And re the splash screen, there's lots of work going on about that, e.g., see this, your comments and thoughts there are welcome:
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/1246 Gj On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 9:18 PM Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> wrote: > > But all these things are true whether you build NetBeans yourself or > whether you run NetBeans after downloading and running the binary from the > Download page, right? I mean, if you can't connect to an update center to > get nb-javac or the Nashorn parser in your own built NetBeans, you can't do > it either from the NetBeans that is pre-built for you? > > And, yes, nothing is enabled until you start using it, which is always the > case and has always been the case. > > Gj > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 8:16 PM Kenneth Fogel <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I just tried to build NB from source using the latest from the master >> branch. Before I start polluting JIRA with these I thought I'd run them by >> the group in the event I'm missing something obvious: >> >> Splash screen says NetBeans 10 and remains effectively illegible on a >> basic 1920x1080 display. >> >> Upon startup nothing is activated not even Java SE. >> >> Java SE activated successfully. >> >> Java Web and EE comes up requiring the Oracle js parser. I find this >> puzzling. >> >> Unable to connect to the NetBeans Plugin Portal because of >> http://netbeans-vm.apache.org/pluginportal/data/latest/catalog-experimental.xml.gz >> Therefore I cannot get the Oracle JS parse. As the error suggested a >> possible proxy or firewall problem I set it to no proxy and turned off my >> firewall. No difference. >> >> Received suggestion to install nb-javac. It too fails to connect to >> wherever this plugin should come from. >> >> I could get it run a Hello World. It reminded that there was a JIRA to >> file, that I did under Trivial, to get rid of the comment "To change this >> licence header..." for all new java files. Please imagine me swearing under >> my breath every time I create a new file. Yes, I can easily fix it but many >> don't even when instructed to. Grumble, grumble . . . >> >> Thank you for indulging me. >> >> Ken >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >> >> >> >>
