Switching to the dark side … of development in Netbeans 7.2

 

• download JTatoo.jar and put it in [netbeans install folder]/platform/lib
• edit [netbeans install dirf]\etc\netbeans.conf find the line starting with netbeans_default_options="-J-client -J-Xss2m -J-Xms32m -J-XX:PermSize=32m
  1. append this text to the line:  -J-Dswing.aatext=true -J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on -J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd --laf com.jtattoo.plaf.hifi.HiFiLookAndFeel --fontsize 11

  (you can also use –laf Nimbus for Nibus build in look & feel)

  1. the section should look similar to this:

netbeans_default_options="-J-client -J-Xss2m -J-Xms32m -J-XX:PermSize=32m -J-Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true -J-Dapple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz=true -J-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -J-Dsun.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true -J-Dswing.aatext=true -J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on -J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd --laf com.jtattoo.plaf.hifi.HiFiLookAndFeel --fontsize 11"

download and install Monaco font (not the latest 5.1 version for windows is not working well with line spacing, you can also use Anonymous fonts as alternative)

restart netbeans

go to in menu Tools->Options->Fonts&Colors and select Sunburst, Netbeans_Twilight or Monster theme and customize the theme as you like

Develop with pleasure