Bug eclipse ---help requested

Vizion vizion at vizion.occoxmail.com
Sun Jun 5 03:57:27 GMT 2005 

On Saturday 04 June 2005 20:45,  the author Alex Varju contributed to the 
dialogue on-
 Re: Bug eclipse ---help requested: 

>I've prepared an initial port of 3.1RC1, if you are interested.  I
>haven't downloaded the Linux package yet to compare file locations, but
>at first glance the help contents appear to display correctly after
>configuring an external browser.
>
>The port files are here:
>
>   http://www.varju.ca/alex/freebsd/eclipse-devel-3.1RC1-1.tgz
>
>I'll probably submit a PR for this in the next day or two.

Hey thanks -
You are great I would like to try and build straight away........
  but sorry to be a bit dense - all I got was a directory listing of the 
contents not a file to download -- am I missing something.
David

>
>Alex.
>
>Vizion wrote:
>> On Saturday 04 June 2005 18:29,  the author Alex Varju contributed to the
>> dialogue on-
>>
>>  Re: Bug eclipse ---help requested:
>>>It looks like you are using the eclipse 3.1M7 milestone.
>>
>> Yes ..That is the one the current port /usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/ port
>> pulls.
>>
>>>There are
>>>problems with the help system in the current patchset, which I haven't
>>>had any time to track down yet.
>>
>>  Yep I am as I presume you saw from my emails. The weird thing is it looks
>> to me as though the files are not where eclipse expects them to be AND not
>> all the files may be being transfered to the /usr/local/eclipse tree. I do
>> not know because I am so new to eclipse I feel unable to make a valuable
>> contribution. I have posted your comments top the eclipse newcomers
>> newsgroup
>>
>>>3.1RC1 is out now, so I'm looking into updating the eclipse-devel port
>>>to match this.  If I have some time, I'll try to get help working, but
>>>I'm not optimistic.
>>
>> I hope you can get some input from the eclipse team
>>
>>>Last time I looked at the help, non-Windows support was pretty flaky.
>>>They appeared to be making some calls that assumed a specific Mozilla
>>>API, which no longer worked well with newer versions of Mozilla.  I'm
>>>not sure if the current state of affairs has changed, or if I even fully
>>>understood why things were failing.
>>
>> It looks to me as though the files get in the wrong directories but I
>> cannot find out how one controls where eclipse looks for the help files.
>> Does it have anything to do with the files having/not having a release
>> suffix on the files/fdirectory  name?
>> .
>>
>>>Vizion wrote:
>>>>On Saturday 04 June 2005 16:47,  the author Vizion contributed to the
>>>>dialogue on-
>>>>
>>>> Bug eclipse ---help requested:
>>>>>I have been asked to post some more information about the eclipse bug:
>>>>>
>>>>>Basically the whole help and information system does not work . See
>>>>>earlier mail asking for committer to upgrade ports tree to 3.02 which
>>>>>people on the eclipse newcomers newsgroup seem to think should solve the
>>>>>problem (I am uncertain whether that means including a new fix). If
>>>>>someone is taking alook at this could you please let me know.
>>>>>
>>>>>Here are the details:
>>>>>OS 5.3 SDK5
>>>>>
>>>>>Browser is used to deliver help service and has following message:
>>>>>"The document that you have requested is not available. The link may be
>>>>>wrong, or you may not have the corresponding product feature installed."
>>>>>For these identified links on the Eclipse Overview Page
>>>>>Link: Team Support-
>>>>>http://127.0.0.1:58914/help/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.
>>>>>us er %2Fconcepts%2Fconcepts-26.htm Link: Workbench Basics-
>>>>>http://127.0.0.1:58914/help/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.
>>>>>us er %2Fconcepts%2Fconcepts-2.htm Link: Java Development-
>>>>>http://127.0.0.1:58914/help/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.jdt.doc.user%
>>>>>2F ge ttingStarted%2Fqs-BasicTutorial.htm Link: Plugin Development-
>>>>> http://127.0.0.1:58914/help/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.pde.doc.user
>>>>>%2F gu ide%2Fpde.htm For this link on the Help menu:
>>>>>Link: Help Contents - (no way to get any help/info documents)
>>>>>http://127.0.0.1:58914/help/index.jsp
>>>>>
>>>>>The eclipse process is running:
>>>>>dns1# ps -aux | grep eclipse
>>>>>Sysadmin 13692  0.0  0.4  9060 3844  ??  I     2:10PM
>>>>>0:00.03 /usr/local/eclipse/eclipse
>>>>>
>>>>>Clearly eclipse has opened the port:
>>>>>dns1# netstat -a
>>>>>Active Internet connections (including servers)
>>>>>Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address       
>>>>> (state) tcp4       0      0  dns1.58830            
>>>>> pop.coxmail.com.pop3 TIME_WAIT tcp4       0      0  dns1.51514
>>>>>mail.ixpres.com.pop3   TIME_WAIT tcp4       0      0  *.58914
>>>>>   *.*                    LISTEN tcp46      0      0  *.http
>>>>>   *.*                    LISTEN tcp4       0      0  dns1.smtp
>>>>>   *.*                    LISTEN udp4       0      0  *.*
>>>>>   *.*
