These are both very good points. There are a few definitions in Eclipse that you have to come to grips with first. Once you understand them, you might still think it's kind of bizarre (I do), but understanding these will at least get you over the first couple of hurdles.
Plug-ins are pretty easy to install (even if they can be troublesome to get working). However, as Lewis notes, you have to understand the basic Eclipse directory structure to install many of the plug-ins. Some of the plug-ins actually assume that you've installed Eclipse in a directory called "eclipse". For example, assuming you have extracted Eclipse to a directory called eclipse, the path to your plug-ins directory will look something like this (on Windows): C:\eclipse\plugins\ Individual plug-ins will each have their own directory under the plug-ins directory. They are named using the tld.domain.project naming convention followed by an underscore and version number. So the 1.1.16 version of CFEclipse will be in a directory called: com.rohanclan.cfml_1.1.16 What I usually do is download the plug-in to a neutral place like my desktop. I then extract the plug-in to a sub-directory of the same name. You'll usually end up with one of three different directory structures: tld.domain.project_0.0.0\ plugins\tld.domain.project_0.0.0\ eclipse\plugins\tld.domain.project_0.0.0\ Identify which you have and then copy the files over accordingly. Meaning, if you have the first, copy the tld.domain.project_0.0.0 directory into the C:\eclipse\plugins\ directory. If you have the second, drag the plugins folder (and any others such as features or configuration), into the eclipse installation director, C:\eclipse\. If you have the latter, switch to the eclipse directory and do the same. I believe plug-ins can also be distributed in jar form (tld.domain.project_0.0.0.jar). I think you drop these files right in the plugins directory, but I'm not too sure about this. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 > -----Original Message----- > From: Lewis Sellers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 10:57 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: cfeclipse + phpeclipse? > > > > > I have installed the XML plugin - well at least I THOUGHT I had - but > > it's not available in the dialog box when you select Window>Show > > Perspective>Other. When you DO select anything out of that menu, > > nothing moves. Certainly nothing like in the video. > > "Perspectives" and the way it handes file types is rather confusing to > say the least. It's the most annoying/unintuitive part of the program > for me. > > As for the plugins, if you're doing it manually, check to be sure you're > unzipping them into the correct folders. The zips vary with what they > assume is the relative folder structure. > > > -- > --Lewis Sellers (AKA min) > Intrafoundation Software > http://www.intrafoundation.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:188151 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
