I can imagine an area where it would be useful is if you have some kind of data file, such as obfuscated JavaScript, or JSON data, and you want to view it.
For some languages we have better ways to handle it. For both of these scenarios (and XML etc), just hit Format (ctrl-shift-f). We will pretty print it such that it becomes readable - much better than simply wrapping words since for compressed JSON and compressed XML you really want to have structure indentation as well. But yeah, I'm not convinced it's really the top priority for the IDE. Personally I'm really wanting more of the just-started task-oriented work flow (Mylyn) integration. And for other developers things like Maven and Hudson support also really help with productivity. How often are you -editing- thousand-column files and if it's just the occasional lookup perhaps this is something you can use another tool for ? (No need to try to convince me though, I don't make any decisions for NetBeans resource allocation - I work on JavaFX now!) -- Tor On Jun 18, 5:56 pm, Joshua Marinacci <jos...@gmail.com> wrote: > maybe the were entering a one-line-coding-contest? i used to type > those as a kid in the back of Nibble and Byte magazine (in apple soft > basic with a ton of semicolons :) > On Jun 18, 2009, at 5:49 PM, Augusto wrote: > > > > > I like this comment from the bug report; > > > "This feature is necessary, for simple usability because is impossible > > read a line code with thousands columns." > > > A line of code should never have "thousands of columns". > > > On Jun 18, 7:49 pm, TorNorbye <tor.nor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Jun 18, 4:26 pm, TorNorbye <tor.nor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> On Jun 18, 11:18 am, Erlend Hamnaberg <ngar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>> Don't get me started on the deficiency of Netbeans. This feature > >>>> is a must > >>>> and has been in all others IDEs forever. > > >>> Maybe it's been in "all other IDEs forever", but I just fired up > >>> Eclipse 3.4 and I can't find it. I'm sure it's there but I'm too > >>> stupid to find it. Where is it? > > >> (By the way I found Search > Java but I don't think that's the same > >> feature; I'm looking for something similar to Eclipse's Open Type > >> dialog where you can instantly see filtered results as you're typing, > >> where you don't have to tell it whether you're looking for a method > >> or > >> field, where you jump to the declaration (the default in that dialog > >> only shows references, etc.) > > >> -- Tor > > >>>> Why the hell isn't JAVA a language that needs attention in > >>>> Netbeans? > >>>> Since this is written in Java, why isn't this the main language > >>>> supported > >>>> Java is the LEAST developed language of them all. > >>>> You reallly need to focus on your main language, which should be > >>>> Java. > > >>>> I really like Netbeans. But until you get REAL editor support for > >>>> JAVA, I > >>>> can't use it. > > >>> Please define "real". > > >>> -- Tor --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
