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TextPad 5.4.2 generates batch files, and, class files from .java files, which are required to run the program.

It would be nice to have the option to generate a batch file which includes cleanup file operations, that I commonly have to run manually. This is done because I tend to organize sub-directories into:
/src ... source files
/bin ... executables
/other directories depending on the model of the program being designed

@echo off
del *.class
del *.bat //including the batch file tp*.bat generated by TextPad
del any other batch files created

The above batch file assumes that the user has placed all the source code and nothing else within the sub-directory where the source code is placed.
Alternatively, the files can be transferred to a /bin sub-directory.

This is common practice within other IDEs which read source java files from a /src sub-directory by default, for example, NetBeans 7.0 and Eclipse 5.x.

The files ending with .java would remain in place.

TextPad is not an IDE, and I'd rather it not turn into one. TextPad is a small, fast text editor. There are many other chooses if someone wants a full-blown IDE.

Drxenos wrote:TextPad is not an IDE, and I'd rather it not turn into one. TextPad is a small, fast text editor. There are many other chooses if someone wants a full-blown IDE.

I did not mean to ask you to turn it into an IDE, it's excellent at meeting the advanced text editing functions, I just pointed out what would have saved me the headache of clearing up .class files after compiling them, especially when the source code is split amongst various source (.java) files. I just stated my opinion