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Fri, 27 February 2009 07:47

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: nomail.nomail.it

I guess I can state that Eclipse + PDT are not easily updatable with a click
like other products.

To avoid the problem of dependencies (e.g. PDT 2.1 is not working on Eclipse
used for 2.0), etc, the best is using the package All-in-one. But that
solution brings another problem that need a little know how I don't have:
how to migrate custom information? E.g. how to backup/restore templates,
indentation values, Javascript validator->error/warnings, etc.?

Re: The easy update [message #94756 is a reply to message #94714]

Sat, 28 February 2009 03:32

Eclipse User

W dniu 2009-02-27 13:47, Rik pisze:

> I guess I can state that Eclipse + PDT are not easily updatable with a click
> like other products.
>
> To avoid the problem of dependencies (e.g. PDT 2.1 is not working on Eclipse
> used for 2.0), etc, the best is using the package All-in-one. But that
> solution brings another problem that need a little know how I don't have:
> how to migrate custom information? E.g. how to backup/restore templates,
> indentation values, Javascript validator->error/warnings, etc.?

As far as I know. All your preferences and settings are stored in your
workspace directory. Usually it is located in your
Document and settings directory:

C:\Documents And Settings\YourUserName\workspace (Windows XP)
C:\Users\YourUserName\workspace (Vista)

This directory still exists after upgrading all-in-one package.

Regards.

--
Adrian Ziolkowski

Re: The easy update [message #94852 is a reply to message #94714]

Sun, 01 March 2009 17:55

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipsenews.20.epm.spamgourmet.com

Just use the same workspace as before and all your settings will be
retained.

Rik wrote:
> I guess I can state that Eclipse + PDT are not easily updatable with a click
> like other products.
>
> To avoid the problem of dependencies (e.g. PDT 2.1 is not working on Eclipse
> used for 2.0), etc, the best is using the package All-in-one. But that
> solution brings another problem that need a little know how I don't have:
> how to migrate custom information? E.g. how to backup/restore templates,
> indentation values, Javascript validator->error/warnings, etc.?
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: The easy update [message #94866 is a reply to message #94852]

Mon, 02 March 2009 06:29

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: christopher.loerken.net

Tom Walter schrieb:
> Just use the same workspace as before and all your settings will be
> retained.

Be warned though that this unfortunately left my old Eclipse Europa PDT
1 version unusable since it cannnot start anymore...

And I too would have switched back for performance reasons since a
2.5Ghz Dual Core with 4GB Ram is obviously not enough for all the new
features :(

So (Warning: noob tip) make a backup before ;)

Cheers,
Christopher

Re: The easy update [message #94980 is a reply to message #94714]

Wed, 04 March 2009 09:45

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: nomail.nomail.it

Yes I've found them. Are located under <workspace>\.metadata

@Christopher
The problem is quite surely that new versions could change the number and
usage of parameters, so upgrading and downgrading to previuos versions can
generate problems. E.g. a parameter X=(n1 to n3) can contains n4 that
previous version Europa can't handle.

Thanks everybody!
Rik

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