An Open Source Fascicule

Hello all!

As I had mentioned in my last blog, me and Varun Nischal have started working on the community docs support within netbeans. As a part of the project, we have made a small utility plug-in Snap It.


This will allow you to take screen-shots from within the IDE.

All you have to do is install the plug-in and do the following:

1. Goto Tools > Capture...
2. Click on Browse and locate the directory, where you want to store.
3. Enter filename, don't mention extenstion, its PNG by default
4. Leave Save Folder checkbox as it is, enter delay time >= 5, its in seconds.
5. Click Capture, make your IDE look anyway you want as in the image, within stipulated time.

Hello!

I have blogged about the role of NetBeans Wiki in popularizing and contributing to the spread of NetBeans IDE before. Please check out How about Community Docs within the IDE? for more details.

Now Me and Varun Nischal have decided to give the idea a real shot. Amit Kumar Saha and James Branam are also giving valuable guidance. Varun has also given a brief idea about the plan in his recent interview on the official netbeans website.

You can find further details and implementation plans here. We encourage all NetBeans enthusiasts who may want to contribute to come forward with the ideas.

Looking forward to your thoughts!