Bug eclipse ---help requested
Vizion
vizion at vizion.occoxmail.com
Sun Jun 5 04:15:12 GMT 2005
On Saturday 04 June 2005 21:04, the author Alex Varju contributed to the
dialogue on-
Re: Bug eclipse ---help requested:
OK got it -- I was expecting a much larger fil <chuckles>
Thanks you I will let you know how it goes
>The file I pointed to is a replacement for the java/eclipse-devel
>directory. Change to /usr/ports and untar it from there.
>
>Alex.
>
>Vizion wrote:
>> 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.do
>>>>>>>c. us er %2Fconcepts%2Fconcepts-26.htm Link: Workbench Basics-
>>>>>>>http://127.0.0.1:58914/help/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.do
>>>>>>>c. us er %2Fconcepts%2Fconcepts-2.htm Link: Java Development-
>>>>>>>http://127.0.0.1:58914/help/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.jdt.doc.use
>>>>>>>r% 2F ge ttingStarted%2Fqs-BasicTutorial.htm Link: Plugin Development-
>>>>>>> http://127.0.0.1:58914/help/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.pde.doc.us
>>>>>>>er %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/inde
>>>>>>>x. js p
>>>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp_3.1.0/basic/index.j
>>>>>>>s 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/ad
>>>>>>>va nc ed/ index.jsp
>>>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp/bas
>>>>>>>ic /i n dex.jsp
>>>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp/ind
>>>>>>>ex .j s p
>>>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp/tem
>>>>>>>p. fo l der/jsp.jar.src/advanced/index_jsp.java
>>>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp/tem
>>>>>>>p. fo l der/jsp.jar.src/basic/index_jsp.java
>>>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp/tem
>>>>>>>p. fo l der/jsp.jar.src/index_jsp.java
>>>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/tmp/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.hel
>>>>>>>p. we b app_3.1.0/advanced/index.jsp
>>>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/tmp/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.hel
>>>>>>>p. we b app_3.1.0/basic/index.jsp
>>>>>>>/usr/ports/java/eclipse-devel/work/tmp/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.hel
>>>>>>>p. 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/o
>>>>>>>rg .e cl ipse.osgi/manifests/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0.MF
>>>>>>> /usr/local/eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/manifests/org.eclip
>>>>>>>se. 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-IN
>>>>>>>F
>>>>>>> /usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/META-I
>>>>>>>NF/ MA NI FEST.MF
>>>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/about.h
>>>>>>>tm l
>>>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/book.cs
>>>>>>>s
>>>>>>> /usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/contex
>>>>>>>ts _An t UI.xml
>>>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/context
>>>>>>>s_ Co m pare.xml
>>>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/context
>>>>>>>s_ Ex t ernalTools.xml
>>>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/context
>>>>>>>s_ Se a rch.xml
>>>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/context
>>>>>>>s_ Te a m.xml
>>>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/context
>>>>>>>s_ Te a m_CVS.xml
>>>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/context
>>>>>>>s_ Up d ate.xml
>>>>>>>/usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user_3.1.0/context
>>>>>>>s_ 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/quickst
>>>>>>>a 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/workben
>>>>>>>ch .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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