Category Archives: Eclipse

Taking p2′s mirroring and file distribution capabilities to the next level…

“Taking it to the next level” is a phrase we often used amongst the Extreme Blue teams and staff at the IBM Ottawa Software Lab in 2007 and I think it is quite fitting for this post. Whenever we didn’t … Continue reading

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Oh right, I’m going to ESE 2008…

I don’t know who would ever want to talk to me but I’m Chinese, about 5’8″, and I wear glasses. Since that probably doesn’t help since we know all Asians wear glasses, you will probably find me manning the Versant … Continue reading

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Help, I can’t use Eclipse to do my homework…

Every once in a while, someone will come on IRC asking for help setting up his or her project for some homework assignment. Paul and I usually have our hands full here (not that they’re never not full) because the … Continue reading

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Customizing that Eclipse toolbar…

Did you ever wish your toolbar looked like this? Or maybe you’ve always wanted an Eclipse lite or something? Please voice your opinion on the issue on bug 64746. While the bug is about forcing the presence of both text … Continue reading

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Eclipse just crashed so I’m going to file a bug now…

Actually, wait a second there, cowboy (or cowgirl). Before you file a bug, let’s take a look see at those logs of yours. You can find it as a workspace/.metadata/.log log file or as an hs_err_pid log file somewhere (possibly … Continue reading

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Checklist for contributing to PDT…

So after having read Dave’s post, I did what any other student would do on a Friday night. That being, ignoring one’s homework to look at Eclipse bugs. After a bit of digging through the deep bug-filled labyrinths of Denis … Continue reading

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Debugging C# applications on Linux…

Now you might be thinking that I’ve filed this under the wrong category but I actually really am here to talk about debugging C# applications on Linux (and on Eclipse, no less). Maybe Microsoft (or Novell?) will provide some .NET … Continue reading

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My stay at EclipseCon 2008…

So after my brief trip in Seattle concluded, I boarded an Alaska Airlines flight down south to San Jose to head off to EclipseCon. Once I got the logistics of hotel check-ins and all done, I headed off to the … Continue reading

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I’ll be there, again…

This will be my second time going to EclipseCon and I’ll be setting new lows by staying for an even shorter amount of time than I did last year. I’ll be flying in to San Jose on Sunday afternoon and … Continue reading

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How to contribute to Eclipse projects…

The question of how one could contribute to the Eclipse community has been brought up a couple of times on IRC in the past few months. There are a variety of ways of contributing to Eclipse projects, one can help … Continue reading

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