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Re: NetBeans development

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On 11-07-31 06:22 PM, markspace wrote:
> I'm kinda bored with some other Java development stuff I'm working on,
> so I decided to learn something new.
> 
> Does anyone want to collaborate on learning NetBeans development?  Not
> the platform, I mean the NetBeans source code itself.  While NB is
> pretty good, I often find I think of little features that I might want
> to add.  Right now, I have no knowledge how to do that.  So I figured I
> should learn.
> 
> Anyway, here's how I got started:
> 
> 1. Get Mercurial (source code control) if you don't have it.
> 
> 2. Do a manual copy of the NetBeans source base:
> 
>   $> hg clone http://hg.netbeans.org/main
> 
> I love how simple Mercurial commands are, btw.
> 
> C.f. <http://netbeans.org/community/sources/>
> 
> 3.  Start NetBeans and make a new project.  Use "Free Form with Ant
> Build File".
> 
> 4. Point the sources at the NB clone you made above.  Accept the
> defaults for the remainder of the New Project Wizard.
> 
> 5. The project will open quickly, but my system took a couple of hours
> to get past "scanning project."  Be patient.
> 
> 
> Right now I'm stuck because it seems Antlr doesn't download with the NB
> sources.  I'm going to bug the nbdev mailing list about it.
> 
> If anyone does want to collaborate, I figure I'll be working on this
> mostly on weekends, and occasionally during the week.  I'd suggest we do
> our collaboration on c.l.j.p if no one objects.
> 
I'll collaborate. I already cloned the repo. My motivations for digging
into this are pretty much the same as yours.

I'll get stuck into it more tomorrow - it's Natal Day in Nova Scotia
tomorrow so it's a paid day off.

AHS

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NetBeans development markspace <-@.> - 2011-07-31 14:22 -0700
  Re: NetBeans development Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-07-31 23:42 -0300
  Re: NetBeans development Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-08-01 21:11 -0300
    Re: NetBeans development markspace <-@.> - 2011-08-01 18:03 -0700
      Re: NetBeans development Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-08-02 18:21 -0300

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