Recently on the CFEclipse mailing list there has been some confusion as to what the latest version of CFEclipse is, and how to get it.
CFEclipse is actually up to 1.3.3 in “Cutting Edge” mode. But depending on your Eclipse platform and setup you may not know that.
Turns out your version of Ganymede, and your choice of update mode in Eclipse makes a difference (don’t ask me why).
The trick to see the 1.3.3 update is to revert back to the “Classic Update” mode in Eclipse.
If you download “Eclipse Classic” then you should be able to easily change your update mode to “Classic” (Windows > Preferences > General > Capabilities – Enable “Classic Update”).
But I recently downloaded Eclipse and when I went looking for this – I didn’t have a “General > Capabilities” menu selection! Turns out only Eclipse Classic has this. I had downloaded “Eclipse IDE for Java Developers“. After doing a few Google searches I found this hack on the Ham and Eggs blog (great name!):
In reality that is quite simple, just browse to WORKSPACE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/org.eclipse.ui.workbench.prefs and add a new line containing:
UIActivities.org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk.classicUpdate=true
Restarting Eclipse I still didn’t have a “General > Capabilities” menu selection, but the Classic Update is activated. Now when I add the CFEclipse update site and check I see:
CFEclipse 1.3.3
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The Getting CFEclipse 1.3.3 In Ganymede by Jim, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
I was so excited to see this so I could download 1.3.3 unfortunately it doesn’t work for me. possibly because I have cfeclipse 1.3.2.20091041029 already installed? I dont seet a cutting edge option only uncategorized in my update site which is using http://www.cfeclipse.org/update thanks for the try though.
Paul – sorry it didn’t work for you. You could try to uninstall 1.3.2 and try again.
This morning I ate my own dog food and modified my CFEclipse install at the office and it worked as well. I modified the file mentioned in the post above, restarted Eclipse, checked the updates (using Classic mode) and I see under CFEclipse Update Site – “Cutting Edge” and below that 1.3.3.200901061421 is listed.
Aha! I made a copy of my eclipse install to try uninstalling 1.3.2 and there is now a second software updates selection under the help dropdown with an arrow next to it. when I went in there I do see the bleeding edge options to get 1.3.3.
thanks!
Paul
What’s new in 1.3.3?
List of changes: http://trac.cfeclipse.org/cfeclipse/changeset/672
Thanks dude, this is awesome! Not being able to get 1.3.3 has been bothering me for a while. :)