[jbosstools-dev] Handy Plugin - debug another eclipse

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:53:44 +0100, Rob Stryker <rob.stryker at redhat.com> wrote:

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

ah got ya....yes sounds like a handy generic thing ;)

/max

> 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.
>>>
>>> - Rob
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>>> 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
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>>>>> 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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