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| Java help from within Eclipse? [message #183510] |
Mon, 25 October 2004 10:54  |
Eclipse User |
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Sorry for this newbie question, but I can't find the answer in my Eclipse
book.
I'm tyring to go from good old JBuilder to Eclipse. One of the things I
really like about JBuilder is the ability to get help on Java just by
going to Help and selecting Java Reference.
For example, in JBuilder I can go to Help, Java Reference, then click on
Index and type in a keyword.
Is there any way to, within Eclipse, get this same functionality?
What I would like to be able to do is add this help based on the version
of Java that I am running (1.5 or 1.4 for example).
Thanks!
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| Re: Java help from within Eclipse? [message #183539 is a reply to message #183531] |
Mon, 25 October 2004 12:21  |
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Yes, I know about the f2 key, but how can you configure Eclipse to access
the java documentation? I think this may help bridge the gap from what I
have in JBuilder.
Thanks
Jose Vilmar Estacio de Souza wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for.
> Placing the cursor over an object and pressing the f2 key, brings a dialog
> with documentation about this object. This happens if you've the sources
> installed.
> Also you can configure eclipse to access the java documentation.
> "Darrin" <darrin_p_s@att.net> wrote in message
> news:clj42r$f8a$1@eclipse.org...
> > Sorry for this newbie question, but I can't find the answer in my Eclipse
> > book.
> >
> > I'm tyring to go from good old JBuilder to Eclipse. One of the things I
> > really like about JBuilder is the ability to get help on Java just by
> > going to Help and selecting Java Reference.
> >
> > For example, in JBuilder I can go to Help, Java Reference, then click on
> > Index and type in a keyword.
> >
> > Is there any way to, within Eclipse, get this same functionality?
> >
> > What I would like to be able to do is add this help based on the version
> > of Java that I am running (1.5 or 1.4 for example).
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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| Re: Java help from within Eclipse? [message #183563 is a reply to message #183539] |
Mon, 25 October 2004 14:53 |
| Eclipse User |
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Hi,
If I'm not mistaken, when adding a new .jar to your project you have an
option to specify an URL in which the documentation is present. Since this
is done, you can press shift+f2 when the cursor is over an object name and
eclipse will show this documentation by invoking a browser. I suspect that
eclipse knows automagically where is the documentation to JDK. If this is
correct, you can simply press shift+f2 to access it.
"Darrin" <darrin_p_s@att.net> wrote in message
news:clj96s$r8f$1@eclipse.org...
> Yes, I know about the f2 key, but how can you configure Eclipse to access
> the java documentation? I think this may help bridge the gap from what I
> have in JBuilder.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jose Vilmar Estacio de Souza wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for.
>
>> Placing the cursor over an object and pressing the f2 key, brings a
>> dialog
>> with documentation about this object. This happens if you've the sources
>> installed.
>> Also you can configure eclipse to access the java documentation.
>
>
>> "Darrin" <darrin_p_s@att.net> wrote in message
>> news:clj42r$f8a$1@eclipse.org...
>> > Sorry for this newbie question, but I can't find the answer in my
>> > Eclipse
>> > book.
>> >
>> > I'm tyring to go from good old JBuilder to Eclipse. One of the things
>> > I
>> > really like about JBuilder is the ability to get help on Java just by
>> > going to Help and selecting Java Reference.
>> >
>> > For example, in JBuilder I can go to Help, Java Reference, then click
>> > on
>> > Index and type in a keyword.
>> >
>> > Is there any way to, within Eclipse, get this same functionality?
>> >
>> > What I would like to be able to do is add this help based on the
>> > version
>> > of Java that I am running (1.5 or 1.4 for example).
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>
>
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| Re: Java help from within Eclipse? [message #183569 is a reply to message #183563] |
Mon, 25 October 2004 15:08 |
| Eclipse User |
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Yes, that works just fine, and thanks for pointing it out.
What I was hoping for would be a search facility like the one for
Eclipse's internals, but instead for Java's like in the example I gave
below where you select Index and then type in the word you are looking for.
I guess Eclipse doesn't have this sort of thing yet. Great tool though
none the less.
Jose Vilmar Estacio de Souza wrote:
> Hi,
> If I'm not mistaken, when adding a new .jar to your project you have an
> option to specify an URL in which the documentation is present. Since this
> is done, you can press shift+f2 when the cursor is over an object name and
> eclipse will show this documentation by invoking a browser. I suspect that
> eclipse knows automagically where is the documentation to JDK. If this is
> correct, you can simply press shift+f2 to access it.
> "Darrin" <darrin_p_s@att.net> wrote in message
> news:clj96s$r8f$1@eclipse.org...
> > Yes, I know about the f2 key, but how can you configure Eclipse to access
> > the java documentation? I think this may help bridge the gap from what I
> > have in JBuilder.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jose Vilmar Estacio de Souza wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for.
> >
> >> Placing the cursor over an object and pressing the f2 key, brings a
> >> dialog
> >> with documentation about this object. This happens if you've the sources
> >> installed.
> >> Also you can configure eclipse to access the java documentation.
> >
> >
> >> "Darrin" <darrin_p_s@att.net> wrote in message
> >> news:clj42r$f8a$1@eclipse.org...
> >> > Sorry for this newbie question, but I can't find the answer in my
> >> > Eclipse
> >> > book.
> >> >
> >> > I'm tyring to go from good old JBuilder to Eclipse. One of the things
> >> > I
> >> > really like about JBuilder is the ability to get help on Java just by
> >> > going to Help and selecting Java Reference.
> >> >
> >> > For example, in JBuilder I can go to Help, Java Reference, then click
> >> > on
> >> > Index and type in a keyword.
> >> >
> >> > Is there any way to, within Eclipse, get this same functionality?
> >> >
> >> > What I would like to be able to do is add this help based on the
> >> > version
> >> > of Java that I am running (1.5 or 1.4 for example).
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!
> >> >
> >
> >
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