Have you tried digging into the app bundle and using the same command a given before:
/Applications/NetBeans/Apache\ NetBeans\ 11.3.app/Contents/Resources/NetBeans/netbeans/bin/netbeans --open file1[:line1]... On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 9:41 AM Thomas Wolf <tjw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi again, > You wouldn’t happen to know how to do this on Mac, would you? I tried > this: > > open -a /Applications/NetBeans/Apache\ NetBeans\ 11.3.app --args > --open $PWD/try1.xml > > But this has two effects, depending on whether Netbeans is already > running: if it is, Netbeans simply comes to the foreground, but the file is > not opened. If Netbeans wasn’t running, it starts up and immediately quits > again. > > Any further info much appreciated. > Tom > > On Jan 14, 2021 at 11:07:57 PM, Laszlo Kishalmi <laszlo.kisha...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Yes. It uses the existing opened instance if it's running. >> >> On 1/14/21 7:56 PM, Thomas Wolf wrote: >> >> Hey, thanks Lazlo - will that use a currently running netbeans if it’s >> running? If so, this is good enough for me! Sorry for the poor wording - >> when I said “remote” I should have said “external” (like outside the >> netbeans process/jvm) >> >> >> Thanks a bunch! >> >> tom >> >> >> > On Jan 14, 2021, at 10:53 PM, Laszlo Kishalmi < >> laszlo.kisha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > I do not know what and how the "remote" part would work, but you can >> do from CLI: >> >> > >> >> > netbeans --open file1[:line1]... >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> On 1/14/21 7:34 PM, Thomas Wolf wrote: >> >> >> I don’t know. But when I say “API”, I mean it in a loose sense: eg in >> many OS file types can associated with an application so that when you >> double-click on it, that file is opened. In some cases without another >> instance of the application getting started. The passing of the file name >> to the app is a kind of API. >> >> >> >> >> >> thanks, >> >> >> tom >> >> >> >> >> >>>> On Jan 14, 2021, at 8:22 PM, Mark A. Flacy >> <mfl...@verizon.net.invalid> wrote: >> >> >>> Greetings, >> >> >>> >> >> >>> I must ask if there are other IDEs which do have such APIs enabled by >> default. >> >> >>> I wouldn't want something like that to be available (by default) on >> *any* IDE >> >> >>> that I use. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> -- >> >> >>> Mark A. Flacy >> >> >>> mfl...@verizon.net >> >> >>> >> >> >>>> On Thursday, January 14, 2021 5:30:21 PM CST Thomas Wolf wrote: >> >> >>>> Hi, >> >> >>>> This might be a dumb question: does Netbeans have an external API >> (e.g. >> >> >>>> REST) that would allow a remote program to direct Netbeans to open a >> file >> >> >>>> at a given line number? I have a program that does some analysis on >> >> >>>> application source code and then needs to let the user edit some >> specific >> >> >>>> source files using whatever their favorite IDE. If possible, I’d >> like to >> >> >>>> avoid writing my app as a plugin for each IDE. >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> I’m not sure if this is actually the right mailing list to ask this >> >> >>>> question. Feel free to point me to another if it’s not. >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> Thanks, >> >> >>>> Tom >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >>> 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 >> >> >> >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > 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 >> >> > >> >>
