I'm writing a plugin that will parse a bunch of files in a project. But for the moment I'm stuck searching through the Eclipse API for answers. The plugin works like this: Whenever I open a source file I let the plugin parse the source's corresponding build file (this could be further developed with caching the parse result). Getting th...
I'd like to write a plugin that does something with the currently edited file in Eclipse. But I'm not sure how to properly get the file's full path. This is what I do now: IFile file = (IFile) window.getActivePage().getActiveEditor.getEditorInput(). getAdapter(IFile.class); Now I have an IFile object, and I can retrieve it's path...
A qustion about Eclipse PDE development: I write a small plugin for Eclipse and have the following * an org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.ITextEditor * a line number How can I automatically jump to that line and mark it? It's a pity that the API seems only to support offsets (see: ITextEditor.selectAndReveal()) within the document but no line n...