Re: Eclipse on OSX - setting a different workspace?

From: Ulrich Köster (ulric..bjectstyle.org)
Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 08:01:10 EDT

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    Hi Felix,

    could you try this:

    <string>-data</string>
    <string>/Users/felix/workspace</string>

    Ulrich
    Am Mittwoch, 07.05.03 um 13:39 Uhr schrieb Felix Uelendahl:

    > Sorry for asking for the eclipse problem,
    > but this is the only place where I have found good infos
    > about this problem !
    >
    > I have done, what Ulrich Köster worte, but it does not work for me.
    >
    > Using:
    > mac osx 10.2.5 (including jdk1.4.1)
    > eclipse_R-2.1-200303272130
    >
    >
    >
    > I used the "Property List Editor" to edit the Info.plist file,
    > tried to ad one of my new Lines as first and as last argument,
    > (tried to put the "Volume" infront of the Path)
    >
    > <string>-data /Users/felix/workspace</string>
    > <string>-data /Macintosh:HD/Users/felix/workspace</string>
    > <string>-data /Macintosh%20HD/Users/felix/workspace</string>
    >
    > But eclipse started every time with creating a new workspace in
    > /Applications/eclipse/...
    >
    > Here my Info.plist file cuted out some lines:
    > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    > <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
    > "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
    > <plist version="1.0">
    > <dict>
    > ...
    > <key>Java</key>
    > <dict>
    > <key>Arguments</key>
    > <array>
    > <string>-noupdate</string>
    > <string>-consoleLog</string>
    > <string>-showlocation</string>
    > <string>-os</string>
    > <string>macosx</string>
    > <string>-ws</string>
    > <string>carbon</string>
    > <string>-data /Users/felix/workspace</string>
    > </array>
    > ...
    >
    > What I have made wrong?
    > May thanks for a help!
    >
    > Best regards,
    > Felix.
    >
    >
    >> Thanks for that. I had played with this file, but it means that other
    >> users on the system would share the same workspace, and when I
    >> upgrade
    >> Eclipse, I have to do this again. I guess in the meantime this will
    >> have to do.
    >>
    >>
    >> For once I am envious of Windows users, where they can set the target
    >> of a shortcut. Told you I was having a bad day :-)
    >>
    >>
    >> Thanks again - you are a star for developing WOLips for the rest of
    >> us.
    >>
    >>
    >> Geoff
    >>
    >>
    >> On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 09:33 pm, Ulrich Köster wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >> > Hi Geoff,
    >> >
    >> > open Eclipse application package. Control click on Eclipse.app ->
    >> show
    >> > package contents.
    >> >
    >> > Open the file Contents/info.plist with TextEdit.
    >> >
    >> > In the file is a line nearly like this "-consoleLog -os macosx -ws
    >> > carbon" add "-data /Volumes/Users/workspace" to it. There is no
    >> need
    >> > to call the workspace workspace. Any valid folder is okay . Eclipse
    >> > creates a .metadata folder in it.
    >> >
    >> > Ulrich
    >

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