Turn off FreeMarker validation in Eclipse 3.5

Question

I'm using Eclipse 3.5 with the FreeMarker template plugin, and it's showing me a syntax validation problem that I don't care to see.

How do I turn this validation off, or possibly downgrade this template error to a warning? In previous versions of Eclipse, I'd probably look under Window -> Preferences -> Validation, but I don't see that in 3.5.

UPDATE: For the record, the error I'm getting is this:

Error in template: foo.ftl on line 16, column 9 noescape with no matching escape encountered. in foo.ftl

Answer 1

As far as I know, the Freemarker plugin (assuming you use the one from JBoss Tools) shows syntax errors and those ones - just like java syntax errors in the java editor - cannot turn off or "downgrade". Basically it means that the Freemarker parser cannot parse your template.

Window / Preferences / Validation are not in the "core" Eclipse, you need to install the web tools to get the Validation page. However, you cannot set Freemarker syntax validation options there.

Answer 2

I had a similar syntax error issue and kept getting the red X mark on my freemarker template file. The solution was to replace the old freemarker.jar which did not support the new syntax... in my case it was in ...eclipse\plugins\org.visigoths.freemarker_2.3.2

After restarting eclipse, I had to open the .ftl file once so that it would be re-validated and the syntax error disappeared.

Answer 3

I have exactly the same problem - I build program with freemarker templates without problems. Later I decided to install Freemarker IDE plugin for syntax coloring, validation, etc. I found that this plugin (from jBoos project) comes with old freetemplate.jar that do not know new language contruct like round.
So I decided to uninstall this plugin from Eclipse and .... it did not helps - validator still thing that there is error in template. I manually deleted one fremarker directoriers that stay after unistall but it is not helps too. It is looks that this code validation or verification is stored/cached somewhere in Eclipse ....

I used file search to be sure that there is not old freemarker.jar file and all are deleted. I can see still the error in Eclipse :( Strange for me.