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JSP files not syntax highlighting [message #503631]

Tue, 15 December 2009 04:00

Shane Stevens

Messages: 7
Registered: December 2009

Junior Member

Hi,

I'm new to Eclipse, so I hope this isn't too obvious.

I have a .jsp file in a web project, however when the file is opened in Eclipse, it is simply displayed as plain black text, with no highlighting.

I have the WTP plugin installed, which you can see here:

http://img.skitch.com/20091215-trjrtr51ntyycbpschw37hta23.pn g

What am I doing wrong?

Cheers,
Shane

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Re: JSP files not syntax highlighting [message #503670 is a reply to message #503631]

Tue, 15 December 2009 04:32

Wolfgang Knauf

Messages: 63
Registered: July 2009

Member

Hi,

how did you open the JSP? Right click the file and call "Open With" -> "JSP
Editor". Maybe the the option "Open with Text Editor" became your default.

Hope it is this simple solution ;-).

Wolfgang

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Re: JSP files not syntax highlighting [message #503674 is a reply to message #503670]

Tue, 15 December 2009 09:49

Shane Stevens

Messages: 7
Registered: December 2009

Junior Member

Hi Wolfgang,

I don't get an "Open With" -> "JSP Editor" option. These are the options I get:

http://img.skitch.com/20091215-mm79hi4t3era4jaqw9etjsu6kq.pn g

I wonder why...?

Cheers,
Shane

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Re: JSP files not syntax highlighting [message #503717 is a reply to message #503674]

Tue, 15 December 2009 13:17

Nitin Dahyabhai

Messages: 4435
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Shane Stevens wrote:
> Hi Wolfgang,
>
> I don't get an "Open With" -> "JSP Editor" option. These are the
> options I get:
>
> http://img.skitch.com/20091215-mm79hi4t3era4jaqw9etjsu6kq.pn g
>
> I wonder why...?

Very strange. How did you install WTP? And are you using a 1.5 or
newer JRE?

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Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse WTP Source Editing
IBM Rational

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Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse Web Tools Platform

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Re: JSP files not syntax highlighting [message #503729 is a reply to message #503631]

Tue, 15 December 2009 14:35

Nick Sandonato

Messages: 126
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Do you have the JSP content type associated with the *.jsp file extension?

You can check this by going to Window > Preferences. In the navigation panel, expand General and select Content Types. In the Content Types panel, there should be a JSP type under the Text type. When you select JSP, do you see *.jsp listed?

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Re: JSP files not syntax highlighting [message #503825 is a reply to message #503729]

Tue, 15 December 2009 17:25

Shane Stevens

Messages: 7
Registered: December 2009

Junior Member

I'm not seeing the .jsp file type listed, so something is obviously wrong:

http://img.skitch.com/20091215-c1bi9y5y9xi5h5e7m69rnxk8n.png

Here is the version of WTP I have installed:

http://img.skitch.com/20091215-nm34u8un3fua3w5h6stkgjibdt.pn g

I'm going to try and reinstall the WTP tools via the update site:

http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/updates/

Fingers crossed...

Shane

p.s. Oh, and I'm using Eclipse on a Mac OS X (Snow Leopard), and the version of Eclipse is the Java (non EE) edition with Google App Engine Tools installed.

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