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Eclipse starting to use Git repositories

imeikas — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:59:35 +0000

It’s nice to see Eclipse starting to support Git, CVS is so 90’s. There are quite many read only repos available already. Denis & Karl write a bit more in http://dev.eclipse.org/blogs/eclipsewebmaster/2009/10/28/git-repos-at-eclipse/

Recent Files Plugin source code and about installation.

imeikas — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:01:26 +0000

Thanks for all the feedback I got. I forgot to mention in yesterdays post that if anyone is interested in the source code, then it’s available from http://github.com/imeikas/RecentFiles. About installation For some reason the updatesite generator leaves something undone or there is another problem, but sometimes the plugin is only visible if you unselect “Group items by category” [...]

Eclipse plugin for recently opened files

imeikas — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:54:42 +0000

In Eclipse one thing that is bothered me constantly is organizing the list of files I’m currently working on. I’ve tried the Pin Editor feature (available only if you limit the number of max editors). I’ve tried Mylyn, but I don’t like the way it tries to be clever and hide all other files that [...]

Getting Icons specific to Content Type

imeikas — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:53:12 +0000

The web is full of code how to add content specific icons for editors, package explorers etc. The kind of icons http://blog.eclipse-tips.com/2008/04/content-type-specific-file-icons.html is talking about. It is much harder to find how you can get those images when you have a just a file name or IResource to work with. Don’t worry, getting the image is [...]

Wanted dead or alive – Eclipse configuration synchronizer!

imeikas — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:09:54 +0000

Have you ever had the feeling why all the settings are workspace specific. For example why do I have to change the fonts each time I create a new workspace or turn on editor line numbers? There are some tricks, by specifying properties in some ini files, but this is really clumsy (Do you know [...]

Great webinar about TDD in Eclipse

imeikas — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:59:35 +0000

Just finished watching the webinar about TDD (Test Driven Development) in Eclipse by Kevin Taylor and I really liked it. Testing in eclipse is sometimes really challenging so anyone giving hints on how to do it better is helping the community a lot. Presentation itself gave me some new ideas I’m going to try out and [...]

Weird ordering of buttons in new Eclipse 3.5m7

imeikas — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:56:44 +0000

I just upgraded to Eclipse 3.5M7 and when I wanted to close an editor with changes I noticed that the buttons are in different unintuitive order. I liked the Cancel/OK switch, but save the editor looks strange. Look for yourself. Old: New: This might be because of JFace dialog button order on GTK+

New Glassfish bundle speeds up Web development

imeikas — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:13:24 +0000

We made with Ahti a test using new Glassfish Bundle for Eclipse to write a simple JSP file that shows a list of customers from sample db. After some minimal configuration, getting the customer list to show was a breeze. Great work from Glassfish and Eclipse DTP, JPA and WTP teams. Video is here (fullscreen without [...]

TPTP and Ubuntu

imeikas — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:00:22 +0000

Installing TPTP under Eclipse isn’t as straightforward as other Eclipse plugins. Installing the plugin itself is easy, it can be done using Eclipse Update manager. But the getting the Agent Controller to work needs some tweaking. The first part is really well documented under TPTP installation guide in http://www.eclipse.org/tptp/home/downloads/installguide/InstallGuide44.htm so I won’t cover that. Also most [...]