I cloned your repo and then edited this file directly in GitHub, replacing the question marks with your special characters, then created a pull request against my own repo and merged it:
https://github.com/geertjanw/TestCharacters4/blob/master/src/com/ptoye/TestKiller/OuterPane.java Gj On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 5:08 PM Peter Toye <netbe...@ptoye.com> wrote: > Dear Geertjan, > > Thanks - it runs fine. So what exactly did you do as I can see no > difference in either the ,form or .java files? > > Best regards, > > Peter > mailto:netbe...@ptoye.com > www.ptoye.com > > ------------------------- > Friday, July 19, 2019, 3:57:45 PM, you wrote: > > > 1. Open a terminal window. > 2. Type: git clone https://github.com/geertjanw/TestCharacters4.git > 3. Open and run the result from NetBeans. > > It will work out of the box, at least it does for me. Will you try it and > then, after that, write back? > > Gj > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 4:52 PM Peter Toye <netbe...@ptoye.com> wrote: > > Dear Geertjan, > > Thanks. But it seems to me that you edited the .java file. The issue is > that the part that you edited is auto-generated by NB from the form > designer, and is not under the programmer's control. > > So when I recompile, the old bug will return. > > I use "will" here as I'm still trying to work out how to merge your update > into my local repository. GitHub doesn't have the most intuitive of user > interfaces and I'm a complete newbie with it. > > Best regards, > > Peter > mailto:netbe...@ptoye.com > www.ptoye.com > > ------------------------- > Friday, July 19, 2019, 1:33:25 PM, you wrote: > > > https://github.com/geertjanw/TestCharacters4.git > > Try check out the above and run it -- you should see your special > characters without needing to do anything. > > Gj > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 2:28 PM Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> > wrote: > > The problem appears to be that when you check in or check out from GitHub, > those special characters become question marks -- probably not best to use > those special characters to begin with. > > To solve the 'swing-layout not found problem' in your project, right-click > it, choose Properties, go to the Libraries tab, and remove the reference to > swing-layout, which you don't need and are not using in your project. > > Gj > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 2:09 PM Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> > wrote: > > I've checked in the changes you need as a pull request, once you integrate > the pull request, you will not have question marks. The question marks > where in your repo, they will not be there anymore after you accept my pull > request. > > At this point, you've spent about two weeks working on this problem -- > maybe you should make images of what you'd like to have on those buttons > and then attach those images to the buttons instead of what you're > currently doing. If plan A doesn't work, try plan B. > > Gj > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 2:07 PM Peter Toye <netbe...@ptoye.com> wrote: > > Dear Geertjan, > > Errr.... No! > > I don’t want to delete the button - it's part of the UI. > > What I don't understand is how deleting button X changes the text in > buttons A,B and C (if you see what I mean). That's surely a bug in NB, > somewhere when it translates the data in the .form file into the Java code > for initComponents(). > > Best regards, > > Peter > mailto:netbe...@ptoye.com > www.ptoye.com > > ------------------------- > Friday, July 19, 2019, 12:42:14 PM, you wrote: > > > I just followed your steps now and am now at the end where you say: > > "Go back to the OuterPane design and delete the leftmost button (undo). > Compile and run again. The question marks have disappeared and the > arrows/square are there!" > > > So, the problem is fixed, i.e., your code is working in the end in the way > you'd like it to be. > > And here is your pull request: > > https://github.com/ptoye/TestCharacters4/pull/1 > > Gj > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 1:28 PM Peter Toye <netbe...@ptoye.com> wrote: > > Dear Geertjan, > > You didn't answer my last emails, and I’ve been away for a few days. > > Have a look at https://github.com/ptoye/TestCharacters4 - I hope you can > access it but I'm not sure about the privacy settings on GitHub. There's a > README file to tell you what to do. > > Best regards, > > Peter > mailto:netbe...@ptoye.com > www.ptoye.com > > ------------------------- > Saturday, July 13, 2019, 4:28:57 PM, you wrote: > > > Make as small a sample as possible that reproduces the problem and put it > on GitHub — that will always be the approach to take, no one will ever want > ‘the lot’ to solve a specific problem. > > Gj > > > On Sat, 13 Jul 2019 at 17:19, Peter Toye <netbe...@ptoye.com> wrote: > > Dear Geertjan, > > Oh dear, I was wrong. The problem came back today, even without the > offending file in the directory.Shall I try to cut down the program to a > manageable size before posting it, or would you like the lot? > > Best regards, > > > Peter > mailto:netbe...@ptoye.com > www.ptoye.com > > ------------------------- > Friday, July 12, 2019, 4:25:35 PM, you wrote: > > > You’re always going to have the same response — put the code somewhere so > that someone can look at it and/or provide clear step by step instructions > to reproduce the problem. > > Gj > > > On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 at 17:15, Peter Toye <netbe...@ptoye.com> wrote: > > To continue with this (as I've not had any feedback) the .form file seems > to contain the correct character: > > </Component> > <Component class="javax.swing.JButton" name="btnRow"> > <Properties> > <Property name="font" type="java.awt.Font" > editor="org.netbeans.beaninfo.editors.FontEditor"> > <Font name="SansSerif" size="12" style="0"/> > </Property> > <Property name="text" type="java.lang.String" > value="↔"/> THIS IS CORRECT! > <Property name="toolTipText" type="java.lang.String" > value="Confine selected squares to row"/> > <Property name="margin" type="java.awt.Insets" > editor="org.netbeans.beaninfo.editors.InsetsEditor"> > <Insets value="[2, 5, 2, 5]"/> > </Property> > </Properties> > > So there's something wrong in the translation from this and the generated > Java. > > Peter > mailto:netbe...@ptoye.com > www.ptoye.com > > ------------------------- > > Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 12:53:19 PM, you wrote: > > > I modified a button to display a character rather than a GIF icon. The > character is a symbol - from the Unicode arrows set \x219x. It displays OK > in the Design (and also Preview) panes (see Fonts1.png) but when the > program is run it displays as a question mark. And if I look at the > generated code, the question mark is there as well (see Fonts2.png). > > The character coding for the project is set to UTF-8, so there shouldn't > be any code conversion issues there. > > I've looked at the generated code with a hex editor and it's definitely a > "?", the problem isn't just the display font used for the file. > > The only slightly odd thing about the project is that it was imported from > NB version 8. > > I've tried generating a such simpler example from scratch, but this > displays OK. And the generated code has the correct UTF-8 encoding for the > character. > > Has anyone any idea what's going on? It seems to be something to do with > converting the form design to Java code, which I don't know anything about. > > > Thanks in advance, > > Peter > mailto:netbe...@ptoye.com <netbe...@ptoye.com> > www.ptoye.com >
