirdParty
• now go to your desktop’s file browser (Finder on MacOSX, Windows Explorer on Windows, others on others…) and find your ActiveMath directory, inside there the omdoc1 directory, then the cd directory, you should find a file arith1.omdoc
• double click arith1.omdoc, it should open in jEditOQMath, showing you an XML source of this file