You learn something new everyday! . Is there a complete list of all
these parameters?
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>
>>>>>> <mailto: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> <mailto: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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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