Re: Tabs in eclipse
J.Pietschmann wrote: Peter B. West wrote: The problem is that there are different editors. The Java editor is OK, but when you start editing xml files, for example, you get a different editor - the Text Editor, I think. And that beast seems immune to instruction about tabs. Ah, yes. Text is text -- no indentations. You should get an XML plugin for XML editing. Last time I looked at xmen it still sucked (no tag autocompletion, and blocking autocompletion for the whole Eclipse), there seems to be some improvement however. I like XMLBuddy (http://www.xmlbuddy.com/). It's much better than X-Men -- or at least it was when I last compared them, which was a few months ago. Unfortunately, it's free but not open-source, and it's been a long while since a new version came out. And furthermore, it doesn't substitute spaces for tabs, as far as I can tell. Even so, I've been really pleased with it. It has lots of "killer features" that I haven't seen in many other places, such as autogenerating a DTD for XML files in which one is not specified and offering autocompletion based on that. For the specific case of Ant scripts, Eclipse (2.1?) includes a fairly nice editor that has autocompletion and documentation for all the Ant tasks. I believe it's configured by default. However, since in previous versions of Eclipse I had previously configured all my XML files to use the text editor, it didn't show up for me until I explicitly set it to do so. Anyway, back to lurking :) - Eric - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tabs in eclipse
Peter B. West wrote: The problem is that there are different editors. The Java editor is OK, but when you start editing xml files, for example, you get a different editor - the Text Editor, I think. And that beast seems immune to instruction about tabs. Ah, yes. Text is text -- no indentations. You should get an XML plugin for XML editing. Last time I looked at xmen it still sucked (no tag autocompletion, and blocking autocompletion for the whole Eclipse), there seems to be some improvement however. J.Pietschmann - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tabs in eclipse
The problem is that there are different editors. The Java editor is OK, but when you start editing xml files, for example, you get a different editor - the Text Editor, I think. And that beast seems immune to instruction about tabs. Peter J.Pietschmann wrote: Peter B. West wrote: I can't see a way to coonvince the "Text Editor" or "Default Editor" to use spaces instead of tabs when editing build.xml, for example. I resort in the end to emacs. Has anyone else worked around this problem? No problem. See the remarks in FOPIDESetupGuide (or similar) in the Apache Wiki, I hope I wrote down all important settings to consider (except CheckStyle, pending installation). -- Peter B. West http://www.powerup.com.au/~pbwest/resume.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tabs in eclipse
Peter B. West wrote: I can't see a way to coonvince the "Text Editor" or "Default Editor" to use spaces instead of tabs when editing build.xml, for example. I resort in the end to emacs. Has anyone else worked around this problem? No problem. See the remarks in FOPIDESetupGuide (or similar) in the Apache Wiki, I hope I wrote down all important settings to consider (except CheckStyle, pending installation). J.Pietschmann - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tabs in eclipse
Thank you both, but I have no problems with emacs as an editor. It's just that the built-in editor is more tightly integrated, which is especially useful for small edits on existing files. Peter Glen Mazza wrote: I've been a J-Edit (www.jedit.org) addict for over a year now (although I doubt it's as good as Eclipse), from a J-Edit text buffer: right-click, choose "Soft (emulated with spaces) Tab" option. But I doubt this issue warrants switching editors... Glen --- Venkata Rao Nadella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Peter, There is a text editor called TextPad. It might help you. -- Peter B. West http://www.powerup.com.au/~pbwest/resume.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Tabs in eclipse
I've been a J-Edit (www.jedit.org) addict for over a year now (although I doubt it's as good as Eclipse), from a J-Edit text buffer: right-click, choose "Soft (emulated with spaces) Tab" option. But I doubt this issue warrants switching editors... Glen --- Venkata Rao Nadella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > There is a text editor called TextPad. It might help > you. > > Venkat > > -Original Message- > From: Peter B. West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:31 AM > To: fop-dev > Subject: Tabs in eclipse > > > Fopsters, > > I can't see a way to coonvince the "Text Editor" or > "Default Editor" to > use spaces instead of tabs when editing build.xml, > for example. I > resort in the end to emacs. Has anyone else worked > around this problem? > > Peter > -- > Peter B. West > http://www.powerup.com.au/~pbwest/resume.html > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Tabs in eclipse
Hi Peter, There is a text editor called TextPad. It might help you. Venkat -Original Message- From: Peter B. West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:31 AM To: fop-dev Subject: Tabs in eclipse Fopsters, I can't see a way to coonvince the "Text Editor" or "Default Editor" to use spaces instead of tabs when editing build.xml, for example. I resort in the end to emacs. Has anyone else worked around this problem? Peter -- Peter B. West http://www.powerup.com.au/~pbwest/resume.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
