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Free-form project doesn't have Libraries node in project tree. It would be very usefull to have it to be able inspect jars I've added to classpath for the project.
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Another problem is that you cannot add libraries to a free-form project, so I have to manually add each of the 64 jars I use in each of my 48 projects. So I have to do 64 * 48 = 3072 operations to import the projects in NetBeans, because each jar is in a different directory. Needless to say, this is very annoying.
A further point is that libraries can include javadocs.
What I'm really intersted is option 3 as documented here (http://www.netbeans.org/kb/faqs/freeform-projects.html#FaqFreeformAddLibraryToClasspath). In a typical scenario, I will have someone set up a class library just so the Javadocs can be made available. The I create a free form project and have to explain why the jars need to be selected again - why can't I just point to the library that was already created?
I took a look at http://www.netbeans.org/kb/faqs/freeform- projects.html#FaqFreeformAddLibraryToClasspath . The FAQ focuses on ANT issues. I really don't care about the ANT issues. My ANT scripts work just fine with or without Netbeans. I need this enhancement because code completion doesn't work in the java editor without the jars, and all the classes from the missing jars are underlined with that annoying red wavy line. And concerning the #3 part of the FAQ: "And I do not want to, or do not know how to, edit project.xml as text to make the IDE's notion of the classpath automatically match Ant's, by sharing some property definition files.", how do you modify project.xml to match the classpath below (recursively add all the zips and the jars in a directory to the classpath)? <classpath> <fileset dir="/some/dir"> <include name="**/*.jar"/> <include name="**/*.zip"/> </fileset> </classpath>
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Changing the default component owner to tzezula.
It's really important to see the libraries for a free-form project, so that I can attach sources and javadocs to them. I don't think it's a hard work, but why is it still unavailable?
The freeform project type is no more actively developed, it's just maintained, no new features are planed in it. However if you think it's an important feature you are welcomed to provide a patch.