diff --git a/src/ui/gwt/Editor-compile b/src/ui/gwt/Editor-compile
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+APPDIR=`dirname $0`;
+
+if [ -z "$GWT_CLASSPATH" ]; then
+  echo 'ERROR: $GWT_CLASSPATH is not set'
+  echo 'Set $GWT_CLASSPATH to point to the GWT JAR files. For example:'
+  echo 'export GWT_DIR="/Users/bringert/src/gwt-2.0.4"'
+  echo 'export GWT_CLASSPATH="$GWT_DIR/gwt-user.jar:$GWT_DIR/gwt-dev.jar"'
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ `uname` = "Darwin" ]; then 
+  GWT_JAVA_OPTS=-XstartOnFirstThread
+fi
+
+java $GWT_JAVA_OPTS -Xmx256M -cp "$APPDIR/src:$APPDIR/bin:$GWT_CLASSPATH" com.google.gwt.dev.Compiler -war "$APPDIR/www/editor" "$@" org.grammaticalframework.ui.gwt.EditorApp;
diff --git a/src/ui/gwt/Editor-compile.bat b/src/ui/gwt/Editor-compile.bat
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+@echo off
+
+set APPDIR=.
+set GWT_DIR=C:\Program Files\eclipse\plugins\com.google.gwt.eclipse.sdkbundle.2.0.4_2.0.4.v201006301254\gwt-2.0.4
+set GWT_CLASSPATH=%GWT_DIR%\gwt-user.jar;%GWT_DIR%\gwt-dev.jar
+
+java %GWT_JAVA_OPTS% -Xmx256M -cp "%APPDIR%\src;%GWT_CLASSPATH%" com.google.gwt.dev.Compiler -war "%APPDIR%\www\editor" org.grammaticalframework.ui.gwt.EditorApp -style PRETTY