Yep - It is there:) Thank you! I was ignoring anything not labelled "Startup Settings" and had actually opened it without seeing it. It is called Options under the Tools menu.
Bill On Apr 23, 2:15 pm, The Wizard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Windoze, it may be called "Options" rather than "Preferences", it > should be the same though since the IDE is all written in Java. On the > Mac, the "Preferences" choice appears on the application menu; often on > Windows apps it appears on the "Edit" menu. If it is "Options" it may > appear on the "Tools" menu, but somewhere there is a menu choice which > allows you to modify the configuration. That is where "Startup Settings" > will be. > > Mark > > > > brbilko wrote: > > Thank you for your patience and your help. > > "Force install into shared directories" was selected when I installed > > the plugin.. > > > I cannot find a "Preferences" anywhere on the menus. > > I wonder if I have chosen to install the wrong Netbeans IDE? > > > The IDE I have installed is the Netbeans IDE with the Ruby pack. > > Here are the details of my IDE from the About dialog: > > Product Version: NetBeans IDE 6.5.1 (Build 200903060201) > > Java: 1.6.0_13; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 11.3-b02 > > System: Windows XP version 5.1 running on x86; Cp1252 > > Userdir: C:\Documents and Settings\Bill\.netbeans\6.5 > > > Bill > > > On Apr 23, 4:05 am, The Wizard <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> You don't "run" the plugin per se; it creates a new tab on the > >> Preferences panel under "Miscellaneous" called "Startup Settings". > >> Once you have the plugin installed (you did follow the directions and > >> check the "Force install into shared directories" checkbox on the Plugin > >> "Settings" tab, didn't you?), and you have restarted NetBeans, just open > >> "Preferences" and select "Miscellaneous", there is a new tab there with > >> all the available startup settings managed by the plugin. Note that if > >> you botch it up, there is a "Restore defaults" selection to return all > >> settings to default values. > > >> Mark Almeida > > >> brbilko wrote: > > >>> Been there - done that > >>> The help tells me how to install, uninstall. update, activate, and > >>> deactivate a plugin but I cannot see how to run the StartupSettings > >>> plugin that is sitting there set as active in the list of installed > >>> plugins in the dialog that I open under the tools menu. > > >>> On Apr 22, 1:45 am, The Wizard <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> Try using the built-in help, under "Basic IDE" -> "Plugins" > > >>>> brbilko wrote: > > >>>>> On Apr 17, 9:46 am, The Wizard <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>> See these links: > > >>>>>>http://forums.netbeans.org/ntopic1670.html > > >>>>>>http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqFontSize > > >>>>>> however, be warned that this makes ALL the IDE fonts bigger. > > >>>>>> Mark Almeida > > >>>>> I have installed the Startup Settings plugin but do not know how to > >>>>> run it. > >>>>> I have had the Netbeans IDE for only a few days now and it is still > >>>>> all a bit strange to me. > >>>>> I cannot find any help on how to run a plugin. > >>>>> Could someone please tell me how to run a plugin? > >>>>> Thanks > >>>>> Bill- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ruby-on-rails-programming-with-passion" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ruby-on-rails-programming-with-passion-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-on-rails-programming-with-passion?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
