change editor scrollbar color

2023-06-08 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, When working with a large file, the scrollbar (thumb?) becomes very small, and since its color is "light gray" (I think) it is difficult to see or find quickly while working. Can the color of that bar (or the thumb therein) be changed? I couldn't find it in the various color-setting

change default word processor - NB 16, Windows 10

2023-03-29 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, Is it possible to change/set the word processor accessed by the "open in system" command? Wordpad disgusts me. Chris Lanz lan...@potsdam.edu 315 268 1547

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: cannot find or load main class - still - again

2023-02-16 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
e"? I have had occasional problems with that. If you do use it, try to disable it and see if your problem goes away Thomas Christopher C. Lanz schrieb am 16.02.2023 um 14:27: > Hello, > > I am getting this error (output below) about every 4^th time I run a > (large) progr

cannot find or load main class - still - again

2023-02-16 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, I am getting this error (output below) about every 4th time I run a (large) program for debugging. While clearing the cache does solve the problem, so does the simple act of adding "//" to an early line in the main method, or sometimes removing "//" or changing a "/* */" pair. First

keyboard shortcut - accented characters - NB 16 editor - Windows 10

2023-01-28 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, with the help of this group I can now display accented characters in the output window and in the editor. However, I need to add accented characters: because I have upwards of 1,000 such characters to enter, I am hoping there are keyboard shortcuts, such as exist in Windows apps, and

no main class error: strangest fix

2023-01-25 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, I use NB 16 on Windows 10. On a very large project that has been running for years, lately, I get the "cannot find or load main class" error about once a day. Yes, removing the cache fixes it, but so does something else: comment out whatever code you just added or changed run the

question about netbeans questions and support

2023-01-15 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, as a retired Computer Science professor doing A.I. research, it happens that I have MUCH more money than time. I wonder if there is already a mechanism for users to pay to get help after it happens that the community is unable to help with a question. (There is only one name on the

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: NB 16 code template expansion

2023-01-14 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
ERNAL] Re: NB 16 code template expansion This feature is enabled by default. Cannot be really switched off. (Disablind it support modules might work). In Tools > Options > Editor > Code Templates at the bottom of the dialog, the action key (by default) can be changed though. If I

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: NB 16 code template expansion

2023-01-14 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
oggled. Chris Lanz, Assoc. Professor Emeritus Department of Computer Science 340 Dunn Hall, SUNY Potsdam lan...@potsdam.edu 315 268 1547 From: Sean Carrick Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 3:34 PM To: Christopher C. Lanz Cc: users@netbeans.apache.org Subject:

Fw: [EXTERNAL] Re: font for accented characters

2023-01-10 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
see below - I neglected to reply to the list. . . . Chris Lanz 340 Dunn Hall, SUNY Potsdam lan...@potsdam.edu 315 268 1547 From: Christopher C. Lanz Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 12:55 PM To: Neil C Smith Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: font for accented

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: font for accented characters

2023-01-10 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
as saved, opened, and the diacritic was displayed properly. The character showed up properly in other UTF-8 aware editors. . . . just my two cents /mde/ On 1/9/2023 10:32 AM, Christopher C. Lanz wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to use Latin vowels with macrons in Netbeans 16 in Windows 10.

font for accented characters

2023-01-09 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, I am trying to use Latin vowels with macrons in Netbeans 16 in Windows 10. My searches in such places as StackOverflow have yielded advice, but I have yet to find the right thing. One possibility mentioned is just to switch to a font that supports accented characters, such as 'e' with

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: accented characters in NB 16 IDE editor

2023-01-02 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
cter code (avalaible in character map): for example É (upper e accute) Alt+0201 Make sure that NumLock is on before entering Alt+nnn (from numeric keyboard !) Regards Helmut Am 02.01.2023 um 15:35 schrieb Christopher C. Lanz: Hello, Yes, thanks, I have tried the Microsoft recommendations. They don't work

Re: [EXTERNAL] Sv: accented characters in NB 16 IDE editor

2023-01-02 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, Thanks for the message. The only new information in your email that I can see is This message has a digital signature, but it wasn't verified because the S/MIME control isn't currently supported for your browser or platform. Does this imply that I need to do something before I can

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: accented characters in NB 16 IDE editor

2023-01-02 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
23, 02:25, Brett Ryan mailto:brett.r...@gmail.com>> a écrit : I don't use windows but believe it should be similar but with CTRL. Try pressing CTRL+`, release, then the key for the accent (e, u, a, ...) On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 at 07:57, Peter Holt mailto:pe...@holt.se>> wrote: Från: C

accented characters in NB 16 IDE editor

2023-01-01 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, I just switched from linux to windows 10, with Netbeans 16 installed. I need to be able to type accented characters in the editor (java) - characters that survive being saved in files. In the linux version, it was a matter of holding AltGr and a key representing the desired accent,

fresh install netbeans 12 windows 11 won't launch

2022-06-18 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, I see many posts about earlier versions, but my question doesn't seem to have been addressed, or anyway, I can't find it. I just installed java jdk 18 64bit for windows and netbeans 12, on a new windows 11 machine. The splash screen appears, and gets through "done loading modules" and

interface files suddenly locked

2021-06-27 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, Running netbeans 12 in ubuntu 14.04, two interfaces that have never been locked before are, today, suddenly locked. Both interfaces in a particular package are now locked. The compiler can't find these interfaces nor any class that implements them. Is there any way to unlock files in

popup question

2021-05-18 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, After a crash, some of the settings in my NetBeans 12 installation were changed. It used to be that when I typed the period after a class name, the fields & methods (summary) would pop up. I have tried settings described in "Code Assistance in the NetBeans Java Editor" but I can't find

hashCode question - resolved

2021-05-06 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, I have received all the information I need, and you can get all of it in this thread. It turns out, that even though all my tests resulted in identical output of hashCode(), later implementations of the JVM might not use the same function. Thus I will write my own hashCode functions. I

hashCode: same every run?

2021-05-06 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, Oracle's documentation for hashCode asserts: Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during an execution of a Java application, the hashCode method must consistently return the same integer, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the object is modified.

using JExcel with Netbeans 12 running over Ubuntu 14.04

2021-01-18 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, One of our fellow correspondents has suggested that I repeat this question. I am following their advice. Please forgive me. I need to use the jxl library in Netbeans 12 running in Ubuntu 14.04. I have followed the directions available online: * adding the jxl-2.6.jar file to the

support in the absence of community help

2021-01-18 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, I have asked a question here and on stack overflow. No answers were forthcoming. In such a situation, are users simply hung out to dry, or is there any option for support from Apache-Netbeans, or any other NetBeans-savvy source? I would happily pay for it, but I would rather not pay the

memory allocation for JVM - "file too big to open safely" [netbeans] [java]

2020-12-19 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, I am running NetBeans 12 in Ubuntu 14.04. When trying to load a file of text, I get the message "It seems that the file is too big to open safely...etc...". I have changed the netbeans.conf and app.conf files to include -J-Xms512m -J-Xmx2048m but I still get the error. I want to try

print before take Scanner input not working

2020-12-16 Thread Christopher C. Lanz
Hello, For many years, and both with NetBeans and with just a terminal, I have used methods like this, to prompt the user to enter (say) an integer: public static int inkeyInteger( String message ){ System.out.print( message ); Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in); return