Comments on: Pulse – Maintain Eclipse Profiles

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:26:11 +0000

I tried Pulse on 2 separate occassions and unfortunately was unhappy with it both times. While it is nice to download a single package for my needed environment, Pulse controls what additions can be made to CFEclipse and if Pulse does not have the additions, you have to find them manually and download the file and install it using that method.

Additionally, there were several core components that did not have the prerequisites installed but Pulse tried to install the updates anyway and continually failed in the update. There was no easy method to find out the prerequisites that were required and install them prior to having Pulse find the latest updates. I am right now uninstalling Pulse for the second time but the program has been uninstalling for the past 45 minutes. I get more control over CFEclipse by using the standard install and then installing CFEclipse into the existing Eclipse Classic.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:55:59 +0000

:) I just responded to your post there – to rehash – it sounds like the only way to currently install 3rd party plugins (not included in Pulse) is to use the old fashioned install method of downloading a ZIP file and uncompressing into the Eclipse directory. It sound’s like using “Find and install” from within Eclipse won’t work.

By: Rob Wilkerson

Rob Wilkerson — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:53:10 +0000

Yep. Been there. Thought I’d ping someone that I knew also used Aptana. :-)

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:49:41 +0000

@Rob – LOL – I was going to tell you to hit the Pulse forums but you are already there :)

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:43:40 +0000

@Rob – to be honest I haven’t tinkered with it much since the holidays. I do know the Pulse folks are trying to get the Aptana and Adobe folks to agree on including their plugins…

So you have a Pulse profile and then are installing Aptana via an update URL?

By: Rob Wilkerson

Rob Wilkerson — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:39:26 +0000

@Jim –

Have you successfully added Aptana to a profile managed by Pulse? I’ve been trying to make it work through the traditional Eclipse means (as it says you can in the Pulse FAQ), but the plugin shows up disabled (even though I can use it). The fact that Eclipse thinks it’s disabled prevents me from installing the PHP editor.

By: Charlie Arehart

Charlie Arehart — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:30:45 +0000

In case anyone finds this entry and is left wondering, CFEclipse has indeed since been added to Pulse, as Jim offered in an updated entry http://www.thecrumb.com/2007/1.....pse-added/.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:10:37 +0000

Wanted to update – I’ve heard from Jason Delmore at Adobe and they are interested in getting the ColdFusion plugins include – but need to review the legal and distribution issues… hopefully after the holidays we’ll get some more news on that!

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:29:25 +0000

Great! Aptana has said it’s OK so I’m sure it’ll be added soon. Now if I could just get someone from Adobe to contact me regarding the ColdFusion plugins…

By: Rob Wilkerson

Rob Wilkerson — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:25:51 +0000

Yep. I found that last night once you told me what to be looking for. I also saw that Mylyn’s Trac connector had been added (or maybe I just missed it before). Once they get Aptana in there, I’m ready to roll. :-)