No, it’s not abandoned. I’m sure there are many, me included, very interested in developing it further, if you’ll help out by explaining what the problem is.
Gj Sent from my iPhone > On 22 Aug 2018, at 14:53, Chris McGee <cmc...@macadamian.com> wrote: > > Thanks everyone for the suggestions. > > I’ll give it some thought as to whether we want to continue to use the > abandoned code formatter or rely on developer diligence to keep the code base > formatted correctly. > > If we were to invest time into this problem I wonder if it would be better to > make the NB java formatter into a maven plugin that could format and/or check > the code with the project’s settings. I’m not sure how difficult that would > be. > > Cheers, > Chris > >> On Aug 22, 2018, at 8:24 AM, Geertjan Wielenga >> <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.INVALID> wrote: >> >> I would suggest to not import setting from 8.2. Instead, start 9.0 fresh and >> empty, register the 8.2 update center, and then pick that specific formatter >> plugin and try to install it: >> >> https://blogs.apache.org/netbeans/entry/what-s-happened-to-my >> >> After that, the errors you'll see will be specific to you having installed >> the plugin into 9.0. Then report that in the issue tracker >> (https://github.com/markiewb/eclipsecodeformatter_for_netbeans/issues) and >> probably it could be resolved as easily as opening the sources of the >> formatter and compiling them in 9.0. >> >> Gj >> >> >> >>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 2:18 PM, Chris McGee <cmc...@macadamian.com> wrote: >>> >>>> You're going to need to be very detailed, otherwise no one can help you. >>>> What are the 'certain plugins' you're referring to? >>> >>> Sure thing. >>> >>> Here are the steps: >>> 1) Launch NetBeans 8.2 >>> 2) Tools -> Plugins -> Available Plugins >>> 3) Search for “Eclipse Java Formatter” >>> 4) Pick “Eclipse Java Formatter (4.6…” >>> 5) Click “Install” >>> 6) Install NetBeans 9.0 >>> 7) Run NetBeans 9.0 >>> 8) When prompted, import settings from 8.2 >>> 9) A dialog opens indicating that some of the plugins must be migrated to >>> newer versions to work with NB 9.0 >>> >>> The formatter plugin is in the bottom panel indicating that it is not >>> compatible and there is no known compatible version. >>> >>> It seems that eclipse formatting is a third-party plugin. Is there a better >>> and more supported way to share the formatting options with command-line or >>> maven formatters? My team mates are using their own tools sometimes and bad >>> formatting gets checked-in to source control. It would be good to have it >>> caught by the CI build. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Chris >> >
