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Our friendly FAQ may be just what you need - http\://wiki.eclipse.org/WTP_Tomcat_FAQ vmargs=Problems starting Eclipse? See http\://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ\#How_do_I_start_Eclipse.3F copyplugins=You can copy plugins between eclipse installations with p2\: http\://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ\#How_do_i_copy_plugins_between_eclipse_installations_with_p2.3F gmf=Check out the Graphical Modeling Framework - http\://www.eclipse.org/modeling/gmf/ recover-workspace=Did you just experience a crash and Eclipse is now refusing to start? Are you seeing strange things in your logs with ObjectNotFoundExceptions complaining about missing tree elements? See http\://letsgetdugg.com/view/Recovering_a_corrupt_Eclipse_workspace and ~151075 newsgroups=Try asking for help on the newsgroups - http\://www.eclipse.org/newsgroups/ jdt-icons=Wondering what JDT's icons mean? See http\://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/radhelp/v6r0m1/index.jsp?topic\=/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/reference/ref-156.htm p2=p2 is the name of the new provisioning platform from the Equinox team that replaced the Update Manager starting from Eclipse 3.4 and up. Take a look at the wiki page for more details - http\://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2 - Or try this dW article - http\://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-equinox-p2/index.html hi=Welcome\! If you have a question, just ask, or take a look at our FAQ - http\://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ \:) Try typing ~faq to see more FAQs\! If you have errors or logs to show, see ~pastebin. If you have screenshots to share, see ~imagebin. If you need to describe your problem, please provide some ~info about your setup. Please be patient when waiting for a response. 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You probably contextual launchin set - http\://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ\#Why_is_Eclipse_launching_the_current_file_I_have_open_instead_of_whatever_I_last_launched.3F tm=Check out Eclipse's Target Management project - http\://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm/ findclass=Looking for a particular class in the Eclipse APIs? http\://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_find_a_particular_class_from_an_Eclipse_plug-in%3F emf=Check out the Eclipse Modeling Framework project - http\://www.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/ snippets=SWT Snippets - http\://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets/ - JFace Snippets - http\://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/JFaceSnippets deadlock=In a deadlock? http\://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/How_to_report_a_deadlock xpcom=Are you seeing "org.eclipse.swt.SWTError\: XPCOM error -2147467262" in your workspace's log file after a crash? Upgrade to Firefox 3.0 final (or its appropriate counterpart such as XULRunner 1.9). See here for more information - https\://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id\=213194 jre=Please check what your Java runtime environment is and get back to us - http\://wiki.eclipse.org/Graphical_Eclipse_FAQs\#How_do_I_find_out_which_Java_runtime_environment_is_being_used_to_run_my_Eclipse.3F svn=For Subversion support, try Subclipse (http\://subclipse.tigris.org/) or Subversive (http\://www.eclipse.org/subversive/). Don't ask us which is better. Some of us use Subclipse, some of us use Subversive. ee-service=Confused about Eclipse's extension registry and OSGi services? See this article written by IRC resident njbartlett - http\://neilbartlett.name/downloads/extensions_vs_services.pdf dump=In a deadlock? http\://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/How_to_report_a_deadlock libmozjs=http\://www.robertsmall.org/2008/06/26/fix-for-eclipse-sdk-3x-libmozjs-bug/ equinoxlog=If the workspace log file does not exist (/.metadata/.log) then there might be a log file in your Eclipse installation directory under the "configuration" directory. Look for a file called .log. clean=Please try restarting Eclipse with the '-clean' argument. http\://wiki.eclipse.org/Graphical_Eclipse_FAQs\#I_have_just_installed_a_plug-in_but_I_do_not_see_any_indication_of_it_in_my_workspace._What_do_I_do.3F cmd=Check out the list of available messages and commands I provide - http\://ecf.eclipse.org/~rcjsuen/messages.html - http\://ecf.eclipse.org/~rcjsuen/commands.html content-type=How do I open my own file types in the WTP/PDT editors? http\://wiki.eclipse.org/WTP_FAQ\#How_do_I_use_my_own_filename_extensions_in_the_XML_editor.3F_It_only_works_correctly_if_a_file_ends_with_.xml. updates=Never used Update Manager? - http\://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ\#Where_can_I_get_project_XYZ.3F - http\://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ\#What_is_the_Update_Manager.3F cdt-faq=Looking for all of the answers related to CDT, or just most of them? Check out the mighty CDT-FAQ (http\://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/CDT/User/FAQ). sdk-dl=Looking for different versions (including past and developmental releases) and/or platforms for the Eclipse SDK or any of the base Eclipse bundles? See http\://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/ java-gui=Looking for a Java GUI designer plug-in for Eclipse? Go take a look at the *free* Visual Editor (http\://wiki.eclipse.org/VE), Visual Swing for Eclipse (http\://code.google.com/p/visualswing4eclipse/), Instantiations' *commercial* WindowBuilder (http\://www.instantiations.com/windowbuilderpro/), and/or Jigloo (http\://www.cloudgarden.com/jigloo/) , which is *free for non-commercial use*. lock=Trying to start Eclipse and it's telling giving your a "workspace in use" error? Try these suggestions - http\://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ\#My_Eclipse_just_crashed.2C_when_I_try_to_restart_it.2C_it_says_.22workspace_in_use.22.2C_what_should_I_do.3F