[NETBEANS-182] Terminal should use cmd, bash, cygwin, PowerShell or whatever.

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Next
• Component/s: cnd - Terminalemulator

Environment

NetBeans 8.2, Windows 10 x64

• External issue URL: https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=246057
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Christian Lenz
• Created: 27/Nov/17 16:53
• Updated: 27/Aug/20 18:49

Description

I don't know why NetBeans only can work with a shell, which is installed as cygwin for Windows or when you use NetBeans on a *nx operating system. NetBeans should use cmd.exe, cygwin, WSL (Bash - Ubuntu on Windows), PowerShell or whatever you want.

Visual Studio Code uses this approach and it makes sense. I don't need to change the window to use my cmd outside of NetBeans. I can use any feature in NetBeans in my CMD or powershell, when it is inside NetBeans, w/o switching windows or a desktop etc.

So long story short, NetBeans can only handle shell applications, natively installed on *nx systems or via cygwin for Windows. But it should be possible to use any shell/command line that you want on any operating system.

Windows - cmd, powershell and with Windows 10 the WSL (Ubuntu on windows, which is now stable and part of the ubuntu subsystem, no emulation)

*nx - Bash, sh, fish whatever.

Mac - similar to *nx

So we need first the possibilty, that NetBeans should handle more than a shell AND we need an option, if you open the terminal, you have to choose your favorite shell/command line and set it to default, to open a new tab, w/o choosing again (new option for this).

This ticket could be related to this ticket: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-181

Issue Links

• duplicates: NETBEANS-4738 On Windows, Netbeans should launch cmd (or PowerShell) instead of requiring Cygwin