Comments for NetBeans Ruminations

Comment on Extending the NetBeans Platform Status Bar by Andrew Gilmartin

Andrew Gilmartin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:44:39 +0000

This looks to be the starting off point for having the status bar show me the length (in characters) of the current editor’s selection. Thanks.

Comment on Building a NetBeans Platform Application from the Command Line (Part 2) by Hermien Pellissier

Hermien Pellissier — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:55:31 +0000

I normally just use the latest development build from the NetBeans site. That way I don’t have to clone and build it.

With the development build of 2012-03-25, I created a standard Java Application, and it does have a build.xml file. Exactly what type of project did you create? All of the Java projects should use Ant (and hence have a build.xml file when created), besides the ones in the Maven category (those will use Maven and have a pom.xml created instead).

Comment on Building a NetBeans Platform Application from the Command Line (Part 2) by Charlweed Hymerfan

Charlweed Hymerfan — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:37:55 +0000

Oddly enough, the build.xml file is no longer created or used for java projects. To see this, clone an build a new 7.2 netbeans. Now create a new Java project. No build.xml!!

Do you know where it went, or how to add/override ant targets in 7.2?
Thanks!

Comment on 64-bit Bug: Squashed! by Hermien Pellissier

Hermien Pellissier — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:23:13 +0000

When running or debugging a platform application from the IDE, nothing would be shown in the output window after the run.run ant target is called. Now there is a 64-bit launcher that is able to capture the output.

Comment on 64-bit Bug: Squashed! by Hans

Hans — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:39:04 +0000

Ah, I thought you meant logging inside the IDE. But I think logging for my NetBeans RCP application also works correctly (can’t test it right now)

Comment on 64-bit Bug: Squashed! by Hermien Pellissier

Hermien Pellissier — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:01:54 +0000

Ah I forgot to mention that this is specifically for NetBeans Platform applications. Which type of project do you work on?

Comment on 64-bit Bug: Squashed! by Hans

Hans — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:18:09 +0000

Strange, I never had problems with the ouptut window using 64bit JVM on Windows7 and NetBeans 7.1

Comment on Parsing Command Line Parameters by Hermien Pellissier

Hermien Pellissier — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:50:47 +0000

Hi Pete,

I have not used Apache Commons CLI before, so I am not claiming to be anywhere near an expert on the topic. However, I did have a quick look at the usage docs from the Commons CLI website. The NetBeans Platform library and Commons CLI accomplish essentially the same function, but in quite different ways. The big difference is that the NetBeans Platform library allows you to extend the Platform by adding a class or two that gets loaded by the Platform at runtime. (You do not have your own main method in a Platform application.) With the Commons CLI out of the box, no extendable platform is involved at all. You just do the parsing in the main method of your application.

Comment on Parsing Command Line Parameters by Pete

Pete — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:08:03 +0000

How does the Apache CLI compare to this method?

Comment on Tutorial: Not So Global Selection by Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:33:18 +0000

Great tutorial. Slightly odd-ball use cases like this really help show the Netbeans APIs in a clearer light. Thanks!