ask=If you have a question, just ask, don't ask if you can ask a question. Skip the "meta-questions" like asking whether anyone uses X also as a precursor to check whether anyone can help you with a problem you have with X. Just ask the real question you have about X. origin=I am named after an android, KOS-MOS, from a PlayStation 2 game series called 'Xenosaga'. You can read about me on Wikipedia, but there are game spoilers. ;) http\://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOS-MOS update-manager=Never used Update Manager? - http\://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ\#Where_can_I_get_project_XYZ.3F - http\://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ\#What_is_the_Update_Manager.3F sdk-downloads=Looking for different versions and/or platforms for the Eclipse SDK or any of the base Eclipse bundles? See http\://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/ image=Please upload your screenshots online and then paste the link back to the channel - http\://imagebin.org/index.php?page\=add - http\://www.freeimagehosting.net/ - http\://imagebin.ca/upload.php - http\://imageshack.us/ swt-faq=Please take a look at SWT's FAQ page - http\://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php bpmn=the SOA Tools BPMN component is a graphical BPMN modeler based on GMF and EMF. You can check it out on its website\: http\://www.eclipse.org/stp/bpmn and ask questions on the STP newsgroup or on IRC\: \#eclipse-stp at irc.freenode.net plugins=Look for plug-ins at the Eclipse Plug-in Central (http\://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/) and EclipsePlugins (http\://eclipse-plugins.info) archives=Looking for an older version of Eclipse? - http\://archive.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/ news=Try asking for help on the newsgroups - http\://www.eclipse.org/newsgroups/ javadoc=The Eclipse Platform APIs are at - http\://help.eclipse.org/stable/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/index.html forms=Want to learn how to use Eclipse Forms? Take a look at these two articles - http\://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Forms/article.html - http\://www.eclipse.org/articles/article.php?file\=Article-Forms33/index.html wtp=Check out Eclipse's Web Tools Platform - http\://www.eclipse.org/webtools/ hwk=Have some random .class files and can't get your project to compile? Homework due tomorrow? Try reading this - http\://blog.hantsuki.org/2008/10/03/help-i-cant-use-eclipse-to-do-my-homework/ newsgroup=Try asking for help on the newsgroups - http\://www.eclipse.org/newsgroups/ viewvc=Looking for a web interface to the source code released by Eclipse projects? http\://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/ circular-debug=You might want to try circular debugging by attaching a debugger to Eclipse itself - http\://borisoneclipse.blogspot.com/2007/01/circular-debugging.html consolelog=Writing an Eclipse-based application and can't find anything useful in your console and/or getting "Unhandled event loop exceptions"? Add -consoleLog as a 'Program Argument' to your launch configuration. See http\://wiki.eclipse.org/Graphical_Eclipse_FAQs\#I_get_an_unhandled_event_loop_exception_in_my_console._What_gives.3F source=My source code can be found at \:pserver\:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org\:/cvsroot/technology under the org.eclipse.ecf/applications/kosmos/plugins/org.eclipse.ecf.presence.bot.kosmos module. launcher=To learn more about the Eclipse launcher / binary, see - http\://www.eclipse.org/swt/launcher.html - http\://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_Launcher - http\://help.eclipse.org/stable/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/launcher.html - http\://help.eclipse.org/stable/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tasks/running_eclipse.htm linux-install=Trying to install Eclipse on Linux? http\://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ\#How_do_I_install_Eclipse_on_Linux.3F showlocation=Ever get confused and wondered what workspace you are using? Well, wonder no more, for -showlocation is here to help\! Add -showlocation to the first line of your eclipse.ini file (consequently shifting everything down one line), and you can now see the workspace's name in the title bar. debug-command=Need to find out what the command line invocation was for a process launched by Eclipse? See here - http\://wiki.eclipse.org/Graphical_Eclipse_FAQs\#How_do_I_check_for_the_command_line_invocation_that_Eclipse_used_to_launch_an_application.3F compare=Wondering what the difference between all those Eclipse packages are or wondering what's included in them? See here - http\://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/compare-packages uithread=Getting "Invalid thread access" errors? See here - http\://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php\#uithread permgen=Having permgen problems? Please see http\://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ\#I.27m_having_memory.2C_heap.2C_or_permgen_problems.2C_what_can_I_do.3F and http\://eclipsenuggets.blogspot.com/2007/10/does-your-eclipse-3.html distro-p2=Did someone just say "This installation has not been configured properly for Software Updates."? That sounds like a problem with your Eclipse installation that you got from your Linux distribution. Download Eclipse from eclipse.org instead - http\://www.eclipse.org/downloads - And yes, it's a binary, no compiling ought to be necessary. stp=SOA Tools Project, hosted at http\://www.eclipse.org/STP gtk-editor-hang=Is your editor hanging on Linux/gtk+? See here, it might help - http\://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ\#Why_does_Eclipse_hang_for_an_extended_period_of_time_after_opening_an_editor_in_Linux.2Fgtk.2B.3F pastebin=Please paste the relevant information onto a pastebin. 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