On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:02:13 GMT, Julian Waters <jwat...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Eclipse is a popular and very well-known IDE in the world of Java >> development, utilized widely in many contexts, by beginners and experienced >> teams alike. Although a relatively lightweight IDE, it features surprisingly >> powerful indexing and code analysis capabilities, as well as useful tools, >> among which are make integration. While the tools it provides are not always >> as sophisticated as other IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA will likely come to mind as >> one such competitor), the simplicity of using it, as well as the reliability >> of this rugged IDE makes up greatly for the slightly less advanced tooling. >> Eclipse requires very little starting infrastructure in the workspace for >> all these features and indexing support as well, which makes it a good >> candidate for developing on the JDK. >> >> This enhancement adds 4 extra targets to the make system for generating a >> basic Eclipse Workspace that provides almost full indexing support for the >> JDK, with varying levels as desired, from a minimalistic option only >> including the Java Virtual Machine's source code, to generating a workspace >> with both Java and C/C++ natures included, which allows for using Eclipse's >> unique ability to quickly swap between Java and C/C++ mode to work on both >> native and Java sources at the same time. Cross Compiling support is >> available, and in its entirety the change touches very little of the >> existing make system, barring its own Makefile within the ide subdirectory. >> >> Indexing capabilities utilizing the enhancement: >> <img width="960" alt="java" >> src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/32636402/197784819-67ec7de4-7e27-4f33-b738-59b75a9e4403.PNG"> >> <img width="787" alt="escape" >> src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/32636402/197784843-df8621a8-7b0a-42da-86f4-3afb92de0f71.PNG"> > > Julian Waters has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > Indents Alright, that should be all of them ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10853