NetBeans Weekly News - Issue #52

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Issue #52 - February 11, 2002
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Builds and releases:
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An open source XML editor for NetBeans 3.3.1 IDE platform has been released
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=256649&listName=nbannounce
For more information please refer to its home at http://xml.netbeans.org
where you'll be able to get more detailed information.

From: Jesse Glick <[email protected]>
The newest API Support module, 2.10.2, is now available on the Update
Center as well as for direct download.
http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=252058&listName=dev
More info about API Support module here:
http://apisupport.netbeans.org/


Contributions
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Radim Kubacki <[email protected]> announces HTTP Monitor
contribution from Sun Microsystems, Inc. This module was part
of Forte for Java (TM) and now it is released to the open
source space.
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=255327&listName=contrib

Jack Catchpoole <[email protected]>
has implemented the "document listing" procedure. Announcement here
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=251276&listName=nbdiscuss
and details here:
http://www.netbeans.org/doclists/doclisting.html

Yarda <[email protected]> talks about new Looks API
implementation here: "Old looks are dead. Viva new ones!"
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=253243&listName=nbdev


Discussions
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Petr Kuzel <[email protected]> would like to upgrade XML libraries
bundled with NetBeans.
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=254816&listName=nbdev
It is not going to be easy for him. Check the whole thread:
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/BrowseList?listName=nbdev&by=subject&from=118174

Jan Pokorsky <[email protected]> asked for a review of his proposal
how to enhance settings. See discussion started by this post
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=254107&listName=nbdev
or directly check the proposal here:
http://openide.netbeans.org/proposals/settings/index.html

Kyle McDonald <[email protected]> started a discussion about
using multiple monitors here:
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=251552&listName=nbdev
The discussion started on nbdev
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/BrowseList?listName=nbdev&by=subject&from=116744
amd continued on nbui
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/BrowseList?listName=nbui&by=subject&from=117507

David Strupl <[email protected]> proposed a small utility to break
deadlocks
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=254959&listName=nbdev
And the proposal itself here:
http://core.netbeans.org/proposals/deadlock-checker.html

SerialVersionUID test tool discussion still running. See
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/BrowseList?listName=nbdev&by=subject&from=115527&paged=no

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