NetBeans 6.7.1 IDE updates

The following updates to NetBeans 6.7.1 are available:

• “jump” command changes the next line to be executed
• “pause” command breaks into a currently-running thread
• From the “Variables” debugger window, you can update the value of variables

To install, first, edit the “netbeans-6.7.1/etc/netbeans.conf” (Linux) or “NetBeans 6.7.1/etc/netbeans.conf” (Windows) file. Find the line that starts with “netbeans_default_options=”. At the end, insert:

-J-Druby.no.kcode=true

between the quotes. Next, run:

gem install ruby-debug-ide19

Then, download netbeans-6.7.1-update2 from here. Decompress to a directory, and then launch NetBeans. Go to the Tools menu, and select Plugins. Select the Downloaded tab, and click the “Add Plugins…” button. Enter the directory where you decompressed the files, and select all of the *.nbm files, and click Open. If you have previously installed an earlier update, you may get one or many message boxes warning you of a plugin that is already installed. Click OK for each one.

Then click Install, Next, accept the license agreement, Update, Continue, and Finish.

NetBeans will then restart. If you go to the Debug menu, you’ll notice a “Jump to Cursor” command under “Run to Cursor”. It will also appear on the right-click context menu when you’re debugging code.

Make sure that you use Ruby 1.9.x as the ruby platform in File/Project Properties/Run.