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Regards, JoeFoe On Thu, 20 Feb 2020, 20:09 Mark Eggers, <its_toas...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > I did not know that - cool! > > . . . just my two cents > /mde/ > On 2/20/2020 10:59 AM, Laszlo Kishalmi wrote: > > Start Netbeans with: > > > > -J-Dnetbeans.projects.dir=<whatever you want> > > > > you can add that option into your etc/netbeans.conf as well > > > > On 2/20/20 6:59 AM, Mark Eggers wrote: > >> I don't really understand why you described a disk crash, recovery, and > >> then said that the default project folder wasn't to your liking / wasn't > >> easy to change. > >> > >> Instead, how about the following: > >> > >> I would like to change the default location of where File->New Project > >> creates projects. I didn't find an easy or effective way to do this. Is > >> there one? > >> > >> Can we have a start-up switch (somewhat like Eclipse) that allows us to > >> chose a base project location? Or maybe a GUI in Tools->Options that > >> allows us to set it easily? I will be happy to discuss my use case on > >> the mailing list. Thanks. > >> > >> Is the above an accurate description of your issue? If it is, that > >> sounds like a simple (and possibly reasonable) request. > >> > >> Personally, I don't mind browsing around to a different location during > >> project creation. Since I store different clusters of projects in > >> different parent directories, browsing around to open projects is part > >> of my normal work flow. YMMV > >> > >> . . . just my two cents. > >> /mde/ > >> > >> On 2/19/2020 9:22 PM, cryptearth wrote: > >>> TBH I didn'T read all of your reply, but from the first few lines I did > >>> read: no, you got me wrong. > >>> My question is as simple as that: Is it possible, and if so: How?, to > >>> change the default project folder where new projects supposed to get > >>> created on disk? I didn't found any setting in whatever the GUI gives > me > >>> (as someone else on this list a few ago said: "Netbeans is basically a > >>> graphical wrapper around maven.") and I didn't found any config file. > >>> The one mentioned on many search results on the net doesn'T seem to > have > >>> an effect either, and the other user replied to my question seem to > >>> didn't got my question at all and pointed me to a file wich has nothing > >>> to do with per-user settings at all. > >>> Yes, Netbeans has many flaws - and obvious a lot of them exists since > >>> 15(!) years (I found a bug report wich evolved into a discusion from > >>> back late 2004 about this very topic). Is it really that much to ask > >>> just for a simple input dialog right at the first time start up where > >>> the user wants his default project location to be? And is it that hard > >>> to at least somewhat follow the style many graphical programms followed > >>> for the past three decades where you have a menu bar, starting with > >>> File, then Edit, then maybe some more, and end with Extras and Help - > >>> and to just put an "options" or "settings" into one of those - and > offer > >>> the same settings dialog as mentioned before? How old is Netbeans? 15+ > >>> years? And it's menus are that - sorry to say it this directly: > >>> immature? It's like an early not feature complete alpha where someone > >>> couldn't decide just where to put it. > >>> Back to modern days: Java 11 doesn't allow compiling for Java 5 any > >>> more. It's a simple if() just to check for the version of the compiler > - > >>> and if it's 11 or above set the minimum target compiling level to at > >>> least 6 and disable any lower versions. C'mon - don't tell me 100s of > >>> devs could get this done in the time this exists. > >>> All made fun about me cause I'm using just a simple editor with some > >>> basic syntax highlight and a terminal to compile. If I see what a mess > >>> and overhead all this fancy IDEs and build-tools costs - wich in fact > >>> they're supposed to do for the dev - not in addition to it - what's the > >>> benefit of wasting time to figure out how to get around simplest fails > >>> done in every beginners for dummies book? > >>> > >>> I'm done with it - back to the old style - that at least did what I > told > >>> to do .. > >>> > >>> Am 20.02.2020 um 03:45 schrieb Mark Eggers: > >>>> First of all, I'm just a happy NetBeans user. > >>>> > >>>> Second of all, this is just my opinion. > >>>> > >>>> So let me try to understand your problem first. > >>>> > >>>> 1. You crashed what appears to be a Windows data and programs disk > >>>> > >>>> This is different than where your user profile is stored. I understand > >>>> this, since I do the same thing to minimize usage of a small OS SSD > >>>> drive. > >>>> > >>>> 2. You reinstalled NetBeans on a new disk > >>>> > >>>> 3. You recovered your NetBeans projects on a new disk > >>>> > >>>> The problem is that the 'Recent Projects' list links to the wrong > >>>> location. I'm guessing that this is the case since either drive > letters > >>>> have changed or directories have changed. > >>>> > >>>> In addition, there may be a lot of issues with the cache. > >>>> > >>>> The best solution is to: > >>>> > >>>> 1. Ignore the 'Recent Projects' list until you've opened 10 or more > >>>> projects > >>>> > >>>> As Gj has pointed out, editing the projectui.properties file is not > >>>> something that should be done. I confess that I've done it, but it's > >>>> not > >>>> trivial. > >>>> > >>>> Just don't do it. > >>>> > >>>> 2. Before starting