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Switching editor windows, searching newsgroups [message #160200] Mon, 10 July 2006 19:45 Go to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: rgurganus.citidc.com

Hello, I'm new at Eclipse and so this message may be premature, but here it
is anyway.

1) Is there a web interface where I can search the newsgroup archives? The
only way I was able to get in was through Outlook Express, and it's
searching is rather limited. I tried groups.google.com, but it appears to
be limited - I searched for "editor", and it returned only 3 messages in
Eclipse-Users-Group-Beginners

2) I'm primarily using Eclipse with editing ColdFusion & CSS files, but
others as well. Besides editing code, the most frequent task is to switch
between open documents. Quick keyboard access is important, and I find the
most-recently-used concept too confusing -- if I have several documents and
I see that the next one on the tab order is where I want to go, it would be
nice to do one key combination to get there, but in Eclipse I never know
where I'm going to end up.

An alternative would be to use the Editor List plugin, but I don't see any
easy way to assign a key combination to get there, and I don't see a way to
use the keyboard to edit a document selected here.

3) From home I'm using FTP edit remote files, and works great as long as I'm
keeping the connection alive. If I let it timeout, and then try to save
something, I just get errors. Is there some way to avoid this?
Re: Switching editor windows, searching newsgroups [message #160224 is a reply to message #160200] Tue, 11 July 2006 04:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: tom_eicher.ch.ibm.com

Ray Gurganus wrote:
> 2) I'm primarily using Eclipse with editing ColdFusion & CSS files, but
> others as well. Besides editing code, the most frequent task is to switch
> between open documents. Quick keyboard access is important, and I find the
> most-recently-used concept too confusing -- if I have several documents and
> I see that the next one on the tab order is where I want to go, it would be
> nice to do one key combination to get there, but in Eclipse I never know
> where I'm going to end up.

There are:

Ctrl+(Shift)+F6 - Most recently used list (I know, you don't want this -
just for completeness)

Ctrl+Page{Up/Down} - linearly cycle through the open tabs (I guess this
is what you are looking for)

Ctrl+Q - last edit location

Alt+Arrow_{Left/Right} - back and forward in editor location history

Ctrl+E - show editor list, type to filter the list


HTH, tom
Re: Switching editor windows, searching newsgroups [message #160354 is a reply to message #160200] Tue, 11 July 2006 12:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: eclipse4.rizzoweb.com

Ray Gurganus wrote:
> Hello, I'm new at Eclipse and so this message may be premature, but here it
> is anyway.
>
> 1) Is there a web interface where I can search the newsgroup archives? The
> only way I was able to get in was through Outlook Express, and it's
> searching is rather limited. I tried groups.google.com, but it appears to
> be limited - I searched for "editor", and it returned only 3 messages in
> Eclipse-Users-Group-Beginners

Google Groups does not search these newsgroups, but standard Google does
search the web archives. Prepend your Google search with site:eclipse.org
Here's an example (all eclipse newsgroups messages with my name in them):
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aeclipse.org+%22eric+ri zzo%22

--

Hope this helps,
Eric
Re: Switching editor windows, searching newsgroups [message #160362 is a reply to message #160224] Tue, 11 July 2006 13:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: rgurganus.citidc.com

"Tom Eicher" <tom_eicher@ch.ibm.com> wrote in message
news:e8vme1$j5d$1@utils.eclipse.org...
> Ray Gurganus wrote:
>> 2) I'm primarily using Eclipse with editing ColdFusion & CSS files, but
>> others as well. Besides editing code, the most frequent task is to
>> switch
>> between open documents. Quick keyboard access is important, and I find
>> the
>> most-recently-used concept too confusing -- if I have several documents
>> and
>> I see that the next one on the tab order is where I want to go, it would
>> be
>> nice to do one key combination to get there, but in Eclipse I never know
>> where I'm going to end up.
>
> There are:
>
> Ctrl+(Shift)+F6 - Most recently used list (I know, you don't want this -
> just for completeness)
>
> Ctrl+Page{Up/Down} - linearly cycle through the open tabs (I guess this is
> what you are looking for)
>
> Ctrl+Q - last edit location
>
> Alt+Arrow_{Left/Right} - back and forward in editor location history
>
> Ctrl+E - show editor list, type to filter the list
>
>
> HTH, tom

Yes, this does help. Ctrl+Page Up/Down keys do work, but for some reason I
don't see them in the list under Window > Preferences > Keys, and so I
didn't know they were there. I don't know that I would need to change the
key combinations, but how would I if the function is not listed?

Many thanks.
Re: Switching editor windows, searching newsgroups [message #160401 is a reply to message #160362] Wed, 12 July 2006 03:02 Go to previous message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: tom_eicher.ch.ibm.com

Ray Gurganus wrote:
> Yes, this does help. Ctrl+Page Up/Down keys do work, but for some reason I
> don't see them in the list under Window > Preferences > Keys, and so I
> didn't know they were there. I don't know that I would need to change the
> key combinations, but how would I if the function is not listed?

AFAIK, Ctrl+Page Up/Down are the "native" SWT behavior for tab books and
do not go through the usual command framework...

-tom
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