[program-java] Re: Eclipse: Setting up Workspace...
- From: "Corbett, James" <James.Corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:05:05 -0500
Hi:
First, did you down load the Windows version of the IDE?
If so, you will need to run the application for the first time in order
to create this .settings folder and then the text file you are looking
for.
Jim
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From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Turner
Sent: October 30, 2008 21:16
To: program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [program-java] Re: Eclipse: Setting up Workspace...
Hello James,
I sincerely hope this list doesn't fade into oblivion. I am very
interested in learning Java, although I'm pretty behind in attempting to
take the steps in your tutorials.
I have many years of programming, but it's all old technology now--in
fact, it was old when I was doing it 20 years ago--mostly COBOL
mainframe applications. I'd very much like to learn a more current
technology like Java.
After downloading the Eclipse zip files from eclipse.org and extracting
them to My Documents, instead of C:, I don't find a file named
org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs in the y
Documents\Eclipse\Configuration\.settings\
folder. What I have in there are 2 files called
org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository.prefs and
org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.repository.prefs, neither of which have
the entry for "SHOW_WORKSPACE_SELECTION_DIALOG=false" for me to change
to true.
Any ideas for what I've done wrong?
Thanks,
Jeffrey Turner in Boston
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[mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Corbett, James
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:19 AM
To: Program-J (E-mail)
Subject: [program-java] Eclipse: Setting up Workspace...
I'm going to attempt a small tutorial approach for getting blind
programmers up to speed on Eclipse and then ultimately Java.... This is
the first time that I've attempted such but I do have lots of teaching
behind me, so bare with it and me.
Eclipse IDE's Workspace.
Essentially you can place all of your projects into a neat self
contained working area known as the Work Space. Essentially what you
have is a folder structure such as C:\Work Space....
With in the WS will be many projects but for this example we will use a
single project called "Vehicle....
So structurally it would be C:\Work Space\Vehicle\ and so on.
Now we need to be able to set up the ws in the first place:
If your Eclipse is at the root of C:; open the file at
c:\Eclipse\Configuration\.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs
If you right click the file and select the option Open With.... locate
Notepad and check the control that asks if you want to open this file
next time with Notepad....
Essentially what you have opened is a text file....
Locate the entry "SHOW_WORKSPACE_SELECTION_DIALOG=false", change the
false to true and resave the file.
Next reopen the Eclipse editor. Note you will be prompted to select a
Work Space... You can either brows for the Ws or manually enter it...
Do not select the option to use the Work Space as the default for all
projects. Select OK and there you have your first Work Space.
Jim
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