Yes, I've seen that and others. Even NetBeans cannot help me with taglib completion when working against my local cvs repository (jakarta-struts). Since the tlds are generated by the build, I only get standard jsp code completion. But heck, I'm not complaining. I was using Textpad for the longest time and let me tell you.....Mark G. is right, you get to know the APIs quickly.
James Mitchell Software Engineer/Struts Evangelist http://www.open-tools.org "If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?" - Seymour Cray (1925-1996), father of supercomputing > -----Original Message----- > From: David Graham [mailto:dgraham1980@;hotmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 1:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Replacing Action.* with Globals.******** README ********* > > > There are plugins that attempt this feature but they are > currently not very > good. Find the SolarEclipse project on sourceforge for one of these. > > Dave > > > > > > > >From: "James Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: Replacing Action.* with Globals.******** README ********* > >Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 01:05:37 -0500 > > > >Yes, I miss those features very much. > > > >Although, since I upgraded my laptop to 1/2 a Gig of memory, now > I can run > >them both (or at least I can run two whole instances of Netscape 6.0 ;) > > > > > > > >James Mitchell > >Software Engineer/Struts Evangelist > >http://www.open-tools.org > > > >"If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two > strong oxen > >or > >1024 chickens?" > >- Seymour Cray (1925-1996), father of supercomputing > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: David Graham [mailto:dgraham1980@;hotmail.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 12:37 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: Replacing Action.* with Globals.******** README ********* > > > > > > > > > I haven't shown Eclipse to one person who didn't like it. I'm a big > >fan, > > > but before the IDE wars start again, let me say that it doesn't do jsp > > > highlighting or jsp code completion out of the box. I understand > > > NetBeans > > > does and that's a plus. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "James Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Subject: RE: Replacing Action.* with Globals.******** README > ********* > > > >Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 20:21:26 -0500 > > > > > > > >I must admit. Since the hoopla a few weeks ago about > Eclipse this and > > > >Eclipse that......I decided to download it and try it > > > out......WOW!!!!!!! > > > >I > > > >was a big NetBeans advocate, but now I'm hooked on Eclipse and I > >haven't > > > >looked back since. > > > > > > > >Can you believe how it resolves the import statements? Hell, > > > you can just > > > >delete them all, then select 'Organize Imports' and it will rip > > > through the > > > >classpath and group and fix all imports to what they should have > > > >been........come on.....you gotta love that. > > > > > > > >My personal favorite....Hierarchy view, just F4 on a class, > package, or > > > >source folder and you get an instant overview (inheritance hieratical > > > >treeview) from java.lang.Object to lowest subclass.....who needs > > > a diagram > > > >when you've got this? > > > > > > > > > > > >James Mitchell > > > >Software Engineer/Struts Evangelist > > > >http://www.open-tools.org > > > > > > > >"If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two > > > strong oxen > > > >or > > > >1024 chickens?" > > > >- Seymour Cray (1925-1996), father of supercomputing > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: David Graham [mailto:dgraham1980@;hotmail.com] > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 6:43 PM > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: RE: Replacing Action.* with Globals.******** README > >********* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > +1 on separating formatting from code changes. In my > > > defense, several > > > >of > > > > > the files had import javax.servlet.* which violates the current > >import > > > > > practice (a practice I disagree with but follow nonetheless). > > > > > Also, some of > > > > > the imports were no longer needed and Eclipse removed them. The > > > > > tiles code > > > > > in particular did not follow the java standard coding > guidelines so > >I > > > > > formatted those as well. > > > > > > > > > > I apologize for the inconvenience; from now on, I'll commit > > > appropriate > > > > > formatting changes separately. > > > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "James Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >Reply-To: "Struts Developers List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >Subject: RE: Replacing Action.* with Globals.******** README > > > ********* > > > > > >Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:06:22 -0500 > > > > > > > > > > > >Since we are all bashing David (LOL...just kidding), may > I make one > > > >more > > > > > >suggestion. > > > > > > > > > > > >Can we all agree to separate code changes with format changes? > > > > > > > > > > > >I usually check every commit to see if it impacts something > > > I might be > > > > > >working on (bug fix or personal dev) and as I was browsing > > > my mail this > > > > > >morning, I found that reading through a couple of "recent > > > > > commits " <wink/> > > > > > >was giving me a migraine. Finding the actual code changes was > > > > > impossible. > > > > > > > > > > > >In fact, we probably should not be using our IDE's > > > 'reformat' features > > > > > >unless the current page formatting is complete crap. If we each > > > >reformat > > > > > >every time we open and change a file. We will see battles > > > > > emerging between > > > > > >JBuilder, NetBeans, Eclipse, and others. > > > > > > > > > > > >If that sounds feasible, I would also recommend to those > of us just > > > >using > > > > > >text editors to turn off the 'trim trailing spaces' when > > > saving. This > > > > > >causes just as much of a headache. > > > > > > > > > > > >Your thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >James Mitchell > > > > > >Software Engineer/Struts Evangelist > > > > > >http://www.open-tools.org > > > > > > > > > > > >"If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two > > > > > strong oxen > > > > > >or > > > > > >1024 chickens?" > > > > > >- Seymour Cray (1925-1996), father of supercomputing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: David Graham [mailto:dgraham1980@;hotmail.com] > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:10 PM > > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Subject: RE: Replacing Action.* with Globals.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You are right. I didn't wait long enough because I was making > > > > > > > other changes > > > > > > > and didn't want to get confused about which ones to commit. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Martin Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > >Reply-To: "Struts Developers List" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > >To: "'Struts Developers List'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > >Subject: RE: Replacing Action.* with Globals.* > > > > > > > >Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 08:49:49 -0800 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > > From: David Graham [mailto:dgraham1980@;hotmail.com] > > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 8:30 AM > > > > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: Replacing Action.* with Globals.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I committed the updates last night because I didn't hear > > > > > > > > > anyone complain. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I don't have a problem with the changes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I would like to point out, however, that you only waited 3 > >hours > > > >for > > > > > > > >feedback. Not all of us are in the same country, let > > > alone the same > > > > > >time > > > > > > > >zone. Cedric, for example, had no hope of responding in > > > > > time, unless he > > > > > > > >happened to be reading Struts mail at around 3am his time (my > > > > > >estimate). > > > > > > > >Even those of us in an appropriate time zone are not all > > > constantly > > > > > > > >checking > > > > > > > >mail to struts-dev. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Given your statement that you "would hate to do this and > > > > > have to back > > > > > >out > > > > > > > >the changes" (which I understand :), I would suggest that you > > > > > > > might want to > > > > > > > >allow more time for people to respond before going ahead with > > > > > > > changes like > > > > > > > >this. Otherwise, you do leave yourself open to having to > > > back out > > > >the > > > > > > > >changes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > > > > >Martin Cooper > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Eddie Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > >Reply-To: "Struts Developers List" > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > >To: Struts Developers List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > >Subject: Re: Replacing Action.* with Globals.* > > > > > > > > > >Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 09:41:04 -0600 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Well, we're headed toward using Globals instead of Action > > > > > > > > > for this purpose, > > > > > > > > > >so I'd think it would be highly desirable for > the internal > > > > > > > > > code to use > > > > > > > > > >those constants located in Globals. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >... The Action constants can't go away yet (at least I > > > > > > > > > believe that's the > > > > > > > > > >decision that was arrived at), but I can't see where > > > > > > > > > changing internal code > > > > > > > > > >to use Global references over Action references > > > would be a bad > > > > > >thing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >David Graham wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>Is it ok to replace the Action constant references with > > > > > > > > > Globals constant > > > > > > > > > >>references in the Struts code? 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