Hi Scott- thanks a bunch - that did it! I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t really think to look inside the app package :-( tom
On Jan 15, 2021 at 11:47:44 AM, Scott Palmer <swpal...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> > >>> >>>
