Eclipse

The Open Resource dialog in eclipse (Ctrl-X Ctrl-F with emacs bindings) is very useful for locating a file no matter where it is in the current project; however, it also lists a lot of garbage files. I find myself having to visually sift through a long list of deployment files, automatically generated files, and files located in the .git directory before getting to the file I actually wanted... and/or having to type out nearly the entire filename to have the resource dialog at least partially sift the list for me.

• Download Eclipse for PHP Developers, version 3.5.1 (Galileo)
• Go to Java > Installed JREs and make sure a version 1.5.0_11 or later is available (it doesn't have to be the checked one)
• Install the egit plugin
  
  • Go to Preferences -> Install/Update -> Available Software Sites and add:
    • Name: JGit
    • Location: http://www.jgit.org/updates
  • Go to Help -> Install New Software, select JGit, and check Eclipe Git Plugin
  • Continue through prompts to finish installation
• Clone or create a git repository inside your workspace using your favorite tool

Was getting this error in subclipse:

According to this site, older versions of JavaSVN have a problem talking to a Subversion 1.4.x server. The fix is to update subclipse using the 1.4 update URL:

• Eclipse: Help => Software Updates => Find and Install
• Search for new features to install
• New Remote Site
• URL => http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.4.x

• Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install
• New features -> Next
• New Remote Site
  
  • Name: Subclipse 1.2.x
  • URL: http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.2.x
• Don't bother with the optional integrations, just get the Subclipse plugin

http://subclipse.tigris.org/install.html

I was getting this error:

Apparently the xulrunner package is needed:

...then close and reopen eclipse. Works like a charm.

• Install a semi-recent Sun JDK, making sure `which java` finds it. I used jdk1.5.0_06. (jdk1.6.0_01 does not work)
• Download Eclipse 3.3.1 -- Debian/Ubuntu does not currently have a package for the most recent version.
• Untar to /usr/local, mv eclipse to eclipse-3.3.1, ln -s /usr/local/eclipse-3.3.1/eclipse /usr/local/bin/
• Open eclipse and run the Update Manager (Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install).