The thing is, NetBeans (and even Java itself) is no longer just used for imperative programming where you can simply agree to conform to a 120 character line. Just staying with JEE technologies, we require editing files full of Facelet/XML, JavaScript, SQL/JPQL annotation etc. It's particular painful not having soft wrapping when dealing with embedded DSL's like SQL/JPQL, since Java does not support multiline strings making it next to impossible to copy-paste code between tools - unless you are OK with one humongous line (one String token).
Soft wrapping has been pushed a few times thus far, I think I remember Jaroslav Tulac mention how hard it actually would be to do given the existing functionality of the editor. Still lets hope we'll get it eventually. :) /Casper On 19 Jun., 02:49, Augusto <augusto.sellh...@gmail.com> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
