[sparker999]

I just installed MyEclipse (reinstalled twice …) on Linux.

When I create/open an html page, all I get is a source tab, NO Designer or Previiew tab like I do on Windows.
When I attempt to open the page with the ME Web Browser, it punts me off to an external browser.
If I attempt to open > 1 editor on an html page, it comes up with ugly error messages and a stacktrace – would be nice to have this wrapped in a simple error message pointing out the error of my ways and bringing that files tab to the front.

All this stuff works nicely and cleanly under Windows, so what’s happening here, please?

Thanks,

Steve

*** Date: Tue Mar 14 08:33:51 PST 2006

*** System properties:
OS=Linux
OS version=2.4.20-31.9
Java version=1.5.0_06

*** MyEclipse details:
MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench

Version: 4.1.1 GA
Build id: 20060309-4.1.1-GA

*** Eclipse details:
Eclipse SDK

Version: 3.1.2
Build id: M20060118-1600

Eclipse Platform

Version: 3.1.2
Build id: M20060118-1600

Eclipse RCP

Version: 3.1.2
Build id: M20060118-1600

Eclipse Java Development Tools

Version: 3.1.2
Build id: M20060118-1600

Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment

Version: 3.1.2
Build id: M20060118-1600

Eclipse Project SDK

Version: 3.1.2
Build id: M20060118-1600

Eclipse startup command=-os
linux
-ws
gtk
-arch
x86
-launcher
/usr/eclipse/eclipse
-name
Eclipse
-showsplash
600
-exitdata
450008
-clean
-vm
/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06/bin/java

[Greg]

Currently the Visual Web Designer (HTML/JSP) files is windows only. So on Linux and Mac you only get the Source/Preview page.

As far as the MyEclipse Web Browser, you have to have a properly configured environment for the SWT Browser in order to make it work. In short, the MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME environmental variable must point to a mozilla build that is compiled with GTK2+XFT support and be greater than version 1.6.

There is a detailed FAQ entry on this in the HTML editor quickstart documentation:
http://myeclipseide.com/enterpriseworkbench/help/topic/com.genuitec.myeclipse.doc/html/quickstarts/htmleditor/index.html
Go to the FAQ section and you will see the instructions for making sure the MyEclipse Web Browser works correctly.

[sparker999]

And there I was thinking I’d gotten a cross-platform development tool …

Is there a list available of the differences or deficiencies between the Linux and Windows versions, please?

Steve

[Jan Gosch]

Now I would like to know, why Visual Designer is Windows only if everything ist written in Java?
I switched from Windows to Linux completely lately because Windows XP-performance just is poor.
Now I’m missing the Visual-Designer and that is bad.

So when will this feature make it to Linux?

Btw. it’s bad Design to start making Platform-spcific-features.
Once you start with this, it will only get worse in the future.

Jan

[Riyad Kalla]

Steve,
We don’t have a matrix breakdown, but the individual features that are limited to a particular platform (currently the web designer) are noted as such in their feature page, like so: http://www.myeclipseide.com/ContentExpress-display-ceid-54.html

The Image Editor and UML editor are Windows/Linux only and not availble on the Mac due to the AWT_SWT Bridge bug that is one of the most voted for bugs in the Eclipse bug tracker. We spent quite a bit of time talking to Apple and Eclipse this year at EclipseCon about this issue and it looks like Apple has fixed part of the bug on their side and now it’s up to the Eclipse platform folks to fix the rest of the issue on their end. After that, the only platform specific tool will be the designer.

Jan, to address your concern you are right. We made the choice to go Windows only with the designer at a time where our non-Windows user base was 6% of our subscribers. Since then our non-Windows user base has been growing quite a bit and we started working internally on a cross-platform designer architecture that would replace what is there now about 6 months ago. We have been making good headway but there is still a lot of work to do. We want to get rid of the Window dependency as much as you do.

Thank you for hanging in there and we appologize for this inconvenience, it’s frustrating, we know.

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