Eclipse

Ignore a folder/directory in eclipse

jenny — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:19:31 -0600

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.

Getting a functioning Egit plugin

jenny — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:56:25 -0700

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

"Malformed network data" error in Eclipse

jenny — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:56:11 -0700

Was getting this error in subclipse:

svn: Malformed network data

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

Installing subclipse

jenny — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:20:33 -0700

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

Internal web browser in Eclipse

jenny — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:29:09 -0700

I was getting this error:

Embedded browser not available

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no swt-mozilla-gtk-3346 or swt-mozilla-gtk in swt.library.path...

Apparently the xulrunner package is needed:

sudo apt-get install xulrunner

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

Installing Eclipse/PDT

jenny — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:45:12 -0600

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).