jtulach commented on PR #8756: URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/8756#issuecomment-3384998915
> The usability on windows is IMHO not good. I you run `netbeans` under windows you get an error, because the script launcher is invoked as it is a 100% match: > You need to know, that you have to invoke the exe launcher, which - I do not have cygwin installed, so I didn't run into the problem myself - This problem is general - e.g. `bin/netbeans` doesn't work in Cygwin - it's just exposed by my modification of PATH - the best fix is to detect Cygwin and `exec $basedir/netbeans.exe $*`, isn't it? > (for me surprisingly works even though I have a 64bit JDK) - if I remember correctly there was some work on detecting 32/64 bit OS and invoking the right version - maybe it is this change: https://github.com/emilianbold/netbeans-releases/commit/b3868434c0b42b8cc258e404578f7ffe650f8650#diff-8e5bfb87c8f91779308ed39f01e2484c0eb2bfbb1a1bdcf34eeef36130717c62R196 -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
