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Plugin-Collection for editors for all types of (source) files [message #664168]

Thu, 07 April 2011 17:18

P.Jung

Messages: 3
Registered: April 2011

Junior Member

Hello,

when I select a file > right click > Open With > Other,
I get a list of all installed editors.

Is it possible (and if, how?) to just install all different types of editors, so I can use eclipse like a simple but good multi purpose text editor?

I don't want eclipse as a replacement for a text editor, which is (AFAIK) not really possible because of the project-based workflow of eclipse.
But to open all different types of projects and "just" open the source files and have proper syntax highlighting would be great.

Thanks for answers,

[Updated on: Thu, 07 April 2011 21:49]

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Re: Plugin-Collection for editors for all types of (source) files [message #664371 is a reply to message #664168]

Fri, 08 April 2011 14:59

Eric Rizzo

Messages: 3070
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

On 4/7/11 1:18 PM, P.Jung wrote:
> Hello,
>
> when I select a file > right click > Open With > Other,
> I get a list of all installed editors.
>
> Is it possible (and if, how?) to just install all different types of
> editors, so I can use eclipse like a simple but good multi purpose text
> editor?
>
> I don't want eclipse as a replacement for a text editor, which is
> (AFAIK) not really possible because of the project-based workflow of
> eclipse.
> But to open all different types of projects and "just" open the source
> files and have proper syntax highlighting would be great.

There's an indeterminate number of possible plugins that provide editors
of various types. Eclipse is an open platform for which anyone can
develop plugins, so there's no way to know "all different types of editors."
If there's a type of file that you want to have a rich Eclipse editor
for, look for a related feature to install via Help > Install New
Software or Help > Eclipse Marketplace.

Eric

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Re: Plugin-Collection for editors for all types of (source) files [message #664492 is a reply to message #664371]

Sat, 09 April 2011 19:27

P.Jung

Messages: 3
Registered: April 2011

Junior Member

Thanks for your answer, Eric.

It is like you mentioned and fortunately eclipse is capable of what I'm looking for.

By installing all different types of plugins (ShellED, PyDev, PDT, Ruby Development Tools.......) for various programming languages eclipse associates the source files with the corresponding editor.

The (for me) important thing is, that these associations are not limited to a special project type.
If I create a new project (File > New > Project > General > Project) I can have projects with different types of files which open in the right editor.

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