NetBeans, delete the cache directory. > >>>> > >>>> In short, both will be rebuilt properly by NetBeans as you use the > IDE. > >>>> > >>>> As to your setting a target below 6 with JDK 11: - you can't. This is > a > >>>> JDK limitation. > >>>> > >>>> If you want to compile (and be proper) a J2EE 2.5 project, with source > >>>> and target set to 1.5 (in Maven parlance), then you have one option > >>>> that > >>>> I can see. > >>>> > >>>> a. Install JDK / JRE 8 along with JDK / JRE 11. > >>>> b. In Tools->Java Platforms, register the JDK 8 platform > >>>> c. In the project Properties->Build->Compile panel, configure the > >>>> project to use the registered JDK 8 Java Platform > >>>> > >>>> I do this all the time, as I'm trying to get a company I consult for > to > >>>> move from J2EE 2.5 / Tomcat 7 to servlet spec 4 and Tomcat 9. > >>>> > >>>> I do this on Windows 10 Professional, with the last Oracle JRE / JDK 8 > >>>> and AdoptOpenJDK 11.0.6 installed from the zip file. > >>>> > >>>> The only time things get unpleasant is if I try to build a JDK 5 > >>>> project > >>>> from the command line, since my default Java is 11.0.6. > >>>> > >>>> . . . just my two cents > >>>> /mde/ > >>>> > >>>> On 2/19/2020 3:56 PM, cryptearth wrote: > >>>>> I know at least someone will feel offended no matter how polite I > >>>>> try to > >>>>> write my response, hence I try to just repeat the question instead of > >>>>> responding to the reply (I guess someone who read carefully might > >>>>> notice > >>>>> what I mean and try to avoid to say out loud): > >>>>> > >>>>> Is there a way to (re-)set the default projects folder? > >>>>> And why is it that almost any answer you get when you ask google > about > >>>>> this very topic points to file I mentioned? > >>>>> > >>>>> Matt > >>>>> > >>>>> Am 20.02.2020 um 00:23 schrieb Geertjan Wielenga: > >>>>>> Do not change that file, do not touch it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The file you need, if what you want is define the JDK to use to > start > >>>>>> NetBeans, is "etc/netbeans.conf" in the installation directory. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Gj > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 12:22 AM cryptearth < > cryptea...@cryptearth.de > >>>>>> <mailto:cryptea...@cryptearth.de>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Well, I wrote my mail to soon before even try it myself - as I > >>>>>> have to add: No matter what I put into the mentioned > properties > >>>>>> file it doesn't change the default path NB uses. I also > >>>>>> tried to > >>>>>> find it in other config files and even in the windows > >>>>>> registry - > >>>>>> but had no luck. So, as manual edit a config file referred > >>>>>> to on > >>>>>> many resulst found by google, and as there seem no option in > >>>>>> the > >>>>>> GUI I can change - how do I change the default folder? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Matt > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Am 20.02.2020 um 00:18 schrieb Geertjan Wielenga: > >>>>>>> Np, you never need to edit "projectui.properties". > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Gj > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 11:12 PM cryptearth > >>>>>>> <cryptea...@cryptearth.de <mailto:cryptea...@cryptearth.de>> > >>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> So, as I had to recover from a hard disk crash I had NB > >>>>>>> 11.2 > >>>>>>> set up > >>>>>>> again but didn't got any dialog about default project > >>>>>>> folder. > >>>>>>> As I got > >>>>>>> through google this has to be done manual by editing > >>>>>>> the file > >>>>>>> projectui.properties located in > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > userhome/appdata/roaming/netbeans/11.2/config/preferences/org/netbeans/modules. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I have found several topics as early as NB 6.x. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Two simple questions: > >>>>>>> 1) Why and why wasn't there any change since at least > >>>>>>> NB 6.x? > >>>>>>> 2) Is there any hidden way to change this via the GUI? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> There're several other things the GUI doesn't handle as > it > >>>>>>> should, for > >>>>>>> example allow setting target java version below 6 when a > >>>>>>> compiler > >>>>>>> version 11 or higher is used, as since v11 compiling is > >>>>>>> only > >>>>>>> supported > >>>>>>> down to v6 -> compile failure. Isn't an IDE supposed to > >>>>>>> give > >>>>>>> a developer > >>>>>>> some convenience? As far as I got into the overhead > >>>>>>> Netbeans > >>>>>>> require I'm > >>>>>>> not sure if it's the right IDE for me - but I couldn't > get > >>>>>>> Eclipse to > >>>>>>> even launch properly, let alone set up a project. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Matt > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > >>>>>>> users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > >>>>>>> <mailto:users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org> > >>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: > >>>>>>> users-h...@netbeans.apache.org > >>>>>>> <mailto:users-h...@netbeans.apache.org> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, > >>>>>>> visit: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > >>>>>>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org > >>> > >>> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > >>> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > >
