[jbosstools-dev] Handy Plugin - debug another eclipse

[Marshall Culpepper]

+1.. that would also be really useful =). 

The plugin already saves me a ton of time when debugging PDE build..

On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 12:47 -0400, Rob Stryker wrote:
> I could switch it up so it just accepts an ant fileset and is usable 
> anywhere.
> 
> To enable it, you have to check out the source, export the project as a 
> plugin (aka have PDE build it for you), and then shove the jar in your 
> plugins folder.   If you need any help just ask.
> 
> - Rob
> 
> Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
> > sounds cool....how do I enable it ? And is it only for PDE or usable in general ?
> >
> > I could see the use of that elsewhere than just PDE.
> >
> > -max
> >
> >   
> >> Hi all...
> >>
> >> So this past week when I was running 4 different eclipses at once to
> >> determine the differences between wtp 2.0.1 and wtp 2.0.2 in deploying
> >> nested archives (the seam bug), I developed a quick plugin to be able to
> >> add one eclipse's source to source lookup.
> >>
> >> The reason I made this is because the current source-lookup options were
> >> absolute crap. Adding a folder is designated for a folder of solely
> >> source files. Adding an archive or external archive is the same. There
> >> was no option to search through a nested folder for all source files.
> >> And when running in one eclipse and debugging the *same instance*, you
> >> could of course use the project which allows you to search all plugins.
> >>
> >> This becomes most useful when using one eclipse to debug an *older* (or
> >> newer) version with completely different source. That's basically the
> >> use case. Marshall says he's used it a few times already.
> >>
> >> I added it to svn:
> >> jbosstools/trunk/labs/plugins/org.jboss.tools.labs.pde.sourceprovider
> >>
> >> There's no binary in svn yet and it's a little rudimentary =P  It
> >> basically just searches a root folder (the eclipse installation) for any
> >> zip file that ends in "src.zip".  Then it delegates to a bunch of
> >> regular external archive source containers for those individual paths.
> >>
> >> Future enhancements if I get annoyed enough may be to allow you to add
> >> any ant-type pattern matching.  Suggestions are welcome.
> >>
> >> Again, I found it to be very very handy and Marshall says he's used it
> >> as well.
> >>
> >> - Rob Stryker
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