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Plugin configuration by start file [message #333785]

Mon, 05 January 2009 16:15

Eclipse User

Hallo,
Is there a way to start eclipse with a predefined set of plugins and
perspectives?
I would start eclipse for Java with other plugins and perspectives than
for PHP. While I work with Java I don't need the plugins for PHP so they
can be inactive.
Is that possible to configure the active plugins by start file or the
like?

Re: Plugin configuration by start file [message #333787 is a reply to message #333785]

Mon, 05 January 2009 16:47

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: coolsnoopy.gmx.net

Christian wrote:
> Hallo, Is there a way to start eclipse with a predefined set of plugins
> and perspectives?
> I would start eclipse for Java with other plugins and perspectives than
> for PHP. While I work with Java I don't need the plugins for PHP so they
> can be inactive. Is that possible to configure the active plugins by
> start file or the like?
>

2 possibilities here:

a) different perspectives
use 2 different workspaces: e.g. "workspace-php" and "workspace-java".
By the way: avoid blanks in workspace-folder names, some tools/plugins
work improper else...

b) different / other plugins
No really simple way: you just have do install eclipse twice (or even
more times). I do the same for very different projects. That may end up
in 2 or 3 installations. The problem is to transfer settings that should
be the same in every installation. But it's possible.

Re: Plugin configuration by start file [message #333793 is a reply to message #333785]

Tue, 06 January 2009 01:11

Eclipse User

Ideally you shouldn't be worrying about this. If you have not done any Java
stuff (like building a project, launching a java app, invoking a jdt
action) - the jdt.* plugins should not be loaded at all. Eclipse is designed
that way! Most of the UI contributions do not require the plugin to be
loaded. Its just the plugin.xml and the manifest.mf that needs to be read to
construct the UI

- Prakash
--

http://blog.eclipse-tips.com

"Christian " <christian-usenet@web.de> wrote in message
news:af52c47ca4e851da110cb529c466ae50$1@www.eclipse.org...
> Hallo, Is there a way to start eclipse with a predefined set of plugins
> and perspectives?
> I would start eclipse for Java with other plugins and perspectives than
> for PHP. While I work with Java I don't need the plugins for PHP so they
> can be inactive. Is that possible to configure the active plugins by
> start file or the like?
>

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