| newbie, how to access to online help for 'platform sdk' help [message #82155] |
Thu, 30 June 2005 04:55  |
Eclipse User |
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Originally posted by: tleiades.hotmail.com
Hi
I am a newbie to both Linux and Eclipse, and have run into a frustrating
problem. Maybe it is due to Altzheimers, but I never seem to be able to
remember every parameter and option available for the standard c library, or
any additional libaries for that matter.
I am an old hand in using Microsofts Visual Studio, and have grown quite
accustomed to the integrated help, e.g. positioning the cursor on 'fopen'
and pressing F1 will give me all kinds of information on that function. How
do I get the same functionality inside Eclipse?
I have been able to find lots of documentation on how Eclipse plugin
developers can add online help to Eclipse, but I don't want to develop a
plugin, I just want to use Eclipse, not extend it. I have been able to find
a XSLT stylesheet, which supposedly converts DocBooks into something useable
by Eclipse, but I have no information on how to use that stylesheet nor on
how to add the output to Eclipse.
I would really like some help, hints pointers on this, can someone help me?
Best regards
Tleiades
ps. Why does the news server insist on a correct email address, I do get
enough spam as it is :-)
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| Re: newbie, how to access to online help for 'platform sdk' help [message #82181 is a reply to message #82155] |
Thu, 30 June 2005 05:27  |
| Eclipse User |
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Originally posted by: hcs33.egon.gyaloglo.hu
Hi,
If you simply want to access standard java API documentation from Eclipse
you can do it in various ways:
1. If you use a java sdk with sources installed you should be able to use F2
to view javadoc (extracted from the sources) in a popup.
2. If you have a persistent Internet connection you should be able to use
Shift+F2 on a standard java class or method name to get its external javadoc
directly from the Sun website.
If you want to change the behaviour (e.g. use a locally installed external
javadoc) you can do the following:
1. Go to Preferences > Java > Installed JREs.
2. Select the VM you use and press Edit...
3. In Eclipse 3.0 there is an option to set the javadoc url for that VM; in
Eclipse 3.1 uncheck 'Use default system libraries' and after it you can set
the javadoc url for every jar you want (for normal development rt.jar should
be enough).
If you use 3rdparty jar libraries you can set the sources and the javadoc
url-s in the Project Properties > Java Build Path > Libraries page for every
jar you use.
HTH,
Regards,
Csaba
Tleiades wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am a newbie to both Linux and Eclipse, and have run into a frustrating
> problem. Maybe it is due to Altzheimers, but I never seem to be able to
> remember every parameter and option available for the standard c library,
> or any additional libaries for that matter.
>
> I am an old hand in using Microsofts Visual Studio, and have grown quite
> accustomed to the integrated help, e.g. positioning the cursor on 'fopen'
> and pressing F1 will give me all kinds of information on that function.
> How do I get the same functionality inside Eclipse?
>
> I have been able to find lots of documentation on how Eclipse plugin
> developers can add online help to Eclipse, but I don't want to develop a
> plugin, I just want to use Eclipse, not extend it. I have been able to
> find a XSLT stylesheet, which supposedly converts DocBooks into something
> useable by Eclipse, but I have no information on how to use that
> stylesheet nor on how to add the output to Eclipse.
>
> I would really like some help, hints pointers on this, can someone help
> me?
>
> Best regards
> Tleiades
> ps. Why does the news server insist on a correct email address, I do get
> enough spam as it is :-)
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