What is Text Trix?
The Text Trix is an open-source cross-platform text editor with a mind for user-friendly file and text navigation. Text Trix started out as a homegrown project and continues to focus on simplifying the process of reading and navigating through many files and tons of text. Whether you use it for general file reading or programming, we hope you'll find it useful.

System requirements
  • Minimum JRE: 1.6.0


Text Trix on an eComStation machine with Open JDK


Installing Text Trix
Download TextTrix-1.0.2.jar. Make a new directory/map with the name "texttrix" on your drive. Copy the jar-file to the new created directory/map "texttrix". You need to install the program.

The used installer cmd file
Text Trix works with Open JDK in OS/2-eCS. I have a installer command file "ttinstall.cmd" with the following contents; 
@echo off
set BEGINLIBPATH=[drive: java]\JAVA160ga5\bin
set path=[drive: java]\JAVA160ga5\bin
set CLASSPATH= 
[drive: texttrix]
cd [drive: texttrix]\texttrix
java -Duser.home=[drive: texttrix]\texttrix -jar TextTrix-1.0.2.jar 2>texttrix-bugs.txt
I use 2 separate folders (directories), one for Java and one for Text Trix. The references used in the cmd file;

  • [drive: java] = drive with Java
  • [drive: texttrix] = drive with Text Trix

should be replaced with real drive letters. Save the file and name it "texttrix.cmd" or use the file from the distribution. This file is copied to the "texttrix" folder (directory). Furthermore, different paths?, adjust according to your needs.

The used cmd file
Text Trix works with Open JDK in OS/2-eCS. I have a command file "TextTrix.cmd" with the following contents; 
@echo off
set BEGINLIBPATH=[drive: java]\JAVA160ga5\bin
set path=[drive: java]\JAVA160ga5\bin
[drive: texttrix]
cd [drive: texttrix]\texttrix
set CLASSPATH=.\lib\jsyntaxpane.jar;.\lib\oster.jar;
java -Duser.home=[drive: texttrix]\texttrix -jar TextTrix.jar 2>TextTrix-bugs.txt
I use 2 separate folders (directories), one for Java and one for Text Trix. The references used in the cmd file;

  • [drive: java] = drive with Java
  • [drive: texttrix] = drive with Text Trix

should be replaced with real drive letters. Save the file and name it "TextTrix.cmd" or use the file from the distribution. This file is copied to the "texttrix" folder (directory). Furthermore, different paths?, adjust according to your needs.

Create a new program object. Specify the path and file name: "[drive: texttrix]\texttrix\TextTrix.cmd". In the tabpage Session check the boxes "OS/2 window", "Running as an icon" and "Close Window to end program". In the tabpage General you can enter the name "Text Trix". There is an OS/2 icon in the distribution below.

Parameters / options explained
  • The statement "-Duser.home=[drive: texttrix]\texttrix" will ensure that Text Trix will save all necessary files (if any) in own directory instead of saving them in the home directory.
  • The addition "2>texttrix-bugs.txt" ensures that errors are saved in the file "texttrix-bugs.txt". The 2 in "2>" is not a typo! The files stays empty on my system.

Download
In the file you can find the above command files (all drive letters are on set to C:) and an OS/2 Text Trix icon: texttrix-ecs.zip.

revision June 17, 2017