NetBeans Weekly News Issue #24

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Issue #24 - July 16, 2001
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NetBeans 3.3 will probably slip a bit.

Subject:[nb 3.3] IMPORTANT: schedule change proposal
URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=114276&listName=nbdev>


The beta version of the NetBeans 3.2.1 should be created soon. We hope 
that once it is out people will test it to see whether their modules 
work with it and whether it's usability is a bit better than the of 3.2 was.

Subj: [nbdev] [3.2.1] Let's create the beta
URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=112267&listName=nbdev>


The chase for better performance continues. You can watch the effort for 
example in following threads:

Subj: [nbdev] PERF: -Xverify:none and -Xms24m used by default
URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=112228&listName=nbdev>

Subj: PERF: still 22,000 exceptions during startup
URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=112238&listName=nbdev>

Subj:[nbdev] PERF: Clipboard.getContents() is very expensive on Unix
URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=113060&listName=nbdev>


People are still looking for an UML tool tightly integrated with the 
NetBeans IDE and they are of course looking for features like all UML 
diagrams supported, round trip engineering etc. Is it a good idea to 
write UML support from scratch?

Subj: [nbdev] IDEA UML Tool
URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=112535&listName=nbdev>

Or should we rather use the tool which is probably the closest to these 
targets: Poseidon based on the ArgoUML tool.

Subj: [nbusers] New Release of Poseidon for UML, improved integration in 
NB + FFJ
URL: 
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=112022&listName=nbusers>


 From the UI area:

Are you interested in which key does what in NetBeans? If so you have 
probably the last chance to influence the default shortcuts. There is 
final call for comments on proposal how to resolve some shortcut conflicts.

Subj: [nbusers] FINAL CALL -  Shortcut conflicts - Proposed Solutions
URL: 
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=113004&listName=nbusers>


Ever thought about what are all the purposes of a .jar file and what is 
the best way how to work with them.

Subj: [nbui] User View and UI Design for Jar File Editing in NetBeans 3.3
URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=111417&listName=nbui>


There was also a thread about how to change the mount dialog. Will it 
work with the new projects implementation?

Subj: [nbui] mounting filesystems
URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=111720&listName=nbui>


What happened in the area of the OpenAPIs:

Yarda provided new more effective way hoe to register DTD's in the IDE.

Subj: [openide-dev] DTDs - new preferred way how to specify them
URL: 
<http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=112551&listName=dev>


First version of the annotation API was checked in by David Konecny. We 
can't await the even nicer editor.

Subj: [openide-dev] first version of Annotation API is in CVS
URL: 
<http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=111207&listName=dev>


Attention they always remove something you like.

Should the ICE browser go out of the release?

Subj:[nbdev] should ICE browser go away?
URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=113073&listName=nbdev>


Will the ObjectBrowser go?

Subj: [nbdev] What about dropping the ObjectBrowser from the release
URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=114233&listName=nbdev>

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