eclipse-plugin

access project directory from eclipse plugin

This is a question already asked by someone: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/242032/eclipse-project-directory The answer was good: using ResourcesPlugin. But for some reason, under no circoumstances will my Ganymede eclipse recognise the existence of "org.eclipse.core.resources" package which contains ResourcesPlugin. Why is that? ...

Starting working with Eclipse RCP

I'm going to start maintaining an Eclipse RCP application for my current employer soon. What are your experiences with this platform? What are the pros, what are the cons, what are the caveats that I should be aware of? Also, what reading materials (books, tutorials) can you recommend? Most of the tutorials I found on the web are outdate...

Is there an eclipse plugin for developing in m4?

Googling has turned up little to nothing. I need to develop some heavy stuff in m4 and I'd love to do it in my favorite environment with all the bells and whistles thereof. There are packages for running m4 on just about every platform, such as windows. So I know at the very least I can create a default project and test from the CLI. B...

How to programmatically change name or icon of Eclipse view?

Can the name and icon of an Eclipse view be programmatically changed? I am referring to the name and icon that appear in the tab for the view - which are specified as XML attributes "name" and "icon" in the <view> element in plugin.xml. ...

anyone know of a shared To-do list plugin for eclipse

Does anyone know of shared TODO list plugin for Eclipse that allows users in a a development team to all view and edit the same list of tasks? ...

What are the best ways to get Eclipse users to try a new plugin?

As the title states, what are the best places to try and recruit users to try a new Eclipse plugin? While this is a free plug-in, it is not open source, so threads on open-source tools don't apply. I'm also looking for Eclipse specific ideas, not general things like sourceforge / freshmeat / etc. I've submitted a talk proposal to Eclip...

In Eclipse, how can I get my plugin to load when another plugin is loaded?

I want to register to get notified of all Java changes in Eclipse. I can do this by calling JavaCore.addElementChangedListener(). However, I don't want my plugin to be loaded until org.eclipse.jdt.core is loaded. My hack attempt to do this was declare a dummy extension to an org.eclipse.jdt.core extension point, but it doesn't work on al...

Are there any good ssh consoles for Eclipse?

Hello: I'm looking for a good ssh console plugin for Eclipse, and can't find much at all. Would anyone have some good leads on one? ...

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. ...

How do I make an Eclipse org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text component wider?

I think the question says it all. I'm new to Eclipse plugin development, so I'm sure there's an easy answer. ...

How to install Hibernate Tools in Eclipse?

What is the proper way to install Hibernate Tools in Eclipse as a plugin? The Hibernate site doesn't really give any instructions. Looking at the Hibernate Tools binary HibernateTools-3.2.4.Beta1-R200810311334.zip, it appears that I can just unzip this in my eclipse directory. Do I just unzip it in my eclipse directory? This seems like ...

FTP Deployment in Eclipse

Aside from DeployerFTP, are there any plugins that offer the ability to deploy a project to an FTP location? I would love a way to do this on an individual file basis, possibly even storing the FTP information within each project. ...

How do I use Hibernate from an Eclipse Plug-in?

I am writing an Eclipse plug-in that loads resources from a central database. I would like to use Hibernate to access that database. So how would I add this as a dependency to my plug-in project? I've tried Google but only get hits on about plug-ins for editing Hibernate configuration files. ...

Force.com IDE - Eclipse Plugin doesn't work?

Hi, I'm new to Apex and have just downloaded Eclipse to get to work Eclipse SDK 3.3.2 I've followed the instructions on http://wiki.apexdevnet.com/index.php/Force.com_IDE_Installation_for_Eclipse_3.3.x and have added the Remote site: http://www.adnsandbox.com/tools/ide/install/ but i get a dialog telling me "No features found on ...

Is there an equivalent to BundleActivator for Eclipse fragment projects?

I am building an Eclipse plug-in that provides a set of core features in the regular plug-in project. The optional features I am providing via fragment projects. But I need the fragments to register themselves with the main plug-in on start-up. I cannot have a Bundle-Activator in the fragment project. So I am wondering is there some alt...

What are your favorite Eclipse plug-ins?

The only plug-ins I use are the ones required to do my job like SoapUI, Maven and SVN. I'm wondering if maybe there are some plug-ins out there that might make my life easier. Are there any Eclipse plug-ins that you find invaluable? ...

uninstall plugins in Eclipse 3.4.X

Hi, The GUI for managing plugins in Eclipse got a bit of an overhaul in version 3.4.0. This GUI is accessed via the "Software Updates..." option in the Help menu. This displays the following dialog: Notice that the option to remove the selected plugin (Mylyn) is greyed out. In fact, this is true of virtually every installed plugin. ...

SVN Update problem in Eclipse

I have been using SVN with Eclipse for ages without problems. But suddenly, one project is not working properly, even though others are fine. When I try to update I get this: In the Eclipse log I see: U nsupported working copy format svn: This client is too old to work with working copy 'C:\Work\xxxxxxxxxxxx\client'; pl...

How do I dynamically replace the class loader for an Eclipse plug-in?

I am developing an Eclipse plug-in that fits a client-server model. Its a commercial project so we cannot re-distribute the JDBC drivers for the various databases we support with the plug-in. So I developed a preference page to allow the user locate the jars and have a simple discovery mechanism that iterates through the classes in the ...

How to offer links in an eclipse editor plugin?

I'm writing an eclipse editor plugin for a custom file format and want to offer a way to quickly jump to the definition of an entity from a named reference to it - basically the "open declaration" functionality of the eclipse Java editor. I know I can do this by registering an editor action and putting it in the context menu, but I'd re...