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Bug 254532 - [81cat] Terminal Window not active
Summary: [81cat] Terminal Window not active
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: cnd
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Terminalemulator (show other bugs)
Version: 8.1
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal (vote)
Assignee: ilia
URL:
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2015-08-20 06:54 UTC by muellermi
Modified: 2016-02-11 14:51 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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2015-08-20 06:54 UTC, muellermi 		Details
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Description muellermi 2015-08-20 06:54:51 UTC 
Product Version = NetBeans IDE 8.1 Beta (Build 201508041349)
Operating System = Windows 7 version 6.1 running on amd64
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.8.0_51
Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.51-b03

open Windwow -> IDE Tools -> Terminal

NetBeans opens a terminal tab

This tab is grayed and no input is possible
Comment 1 muellermi 2015-08-20 06:54:55 UTC 
Created attachment 155476 [details]
IDE log
Comment 2 Jiri Kovalsky 2015-08-20 08:23:55 UTC 
Works fine for me in both 8.1 Beta:

Product Version: NetBeans IDE 8.1 Beta (Build 201507231027)
Java: 1.8.0_51; Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.51-b03
Runtime: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.8.0_51-b16
System: Linux version 3.13.0-37-generic running on amd64; UTF-8; cs_CZ (nb)

and development build:

Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201508200002)
Java: 1.8.0_51; Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.51-b03
Runtime: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.8.0_51-b16
System: Linux version 3.13.0-37-generic running on amd64; UTF-8; cs_CZ (nb)

Can you reproduce it with empty new userdir?
Comment 3 soldatov 2015-08-20 08:27:58 UTC 
On Windows This tab requires Cygwin.
Comment 4 muellermi 2015-08-20 13:38:54 UTC 
Why does it require Cygwin?

if there is a strong reason: 
	Disply a message "Need to install Cygwin"
else
	use Windows command shell if Cygwin is absent

My idea was to start nashorn within that terminal to get a seamless integration into NetBeans. If I start this in a separate window, I have to twiddle with with a couple of windows
Comment 5 ilia 2015-09-29 12:58:45 UTC 
Hi, 

NB Terminal was originally designed to work under Unix. It has depends on some code (i.e. 'pty' component) written in C language, so it had to be compiled under Cygwin to work on Windows.

There is a popup warning:
"Local Terminal requires cygwin. Please install cygwin and restart the IDE."
if no Cygwin is installed and user tries to open Terminal tab. 

Please reopen the bug if this warning haven't appeared.
Comment 6 muellermi 2015-09-29 14:06:57 UTC 
No such warning.
Build 201509270002
Comment 7 muellermi 2015-09-29 14:15:20 UTC 
I'm going to double-check on different machine soon
Comment 8 ilia 2016-02-11 14:51:57 UTC 
Please, reopen this bug if you don't get a warning int a NetBeans 8.1