On 16/08/2010 2:33 PM, TBlack wrote:
Hi again.
Sorry for disappearing, but real life got quite in the way, through packing for an unplanned move which is not yet complete; somewhat disrupting.
Sorry for not replying earlier. :-)
Moreover, I decided to work on making the plug-in builds automatic - it's a simple plug-in, and it's easy to export the plug-in as an Update Site as-is, but in the past I had a difficult time tracking releases and bugs with such deployment style (obviously). So I delved into Eclipse Buckminster, and it took quite a few days to have a working Buckminster build coming from a local Hudson server.
Anyway, this means that an update site is now available, at:
The above URL is for installing the plugin in Eclipse. However, you should also have a web site documenting the plugin. If such a site were available, the cal10n site would gladly link to it.
This should contain, as the name highlights, the latest code available, mostly for testing purposes. I plan to have another update site for released (stable) builds, as soon as ECal10n is feature-complete.
Having a web-site for a product helps greatly in increasing its adoption. I'd spend a little time putting together a web-site.
I've also started documenting the plug-in; I'm attaching a PDF which describes how it works, with the help of a couple of screenshots. One thing missing from the PDF is the fact that, in order to have quick fixes available inside property files (that is, Ctrl+1 while on a property name, in case of missing-item-in-enum), you have to explicitly open the property file with the ECal10n Property Editor (right click on the file in the package explorer, Open with -> ECal10n Property Editor). I decided not to make it the default editor for property files, at least for now.
Is the source code for ecal10n available somewhere?
Last note: unfortunately, right now the plug-in requires Eclipse 3.6 (Helios) and Java 6. Judging from the features used, it should be possible to make it backward-compatible for both (to encourage adoption and, above all, because I realize that Cal10n requires only Java 5), but I decided to focus on features for the time being.
Requiring Helios and JDK 6 is fine. I am looking forward to using this plugin in a future project. Cheers, -- Ceki