How to filter property pages according to the project nature
Often, you need to hide property pages if a project doesn’t have a specific nature. Here’s how you can do that: <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.propertyPages"> <page adaptable="false"...
View ArticleEditors: How to open an EClassifier in the ECore editor and selecting it
I am currently working on an ECore Type Lookup Dialog that lets you look up EClassifiers in the same fashion we know from the JDT Type Lookup Dialog and the PDE Artifact Lookup Dialog. Creating the...
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Using Safari to view the Eclipse Help System (when Safari is not your system...
I belong to the minority of people who love the Opera Browser. You’ve got to try it, it has got all sorts of nice features – e.g. you can easily create keyword-driven search shortcuts or browse the web...
View ArticleUsing Teneo and EMF to store your data
Most of you know that I am working as a committer for various Eclipse-related projects (such as Xtext, Xpand and the Modeling Workflow Engine). You might not know, however, that I also work as a...
View ArticleUsing Teneo, EMF and Hibernate to update and query your data
Last week I showed you how to use Teneo, EMF and Hibernate to store your data in a database. This week, we’re going to have a look at how to update the data, add more records and how to query the...
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How Twitter solved my P2 problems during my lunch break
Today, I wanted to migrate from Eclipse 3.5M5 to Eclipse 3.6M6 (I know, it’s a bit late for that already – but then, I had been busy with #eclipsecon and preparing the Stupid Modeling Talk during the...
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Getting started with WikiText
Documentation is the bane of all developers. Nobody likes to write documentation, but most people know we need it. Even more so in Open Source projects. If you don’t have a decent documentation, it...
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Advanced WikiText
In my recent posting, I showed you how to use Mylyn WikiText to easily create documentation for your project. In this installment, we’re going to look at four things: How to create PDFs How to automate...
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Following Eclipse Milestones
With the Galileo Release coming up, you might find yourself having a hard time updating to the latest milestones AND keeping your favorite plug-ins up-to-date. Did you know that you can migrate your...
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