Category Archives: Papercut

Series about simplifying Eclipse tasks.

Eclipse Papercut #15 – Simplified access to the structured selection of Viewer

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Lars Vogel

Eclipse Mars will make access to the structured selection of a StructuredViewer easier. So instead of: ISelection selection = combo.getSelection(); IStructuredSelection sel = (IStructuredSelection) selection; You can write IStructuredSelection sel = combo.getStructuredSelection(); Not a big one, but one of the … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Papercut #14 Reduce delay in code completion

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Lars Vogel

This is a fast preference settings tip. As you may know Eclipse triggers code completion for methods, fields and more. For example if you type the name of an object and a “.”, Eclipse offers via code completion the fitting … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Papercut #13 – Improved test template for JUnit 4

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Lars Vogel

For Eclipse 4.3 we fixed the JUnit 4 test templates. See Bug report for details. In Eclipse 4.3 you can type “test” followed by CTRL+Space and select the first template proposal to get a JUnit test method generated. Good times … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Papercut #12 Showing all templates in code completion

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Lars Vogel

I just returned from the JAX conference where I had the pleasure to join a panel discussion about Eclipse. I argued in that panel that the community (including me) need to contribute more to make things easier in Eclipse. This … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Papercut #10 – Eclipse on Ubuntu: Fixing the black background color in hover

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Lars Vogel

If you are using Eclipse on Ubuntu, the default color schema of Ubuntu uses white foreground on a black background for the tooltip colors. These colors are used by the Javadoc view and Declaration view and also for the tooltip … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Papercut #9 – Default preference settings via plugin_customization.ini – Type Filter Example

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Lars Vogel

Dani Megert gave me in the Eclipse forum the tip how setup default values preferences, in this example for for JDT type filters. The solution is relatively easy. Create in your Eclipse installation directory a file called “plug_customization.ini” and add … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Papercut #8 – Filtered PackageExplorer by project name

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Lars Vogel

I recently learned from Ian Bull about Feature Patch Projects which allow you to patch existing features. This allowed me to replace my self-written clone of the package explorer with a modified one based on the JDT implementation. The benefit … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Papercut #7 – Adding the PDE Plugin creation wizard to the Eclipse toolbar

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Lars Vogel

Its been a while since I wrote my last Eclipse papercut blog entry. Today I demonstrate how to add the PDE wizard for creating new plugins to the Eclipse toolbar. I personally create plugin projects on a regular basis therefore … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Papercut #6 – Modifying Mylyn Context

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Lars Vogel

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Eclipse Papercut #5 – Getting external libraries as bundles

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Lars Vogel

Explains why Eclipse Plugins are improving the definition of the external API and how to get prepared Eclipse plugins via the Springsource bundle repository. Continue reading →

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