NetBeans Weekly News - Issue #17

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Issue #17 - May 28, 2001
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This was a busy week. Surely I've missed somebody!

NetBeans 3.3 is being planned, and we are setting up new features
for various modules and areas of the IDE.
General info and formatting of new features -
  Subject: nb3.3 schedule + web page
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg06903.html>
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg07149.html>
  Subject: RE: [nb 3.3] new features lists
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg07144.html>
Specific proposals (boy there were a lot!) -
  Subject: i18n, propetries, image, text, utilities, scripting - ...
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg06827.html>
  Subject: Java & Clazz modules: New features for NetBeans 3.3
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg06844.html>
  Subject: Javadoc and beans features for 3.3 proposals
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg06912.html>
  Subject: New jar packager features for 3.3
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg06852.html>
  Subject: New Module Wizard new features for 3.3
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg07022.html>
  Subject: User Interface -- new features for NB 3.3
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbui/msg02038.html>
  Subject: window system planned features for Netbeans 3.3
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg06899.html>
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg07126.html>

New XML Support module contributed! Let's welcome Sandeep Randhawa.
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg06966.html>

NetBeans 3.2.1 patches are being accepted.
  Subject: RE: [NB 3.2.1] NB 3.2.1 proposal + additional issues
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg06818.html>
3.2 bug stats:
  URL: <http://qa.netbeans.org/release32/nb32-stats-w07.html>

JavaOne coming up:
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/javaone.html>

New & improved projects system in the works. org.openidex.projects dead.
  Subject: First draft of project specifications
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg06822.html>
  Subject: Re: 33 features summary for openide and core (was ...)
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg06831.html>

FAQs FAQs FAQs! We can always use more. Call for maintainers!
  Subject: I will be the NetBeans FAQ owner
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbusers/msg07496.html>
  Subject: Re: run a servlet
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbusers/msg07630.html>
  ...and how-to's:
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/articles/howtos.html>

UI goings on...
  Subject: Property Marking Proposal
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbui/msg02042.html>
  Subject: The UI Checklist
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbui/msg02046.html>
  Subject: Re: Quick access to Ant targets
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbui/msg02041.html>

Lots of neat stuff about lexers, parsers, language modelling, and
more things that any comp sci major should love, plus summaries:
  Subject: Lexer module proposal
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg06768.html>
  Subject: Editor & lexer
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg07034.html>
  Subject: Choosing a parser framework (was: ...)
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg06990.html>

More talk about 2-way editing in Form Editor:
  Subject: RE: Form Editor Feature Request
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg07104.html>
  Subject: Form model proposal (including 2-way)
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg07137.html>

Can FileSystems API handle massive data sets? Experience speaks:
  Subject: Re: How to handle potentially large filesystems
  URL: <http://openide.netbeans.org/openide-dev/msg02440.html>

Relation between VCS and other modules, UI considerations:
  Subject: Re: VCS support accessibility
  URL: <http://openide.netbeans.org/openide-dev/msg02354.html>
  URL: <http://openide.netbeans.org/openide-dev/msg02411.html>

A dedicated dev tester tells his secret.
  Subject: RE: NetBeans 3.2 with JDK 1.4
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbusers/msg07701.html>

Perforce + VGCS support?
  Subject: Re: Perforce configuration in VGCS ?
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbusers/msg07720.html>

Neato editor feature idea, and discussion of bigger things.
  Subject: RE: Feature idea: Add all needed catch statements
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbusers/msg07667.html>

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