Wow, awesome. Gj
On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 at 19:59, Laszlo Kishalmi <laszlo.kisha...@gmail.com> 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 > >
