eclipse-3.3

Developing on Eclipse 3.4, running on Eclipse 3.3

I'm developing an Eclipse plug-in, based on a bunch of core Eclipse plug-ins like SWT, JDT, GEF and others. I need my plug-in to be compatible with Eclipse 3.3, since many potential customers are still using it. However, personally I like the new features in Eclipse 3.4 and would like to use it for my development. This means I need PDE...

Code compiling in eclipse but not on command line

I once wrote this line in a java class. This compiled fine in eclipse but not on command line. my eclipse version was 3.3 and JDK version was 1.5, on Win XP professionsl. any clues? Error on command line is Icons.java:16: code too large public static final byte[] compileIcon = { 71, 73, 70, 56, 57, 97, 50, ...

Eclipse Search Menus disabled randomly

I use Eclipse 3.3 in my daily work, and have also used Eclipse 3.2 extensively as well. In both versions, sometimes the Search options (Java Search, File Search, etc) in the menu get disabled, seemingly at random times. However, with CTRL + H, I am able to access the search functionality. Does anyone know why this happens? Has it bee...

Why does Eclipse code completion not work on some projects?

I have Eclipse 3.3.2 with PDT doing PHP development. All projects that I create, even SVN projects have code completion. Now I just opened another SVN project and it has no code completion or PHP templates (STRG-space does nothing in that project). However, I can open the other projects and code completion all work in them. Why would co...

Eclipse fonts and background color

I have been trying to change the background color of eclipses windows to black and customize the font colors. There doesn't seem to be a way to do this at least not an obvious way. I am using version 3.3. Does anyone know how to do this or of any plugin's that might be able to assist in doing this? ...

How do I prevent Eclipse from hanging on startup?

I am using Eclipse 3.3 ("Europa"). Periodically, Eclipse takes an inordinately long time (perhaps forever) to start up. The only thing I can see in the Eclipse log is: !ENTRY org.eclipse.core.resources 2 10035 2008-10-16 09:47:34.801 !MESSAGE The workspace exited with unsaved changes in the previous session; refreshing workspac...

Smarty Plugin for Eclipse Europa

Are there any good Eclipse plugins for creating smarty templates? I am using Europa with PDT on Ubuntu (though I doubt the OS will make a difference for this). I found SmartyPDT, but it did not seem to install properly and some of the discussions on it seemed to suggest it was for an older version of PDT. ...