>>>>>udp4       0      0  *.syslog               *.*
>>>>>udp6       0      0  *.syslog               *
>>>>>Within the eclipse file hierarchy an up to date locate database shows
>>>>> the following index.jsp files:
>>>>>dns1# locate eclipse | grep index.jsp
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp_3.1.0/advanced/index.
>>>>>js p
>>>>> /usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp_3.1.0/basic/index.js
>>>>>p /usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp_3.1.0/index.jsp
>>>>> /usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp/adva
>>>>>nc ed/ index.jsp
>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp/basic
>>>>>/i n dex.jsp
>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp/index
>>>>>.j s p
>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp/temp.
>>>>>fo l der/jsp.jar.src/advanced/index_jsp.java
>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp/temp.
>>>>>fo l der/jsp.jar.src/basic/index_jsp.java
>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp/temp.
>>>>>fo l der/jsp.jar.src/index_jsp.java
>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/tmp/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.help.
>>>>>we b app_3.1.0/advanced/index.jsp
>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/tmp/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.help.
>>>>>we b app_3.1.0/basic/index.jsp
>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/tmp/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.help.
>>>>>we b app_3.1.0/index.jsp
>>>>>
>>>>>The following platform.doc.user files/directories are found within
>>>>>/usr/local dns1# locate eclipse | grep platform.doc.user
>>>>>/usr/home/Sysadmin/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.1.0/configuration/org
>>>>>.e cl ipse.osgi/manifests/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0.MF
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/manifests/org.eclipse.
>>>>>pl a tform.doc.user_3.1.0.MF
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/META-INF
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/META-INF/
>>>>>MA NI FEST.MF
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/about.htm
>>>>>l
>>>>> /usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/book.css
>>>>> /usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/contexts
>>>>>_An t UI.xml
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/contexts_
>>>>>Co m pare.xml
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/contexts_
>>>>>Ex t ernalTools.xml
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/contexts_
>>>>>Se a rch.xml
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/contexts_
>>>>>Te a m.xml
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/contexts_
>>>>>Te a m_CVS.xml
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/contexts_
>>>>>Up d ate.xml
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/contexts_
>>>>>Wo r kbench.xml
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/cpy.png
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/doc.zip
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/no_help_e
>>>>>xi s ts.htm
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/notices.h
>>>>>tm l
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/plugin.pr
>>>>>o pe rties
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/plugin.xm
>>>>>l
>>>>> /usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/quicksta
>>>>>rt. h tm
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/toc.xml
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/topics_Co
>>>>>n ce pts.xml
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/topics_Ge
>>>>>tt i ngStarted.xml
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/topics_Re
>>>>>fe r ence.xml
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/topics_Ta
>>>>>sk s .xml
>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/workbench
>>>>>.p n g
>>>>>
>>>>>There are the same number  of files/directories in
>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/plugins/
>>>>>hierarchy that are identical to the file names listed above.
>>>>>
>>>>>The only files found by
>>>>>dns1# locate eclipse | grep help/
>>>>>are in the /usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/plugins/or.eclipse.help/
>>>>>hierarchy
>>>>>
>>>>>I am wondering whether help files were correctly processed/transfered 
>>>>> to the correct locations in the /usr/local/eclipse/plugins/ hierarchy -
>>>>> but there are so many files in such a complex system that makes it
>>>>> difficult for a newcomer to eclipse to tell which files are meant to be
>>>>> where [and what directory/file transformations need to take place (if
>>>>> any)].
>>>>>
>>>>>So I am hoping someone with a lot more experience than I can help
>>>>> resolve the problem. I really need eclipse to work for me
>>>>>
>>>>>david
>>>>
>>>>I am now totally confused . it seems the bug fix maybe on the *M series
>>>>tree and has nothing to do with the 3.02 tree!!
>>>>
>>>>David
>>>
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