RE: Future of JavaHelp (or a replacement) in NetBeans?

2018-09-24 Thread Jan Tosovsky
On 2018-09-24 Peter Nabbefeld wrote: > Am 23.09.18 um 21:20 schrieb Jan Tosovsky: > > On 2018-09-18 Peter Nabbefeld wrote: > > > > > > What about some JavaHelp 3.0 (which probably needs a new name), > > > building on Lucene but with a replaceable GUI (pr

RE: Future of JavaHelp (or a replacement) in NetBeans?

2018-09-23 Thread Jan Tosovsky
On 2018-09-18 Peter Nabbefeld wrote: > > While JavaHelp might be licensed under AL2, it still suffers from UI > support. > > What about some JavaHelp 3.0 (which probably needs a new name), building > on Lucene but with a replaceable GUI (probably based on Servo renderer)? > JavaHelp format is

RE: Future of JavaHelp (or a replacement) in NetBeans?

2018-09-22 Thread Jan Tosovsky
Btw, not NB related, we switched from JavaHelp to a set of static HTML pages (generated using custom XSLT stylesheets from DocBook XML source): + no internet access is required + preserving context help linking + easier styling + responsive layout - limited search capabilities (keywords processed

RE: Give JavaHelp a chance! was: Release Apache NetBeans 9.0 Alpha (incubating)

2017-11-08 Thread Jan Tosovsky
Btw, what is the source for NetBeans help? Some content is now distributed as JavaHelp, some is hosted here: https://docs.oracle.com/netbeans/nb82/netbeans/NBDAG/gs_nbeans.htm#NBDAG111 >From my point of view: JavaHelp + context sensitive help + search capabilities - HTML 3.2 with very limited

RE: Support for emoji glyphs in netbeans

2017-07-03 Thread Jan Tosovsky
On 2017-07-03 ehsavoie wrote: > Currently i can't just use Unicode emojis in the editor. I'm wondering > if it is only a font issue or some other problem (like the fact that > it is encoded on 2 UTF-8 chars). Various font vendors use various techniques so it can be tricky to implement, see

RE: NetBeans as visual XML editor

2017-06-28 Thread Jan Tosovsky
On 2017-06-27 Jaroslav Tulach wrote: > On 2017-06-26 Jan Tosovsky wrote: > > On 2017-06-25 Sven Reimers wrote: > > > On 2017-06-24 Jan Tosovsky wrote: > > > > > > > > can you imagine using NetBeans API for building something like > > > > https

RE: Missing plugin dependency: org.netbeans.api.workqueues

2017-06-28 Thread Jan Tosovsky
On 2017-06-28 Tim Boudreau wrote: > On 2017-06-27 Jan Tosovsky wrote: > > > > When installing contrib/docbook plugin I'm stuck with the > > missing org.netbeans.api.workqueues dependency. > > It should be sitting in contrib next to docbook. > > It is - co

Missing plugin dependency: org.netbeans.api.workqueues

2017-06-27 Thread Jan Tosovsky
Dear All, when installing contrib/docbook plugin I'm stuck with the missing org.netbeans.api.workqueues dependency. I've searched various sources, but no luck. I've only found it mentioned here: https://forums.netbeans.org/post-64859.html "... the backplane to DocBook's implementation is a

RE: NetBeans as visual XML editor

2017-06-26 Thread Jan Tosovsky
On 2017-06-25 Sven Reimers wrote: > On 2017-06-24 Jan Tosovsky wrote: > > > > can you imagine using NetBeans API for building something like > > https://www.oxygenxml.com/demo/DocBook_Editing_Support.html ? > > the source code ... enabling some support for docbook

NetBeans as visual XML editor

2017-06-24 Thread Jan Tosovsky
Dear All, can you imagine using NetBeans API for building something like this https://www.oxygenxml.com/demo/DocBook_Editing_Support.html ? I am investigating various ways how to provide open source visual XML editor. I am aware this is rather complex project requiring lot of effort, but as