IbmEclipseTips

IbmEclipse

• In the configure tags dialog (from the "Replace with Branch or Version" Dialog.
• • Add files that you want Eclipse to rummage for tags, when exploring CVS repositories.
  • e.g. .cvsignore, README,INSTALL,COPYING
• Try using the compare on a zip or jar. It brings up the structured comparisson browser showing which files have been added and removed between the to items. Fantastic proof of how existing eclipse plugins can themselves be extended. (Not sure I'll actually use it much).
• Clean up your synch window, by adding things to .cvsignore
• • Right click any non-cvs file to add it to CVS ignore.
• Version 2.0 release seems to have broken the JUnit runner, OliBye has to put eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.jdt.junit_2.0/junitsupport.jar in the project classpath to get it working.
• • Eclipse always says "completing install" when you launch it. Remove the contents of the <install>/.config directory, and or the <workspace>/.config directory. I didn't figure out what fixed it but it's ok now and <install>/.config hasn't been recreated.
  • • Note I run in multi usermode i.e. I use a -workspace parameter when eclipse is launched.

• TestFirstProgrammingInEclipse
• Before upgrading
• • make sure everything is checked in.
  • export your preferences.
• Double click files in the comparison views for a VisualAge like "Structure Compare" of the file
• Use "Checkout As.." from the CVS browser if the project in the repository isn't an eclipse project, and you want to make it into an eclipse project.
• define build.compiler = org.eclipse.jdt.core.JDTCompilerAdapter in the build.xml to get ant to work (symptoms are something like "classic comiler not available blabla JAVA_HOME". (Note this class name changed around 2.0RC1)
• JUnit task from Ant
• • Windows->Preferences->ExternalTools->Ant and eclipse\plugins\org.junit_3.7.0\junit.jar to the classpath
  • I have the eclipse/plugins/org.apache.ant_1.4.1/jakarta-ant-1.4.1-optional.jar in there too.

See also

• http://www.eclipse.org
• http://eclipsewiki.swiki.net/1 (swiki with info about plugins)