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Startup Problems

Installing Eclipse GTK on Solaris x86 (works fine)

Compiling Solaris X86 GTK

Anyone know how eclipse wraps its bytecode and VM into a windows executable?

The eclipse.exe source code can be found in the CVS project
platform-launcher or in the eclipse SDK download in
ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.source_X.X.X/src/org.eclipse.platf
orm_X.X.X (where X.X.X is the version number).
The eclipse executable brings up a splash screen and then launches the VM.
I think your perception that it "wraps its bytecode and VM into a windows
executable" is incorrect.

What are the command-line arguments for Eclipse?

The valid command-line arguments are available here.

How to redefine key shortcuts

If you want to change only a few keyboard shortcuts (and you do not want to
use System-specific combinations) the following may help (it worked for me
in F2 :-)):

1. Open eclipsepluginsorg.eclipse.ui_2.0.0plugin.xml
2. Navigate to

    extension
         point="org.eclipse.ui.acceleratorConfigurations"> tag, and create a

new item into it, e.g.:

    acceleratorConfiguration
        name="Csabi's config"
        description="My config"
        id="org.eclipse.ui.csabiAcceleratorConfiguration">

3. Navigate to

   extension
         point="org.eclipse.ui.acceleratorSets"> tag, copy the

acceleratorSet org.eclipse.ui.defaultAcceleratorConfiguration and rename the
beginning for e.g.:

   acceleratorSet
     scopeId="org.eclipse.ui.globalScope"
            configurationId="org.eclipse.ui.csabiAcceleratorConfiguration">

4. In your new acceleratorSet modify shortcuts to your favorites (maybe not
all shortcuts are here, so modify carefully not providing already existing
shortcuts)
5. Save plugin.xml and start Eclipse. Under

Window-->Preferences-->Workbench-->Editors-->Key bindings you can select

your new accelerator configuration

More than one Plugin directory?

Look here too
Don't play with the -plugins flag or attempt to adjust the configuration
file directly its dangerous. Just create your own extension (not the
same as an extension point extension).

The "How to write an Eclipse installer" part of the eclipse help under
the Platform Plugin Developer guide details it a bit more but basically
what you need to do is create a links directory in your eclipse
directory where the platform resides (same dir as eclipse.exe)

d:\eclipse\eclipse.exe
d:\eclipse\links

Then put your plugins/features into a separate eclipse directory like
d:\mytools\eclipse\plugins
d:\mytools\eclipse\features

In the links directory create a file
d:\eclipse\links\mytools.link
contents of mytools.link:
path=d:/mytools

When you start eclipse it should pick up the new path. It does work as the WSAD EA uses this mechanism to load its features.

How to use Jikes as compiler in Eclipse?

Eclipse internally uses its own compiler not javac.exe.

I think the simplest solution is to create an ant build file and set either
the compiler attribute for the javac task or set the build.compiler property
to 'jikes'. After it (assuming you use a recent Eclipse 3.0 milestone)
disable the internal Java Builder in Project Properties-->Builders and
create an Ant build here. You can set when this builder need to run (full
builds, incremental builds, auto builds) and you can set a relevant working
set of resources.

More information for the ant javac task and jikes additional options can be
found in the ant manual.

HTH,
Regards,
Csaba

Last Modified 11/27/06 4:34 PM

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