[jbosstools-dev] Handy Plugin - debug another eclipse

[Rob Stryker]

You create a source attachment and it comes up as one of the source 
attachment types. It says "Eclipse Installation" right now. 

Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
> Yes, I know how to an plugin into eclipse...but from there on what do I do ? 
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> does it all happen automatically and it starts doing lookups without me telling it what to do ?
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> /max
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>> I could switch it up so it just accepts an ant fileset and is usable
>> anywhere.
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>> 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.
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>> - Rob
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>> Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
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>>> sounds cool....how do I enable it ? And is it only for PDE or usable in general ?
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>>> I could see the use of that elsewhere than just PDE.
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>>> -max
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>>>> Hi all...
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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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