[seek-dev] RE: Eclipse 3.0, an option for general GUI access to SEEK CVS

[Steve Tekell]

well I just realized something.

Maybe there's a solution to this, but Eclipse ignores file associations for
external editors in the CVS Repository view, so previewing non text files
(powerpoint, for example) directly from the repository isn't possible.  So
even with the added browsing capabilities, you're still stuck downloading a
module like you would using Tortoise.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Tekell [mailto:stekell at lternet.edu] 
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 3:26 PM
> To: 'seek-dev at ecoinformatics.org'
> Subject: Eclipse 3.0, an option for general GUI access to SEEK CVS
> 
> 
> FYI
> 
> Eclipse 3.0 (http://www.eclipse.org/) was recently released.  
> I upgraded this week.  It's definitely a big step forward, no 
> doubt that any Eclipse 2.1 users should eventually migrate.  
> Some features I missed from other IDEs are finally there - 
> library sets, code folding, workspace switching, regex search 
> and replace, and more.  It still lacks any of the J2EE 
> support found in most other Java IDEs (even Netbeans supports 
> webapp projects and JSP debugging).  Although, I have found 
> the MyEclipse plugin (http://www.myeclipseide.com) to fill in 
> most of the gap pretty well for $30 (far far better than the 
> free Lomboz BTW).
> 
> One thing of particular relevance to SEEK is that Eclipse now 
> supports SSH2 for CVS (using the connection type "extssh").  
> Although, there was a plugin for 2.1, it was a separate 
> install and used the connection type name of "extssh2" which 
> conflicted with Tortoise and other tools, so I have been 
> waiting on 3.0 to recommend it to others.  I actually think 
> Eclipse 3 should be considered by non-programmers who want 
> GUI access to SEEK CVS (and don't have an app they like).  
> 
> I prefer it to Tortoise for several reasons.  You can browse 
> the latest CVS without getting files, including different 
> branches and versions.  So no need to spend a day downloading 
> just to get one file and no driving blind since you can see 
> the whole tree.  Also, it's a single pane tree view which I 
> prefer to windows dual pane view.  You can view text files 
> (txt, html, xml, java, etc) without exiting off to a separate 
> application.  You can perform a batch operation without 
> having to specify your password for every file.  All the 
> tools for diffs, synchronization, histories, annotations, are 
> all integrated.  Eclipse 3 also provides some handy tricks 
> like commit sets.
> 
> There are some drawbacks.  The download is fairly large - 
> 87Meg.  (Share it on a LAN if you can).  Eclipse perspectives 
> and some other GUI features can be confusing.  File 
> associations have to be configured in Eclipse to open files 
> in the proper external editors (Powerpoint for example).  The 
> more you work with external editors the less advantageous it is.
> 
> On the other hand, installation is just an unzip and I was 
> able to access SEEK CVS without any configuration changes for 
> SSH2, just fill in the blanks in the wizard for a new CVS repository.
> 
> 
> 
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