Building a CLASSPATH in Windows

Thanks to Real's How To:

@echo off
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
if defined CLASSPATH (set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;.) else (set CLASSPATH=.)
FOR /R .\lib %%G IN (*.jar) DO set CLASSPATH=!CLASSPATH!;%%G
Echo The Classpath definition is %CLASSPATH%
 ... 
java MyClass

Notepad++, The New Editor King (or, jEdit Dethroned)

I finally gave Notepad++ an honest going over, and it is unquestionably the most flexible tool for editing text the internet has to offer. It:

• handles my keybinding scheme
• is fast(er than jEdit)
• handles large files without choking

You can customize it to a ridiculous degree, and because it uses Scintilla for the editor, schemes should be portable across platforms (Geany, others).

Notepad++'s only real deficiency is its lack of full regex support.

Generalizing for Pathfinder Compatibility

I've looking at Pathfinder for a while (bought the core rulebooks and a few modules), but since listening the Chronicles: Pathfinder Podcast I'm energized to fix up the Grendel to be compatible with the core rules.

As always, I need knowledgeable testers to validate my suspicions (also some data entry help would be a huge help):

http://backdraft.cs.binghamton.edu:8080/cm-dev/unferth/grendel.html (short link: http://goo.gl/LbwE4)

If you're unfamiliar with Pathfinder, it's essentially a light extension of the 3.5 rules in a well-articulated campaign setting. It's published by the old publishing arm of Wizards of the Coast, Paizo Publishing.

Interesting fact about Paizo: the publisher writes modules.