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Blackberry Development Tips, Tricks & Gotchas

I'm looking to get into developing software for the Blackberry platform. I know they've got a great IDE plug-in for Eclipse and I've got their Storm simulator running on my laptop, it's fantastic. So, that being said, anyone have any tips, tricks or gotchas to watch out for when using the Blackberry SDK? Anything specific to various mo...

Eclipse line numbers

How can I show line numbers BY DEFAULT in eclipse!? ...

Which configuration file contains the names of all projects in Eclipse workspace ?

Is there any configuration file inside the workspace folder where Eclipse stores a list of all projects that belong to the workspace? ...

How can I auto-fill a paragraph in Eclipse?

I would like to auto-fill a paragraph to 80 characters (or some other fixed width) in Eclipse. Is this possible via a keyboard command like in Emacs? Or is there maybe a plugin (I did not find anything on google)? Edit: I am not sure if this is relevant, but I need this for docstrings in Python code (using the PyDev plugin). ...

F2 focus in Eclipse for deprecated members

In Eclipse, the F2/focus or a hover on a member gives you a popup with the javadocs. However, if the member is deprecated, you only get a message like 'The field blahblah is deprecated'. Does anyone know if this is a known bug/feature? If yes, is there a handy shortcut to get a javadoc popup for deprecated members? Typically the alte...

Externalizing strings in plugin.xml for Eclipse plugin

How do I externalize strings in my Eclipse plugin's plugin.xml? Right-clicking on the plugin project > PDE Tools > Externalize Strings does not show up my plugin. I'm trying to do this manually now. I added entries in plugin.properties and replaced the equivalent string in plugin.xml with a % sign followed by the string key. But that d...

Running a single junit test in Eclipse

If I have a test suite with multiple tests, when I try to run a single unit test, either from the context menu of the code editor, or from the JUnit view, it seems to insist on always running the entire suite, rather than the single test. Is there a way to disable to change this behavior so that I can ask to to run that, and only that, t...

Vertical center a TextFlow in GEF

I'm trying to vertical center a multiline textbox within a RectangleFigure in GEF. It needs to be ajusted on resize. This would be best done with a layout, but I can't figure out how that works. I'm adding a BorderMargin to the parent FlowPage and changing the margin when the RectangleFigure gets resized. Unfortunately, at that particu...

Hide empty folders and other files in Eclipse CDT

In Eclipse CDT, how can the navigator and project view be filtered to hide empty folders and other undesirable file types? The customize options seem to be a bit limited e.g. hide non-c content also hides makefiles which isn't helpful to me. Is there a plug-in to add this functionality? ...

Drap and Drop in Eclipse for Web Projects

Is there an equivalent drag and drop style for Eclipse (or any IDE in Java) for J2EE or JSP that is similar to the IDE feel of ASP.NET in Visual Studio? ASP.NET allows you to drag and drop controls to a web form or web page. ...

Zend Studio for Eclipse and VIplugin

Anyone using VIplugin with Zend Studio for Eclipse? I would love to be able to use vi keybinding and in theory it sounds like it would work. But wanted to check before buying the plugin. ...

How do I debug the Eclipse Plugin error "Plugin was unable to load class"?

It is trying to load my TabGroup from the Debug Dialog but I get the error that it is unable to load my tab group class. In the "details" of the error all it says is: "org/eclipse/debug/ui/AbstractLaunchConfigurationTabGroup" Which is the class that my TabGroup extends. ...

BlackBerry Debug Output

The BB Simulator outputs tons of information to Eclipse's console when running debug mode. Is there anyway to configure what information is displayed? ...

Detached views in eclipse on linux

Hi, When i detach wiews in eclipse on ubuntu, eg package explorer, it shows up as a separate window in ubuntu (Eclipse ends up taking up 4 windows, and that makes alt-tabbing through my open programs a pain) Is there a way to fix this so Eclipse only show up as one window in ubuntu no matter how many vews are detached? ...

Separate DLL and native call in different plugin

I want to separate some DLLs from the associated native JNI classes. Plugins: In plugin A the dlls are placed and loaded when the plugin is loaded. In plugin B (depend on A) the JNI classes are placed which include the native method calls for the DLLs in A. At runtime i get a UnsatisfiedLinkError because the JNI class can't be foun...

Whats the quickest way to find a file in Zend Studio for Eclipse?

I want to be able to find files quickly in Zend Studio for Eclipse without routing through a tree view of dozens of folders and hundreds of files. What I'm really after is something that filters file names as I type. Think spotlight on Mac, or the filter on the start menu in Vista. ...

What does $NON-NLS-1$ mean ?

In Eclipse source code, I've found some '$NON-NLS-1$' in comments used like that : private String toolTip = ""; //$NON-NLS-1$ What does that mean ? ...

Flash/XML breaklines & hidden characters

I got this problem, when edit my xml everything on a next line renders two breaklines <![CDATA[Line one Line two Line three ]]> Renders in flash as Line One Line Two Line Three Now I researched this before and it had something to do with hidden breakline characters, Im using Flexbuilder and or Aptana to edit the xml, but how do ...

Customizability of the IDEs

I am thinking of modifying an existing IDE (Ex : By developing a plugin) to provide support for a proprietary scripting language. I just need to implement few features like syntax highlighting, Autocompleting etc. (i.e the requirements are really simple). What would be the best IDE or Text editor to integrate the feature. As an example i...

Eclipse still using http.proxyHost settings when no longer set

I'm dealing with the same sort of problem as "Zombie http.proxyHost settings for JVM on OSX" except I'm on Kubuntu 8.04 and Eclipse 3.4.2. I had to use a proxy for work but have migrated off it. I've reset everything in my environment I can find inside and outside Eclipse to get rid of setting the proxy. However when I try to use the Sof...