Re: Can't open a basic project

Laszlo Kishalmi <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:51:28 -0800
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According to the email Blake is the author of Kiss.

He drops in time-to-time to complain about something like this.

On 1/14/26 11:11, Pieter van den Hombergh wrote:

> Kiss decided to use a homebrewn build system(build).
> This is not supported by NetBeans.
> This has been discussed earlier on this maillijst.
>
>
>
> met vriendelijke groet
> Pieter van den Hombergh
>
> Op wo 14 jan 2026, 19:52 schreef Blake McBride <[email protected]>:
>
>     Greetings,
>
>     I've been away from NetBeans for a while.  Thought I'd give
>     NetBeans 28 a try.
>
>     I am trying it with the system located at
>     https://github.com/blakemcbride/Kiss
>
>     Although that system includes build files for Maven, Gradle, and
>     Ant, it isn't built with any of them.  Pom.xml is just there to
>     describe dependencies for GitHub.  The Gradle build was a failed
>     experiment (I should delete that!).  And the Ant script is just a
>     cover to call the actual build system.
>
>     Those build files can be deleted so that NetBeans doesn't get
>     confused.
>
>     I have tried to use NetBeans 28 for a while with no luck.  It
>     appears to only support "standard" applications.  If you try to do
>     anything innovative, you're out of luck.
>
>     I use IntelliJ everyday with it without any problems. It makes me
>     think that NetBeans is designed to only work in very specific and
>     conventional projects.  It is not a generic IDE.
>
>     Anyway, I successfully used NetBeans in the past but with each
>     passing version it becomes more and more impossible.
>
>     Although I doubt this message will be received well, I thought I'd
>     share it anyway.
>
>     Thanks.
>
>     Blake McBride
>
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    <p>According to the email Blake is the author of Kiss.</p>
    <p>He drops in time-to-time to complain about something like this.<br>
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      On 1/14/26 11:11, Pieter van den Hombergh wrote:</p>
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        <div>Kiss decided to use a homebrewn build system(build).</div>
        <div dir="auto">This is not supported by NetBeans.</div>
        <div dir="auto">This has been discussed earlier on this
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        <div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">met vriendelijke groet<br>
          Pieter van den Hombergh </div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Op wo 14 jan 2026, 19:52
          schreef Blake McBride &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"
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          <div dir="ltr">Greetings,
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>I've been away from NetBeans for a while.  Thought I'd
              give NetBeans 28 a try.</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>I am trying it with the system located at <a
                href="https://github.com/blakemcbride/Kiss"
                target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true"
                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/blakemcbride/Kiss</a></div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>Although that system includes build files for Maven,
              Gradle, and Ant, it isn't built with any of them.  Pom.xml
              is just there to describe dependencies for GitHub.  The
              Gradle build was a failed experiment (I should delete
              that!).  And the Ant script is just a cover to call the
              actual build system.</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>Those build files can be deleted so that NetBeans
              doesn't get confused.</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>I have tried to use NetBeans 28 for a while with no
              luck.  It appears to only support "standard"
              applications.  If you try to do anything innovative,
              you're out of luck.</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>I use IntelliJ everyday with it without any problems. 
              It makes me think that NetBeans is designed to only work
              in very specific and conventional projects.  It is not a
              generic IDE.</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>Anyway, I successfully used NetBeans in the past but
              with each passing version it becomes more and more
              impossible.</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>Although I doubt this message will be received well, I
              thought I'd share it anyway.</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>Thanks.</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>Blake McBride</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
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