>> Is there something tangible that makes you despise it? > >Spike: It's so bad that (and I mean this literally) the *only* positive >thing I can say is that CFEclipse is really cool. Every time a >new version >of the plugin is released, I reinstall Eclipse just to see >what neat little >ideas have been added.
hehe It's nice to be the only bright light in an otherwise dark and dismal product :) > >Stuff that I use every day in Dreamweaver that I can't find or use in >Eclipse: > >- Icons for save/load/undo/redo... I don't do keyboard shortcuts. I thought these were in there already, but on closer inspection, you're right. I'll bear that in mind >- Find/replace limited to a selection Yep, agreed. >- A two-mouse-click GET and PUT process Not sure what you mean by GET and PUT. Are you talking about FTP? >- Line-wrap Yep, definitely missing >- Create an empty edit window without generating a new file Oh yeah, I'd love to see this as native functionality. For now, we're planning a compromise of some kind. More info when I've got round to trying to implement it and see what's actually feasible. >- It's a minor thing, but I prefer DW's single close button >for all tabs It should be possible to add that. The keyboard shortcut for it is ctrl+shift+w > >Then there's the general feel of the thing. As much as I have always >disliked The Macromedia Interface, the Adobe lawsuit seems to >have corrected >some of their greatest problems. Eclipse, meanwhile, feels like every >horrible little Java applet I've ever touched, minus the speed >issues. In >that sense, Eclipse is to Dreamweaver what Opera is to Firefox >or IE... an >absurd interface wrapped around a so-so implementation of core >features and >a bunch of extraneous add-ons that I'll never use. > >Not that I'm madly in love with DW... my little piece of >mindshare is there >for the taking. But Eclipse won't be the tool that does it. > Not sure if we can to a whole lot about most of the above other than create a standalone install like He3 that cuts down on the extraneous stuff that is installed. We have considered that as an option given that there are a fairly standard set of plugins that most people want to see such as DB connectivity, xml editing, JS editing, CSS editing. All good feedback in any case. Thanks Spike ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
