Yeah, NetBeans should add soft word wrapping. Eclipse doesn't have it either (except for a third party plugin, currently at version 0.0.2, which doesn't work with some languages and apparently breaks line numbering) - but people coming to NetBeans from for example TextMate certainly miss this feature. It doesn't affect me personally since I have a wide display and I don't want lines longer than 120 chars (at that point I break it up) but given that it's considered important by many users it should definitely be given some priority. Apparently it's somewhat tricky to implement on top of all the other magic that happens in the editor.
-- Tor On Jun 18, 12:34 pm, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes NetBeans HAS come a very long way but it's true its not there yet. > For me, one of the few really big things missing now is line wrapping. > I see people requesting this on the bug tracker almost every single > day. > > /Casper > > On 18 Jun., 20:48, Ryan Waterer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Erlend, > > > Netbeans has come a very long way in the last couple of years. > > > Since Tor has been talking about NetBeans, and the other Posse members have > > commented how fantastic it is, I decided to look into it again back in > > March. I now develop exclusively using Netbeans at home, and have started > > the process of switching over at work. > > > I suggest taking another look at it. :) > > > --Ryan > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Erlend Hamnaberg <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > Don't get me started on the deficiency of Netbeans. This feature is a must > > > and has been in all others IDEs forever. > > > > Why the hell isn't JAVA a language that needs attention in Netbeans? > > > Since this is written in Java, why isn't this the main language supported > > > Java is the LEAST developed language of them all. > > > You reallly need to focus on your main language, which should be Java. > > > > I really like Netbeans. But until you get REAL editor support for JAVA, I > > > can't use it. > > > > Just my rant on on a Thursday. > > > > - Erlend > > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:15 PM, TorNorbye <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Regarding "IDEs can only help to search for a class if I know its > > >> name.": > > > >> As of NetBeans 6.5 you can search for symbols too (Navigate > Go To > > >> Symbol -- Ctrl-Shift-Cmd-O), not just classes - I use that sometimes > > >> when I can't remember the class name. If I remember the method, or > > >> field, I'm after I just use Go To Symbol to find it which takes me to > > >> the right class. > > > >> -- Tor --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
