First alpha of eclipse word wrap released!
First experimental version (0.0.1) of eclipse word/line wrapping is now released to test plugin release cycle, update-site
structure and deliver almost working version of wordwrap!
The first version of word wrap is using eclipse SWT own wrap functionality that is disabled in eclipse SDK text/java editors. This plugin is basically just providing context menu option to turn this wrap on/off for active editor. It should be usable enough and I’ll encourage everyone to give it a try - it will make your life easier!
And now comes the warning!
Current alpha-version of Virtual Word Wrap does not work properly with line numbers, line highlight etc! But this error is just temporary - after turning wrap off you should have everything back to normal.
I’m definetaly working on this rendering issue and maybe eclipse StyledText wrap cannot be used at all to keep this wrap functional for line highlights etc. It would be possible but this will most probably require rewriting all affected plugins - which is too much!
Getting wordwrap-0.0.1
I’ve set up eclipse update site http://ahtik.com/eclipse-update/ that you can add as a remote update site in eclipse and just go ahead to install first alpha-version of wordwrap!
UPDATE!
Reporting errors
Add any errors you encounter as comments to this post.
Also send .log from workspace/.metadata/ directory to ahti.kitsik@gmail.com
Please do not report bugs about damaged rendering of line highlight, line numbers and other rendering-related issues.
But no harm done if you do - then I’m able to notify you when issues are fixed.
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Hi
I gave it a quick try. Installing went just fine but when i opened an editor and (un)ticked the “Virtual Word Wrap” from the context menu all i got was “The chosen operation is not currently available.” information message.
I’m using eclipse Version: 3.2.0 Build id: I20060428-1315. I tried the word wrap with the java editor and a simple text editor (actually i just opened a .java file and a .txt file :)).
Toomas
Comment by tom_ — June 19, 2006 @ Monday, June 19, 9:22 am
Thanks for the feedback, tom!
Was your step-by-step actions similar to R.J. Lorimer at
http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/t74384.html
?
I know that this error message appears to me when I tried to invoke action in a place in a wrong context. With this first release I tried to remove all possibilities to show this context-menu option in a wrong place.
Looks that still something was left out :)
To reiterate, please check that forum post and let me know exact method you have used to open this context menu.
Thanks again!
Comment by ahti.kitsik — June 19, 2006 @ Monday, June 19, 4:02 pm
Tom, Please be sure to send me the workspace log file when you get this “The chosen operation is not currently available” error again! Thanks!
Comment by ahti.kitsik — June 19, 2006 @ Monday, June 19, 7:37 pm
Stack trace sent, happy coding! :)
Comment by tom_ — June 20, 2006 @ Tuesday, June 20, 9:36 am
Thanks! Your problem (actually mine) was java version (Unsupported major.minor version 49.0).
I unintentionally compiled plugin for java5.0.
Will try to fix this today evening and make this available as 0.0.2.
Probably just replacing binary of 0.0.1 version is not very good idea? or is it?
Comment by ahti.kitsik — June 20, 2006 @ Tuesday, June 20, 12:34 pm
0.0.2 is much better. It is a new version ;)
Comment by heru — June 20, 2006 @ Tuesday, June 20, 5:15 pm
Thanks a ton for this very useful feature. The first additional feature request: when this gets it’s own preferences, please let me set the indent level for wrapped lines - it would be nice if I could set it to some constant, at least - like 5 column. Even better would be something like “initial line +5″ so that all wrapped lines were indented 5 from the starter line. In the meantime, thanks again!
Comment by Kurt Werle — July 11, 2006 @ Tuesday, July 11, 7:11 pm
Word Wrap in Eclipse…
It is still very buggy but we can live with it; you can enable Word Wrap in Eclipse. It screws up the line number, line height, etc but they will get back to their normal state once you turn off Virtual Word Wrap. How to install? Open Eclipse Help >…
Trackback by Brajeshwar — August 2, 2006 @ Wednesday, August 2, 11:24 am
Hi there, just wondering if there was a way to create an auto-hard word wrap in Eclipse. I want it to follow the format guidlines automatically (without hitting Cntrl + Shift + F).
Any way to do that, or does your plugin help with that?
Thanks.
Comment by Bryan — January 20, 2007 @ Saturday, January 20, 7:05 am
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Pingback by Random Technology » Blog Archive » Blogging From Within Eclipse - metaWeblog Plugin — February 8, 2007 @ Thursday, February 8, 5:12 am
This is a very useful plug in. Is there any keyboard shortcut for this feature?
Comment by Loke — May 19, 2007 @ Saturday, May 19, 7:02 am