Well, it is just 12 simple steps. 1. I'd recommend to create a fork on GitHub from https://github.com/apache/netbeans 2. Once you've got the source compile it by: ant -q 3. Open NetBeans, make sure that the Developing NetBeans feature is enabled in the Tools > Plugins > Installed 4. You can open the NetBeans modules as projects into the IDE, they are located under several subfolders (organized by clusters) in the source code, like platform, java, nb, ide, etc... 5. Create a branch 6. Fix your issue 7. Push back the branch to your fork 8. Create PR 9. Request for a review 10. Do the requested changes, if any. 11. Wait for the PR get merged 12. Be proud!
On 1/8/20 8:29 PM, John Elliot V | ProgClub wrote:
Hi there. I've been using NetBeans for ages, but I'm a PHP programmer, not a Java programmer. In order to fix an issue in NetBeans I recently downloaded, patched, and compiled NetBeans from source. I did my source code editing with Vim and compiling with 'ant' from the command line. I would like to open the NetBeans sourecs in NetBeans itself, but I haven't been able to figure out how to do that (I have no experience using NetBeans with Java). I tried searching for "open netbeans in netbeans" but, surprisingly, I didn't find anything helpful. I also tried opening existing projects and creating new projects (with existing sources) but I didn't have any luck with that either. Could someone explain to me how I can open the NetBeans sources (from netbeans-11.2-source.zip [1]) in NetBeans 11.2..? Thanks in advance. Regards, John Elliot V [1] https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb112/nb112.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
