How to get started with Java programming?

2019-07-20 Thread rick pizzi
Just updated to Ubuntu 18.04 on a Dell Latitude E6510. I typically program in PHP with MySql, HTTP5,  Javascript and occasionally C. I wish to explore programming in Java. I don't know anything about the language other than that it is 'C like' so I bought Mastering Netbeans and Java All-in-On

Re: Odd character translation

2019-07-20 Thread Peter Toye
Dear Jan, I suspect you're right. It's a very old project (the manifest is dated 2007 and I suspect it's even older), and I really can't remember if UTF-8 was even available then, or when/if I changed the encoding. Certainly, making a minor change and reverting it has the desired effect. Thank

Re: Odd character translation

2019-07-20 Thread Peter Toye
Dear Geertjan, So you weren't able to confirm that the problem exists on your configuration, then? Best regards, Peter mailto:netbe...@ptoye.com www.ptoye.com - Saturday, July 20, 2019, 10:30:07 AM, you wrote: No, I didn't do anything other than change the question ma

Re: Odd character translation

2019-07-20 Thread Geertjan Wielenga
No, I didn't do anything other than change the question marks directly in GitHub to the special characters. Gj On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 at 10:58, Peter Toye wrote: > Dear Geertjan, > > The problem was "solved" in that there is a workaround long before I > posted it - I simply put setText calls into

Re: Odd character translation

2019-07-20 Thread Peter Toye
Dear Geertjan, The problem was "solved" in that there is a workaround long before I posted it - I simply put setText calls into the constructor. The reason I posted the problem here was to determine if it was actually a NB issue, or something to do with my configuration. Jan Lahoda's comment i