Eclipse is an awesome IDE, but a lot of people still use simple text editors (like VIM). Apparently, there's a project underway to bring some of the Eclipse functionality into the VIM editor. 195 words. Read More at EclipseZone

By now, you've probably heard about Eclipse as "the Open Source Java IDE" (www.eclipse.or g). Today, several companies have looked past the Java IDE plug-ins provided as part of Eclipse, and are creating products that use Eclipse as a tool integration platform, both inside and outside of the Java arena.

In reference to Ian's post about... ...was the fact that the majority of the audience claimed they looked at the open source code and 30-40% actually modified it... I would be more curious to learn what percentage of companies out there that ship on top of Eclipse and modify core Eclipse code. What I mean by core Eclipse code, is code that is included in an Eclipse plug-in that you need to

Gentleware's "Apollo for Eclipse" UML 2.1 product line allows agile developers to flexibly combine the advantages of visual modeling using UML with programming in Java. Apollo for Eclipse is the

October is turning out to be a good month for Eclipse events in Europe. The Eclipse Foundation is organizing the Eclipse Summit Europe in Germany. I believe there are still spots open, if you are interested in attending. There is also an Eclipse event on Paris, France on October 13, organized by TNI Software. Finally, although not Eclispe specific, JAOO in Denmark on Oct. 1-6 has Jeff McAffer talking about Eclipse Equinox and Eclipse RCP.

Hi Gurus, I'm not so good at linux. Now a problem puzzles me, my lovely eclipse installed at my home directory(insta lled by somebody else), everytime I have to do something like this: $ cd homewxeclipse $ .eclipse then I can start eclipse. How I can directly use "eclipse&q uot; at any directory, not limited in

In this new article, Anthony Hunter, describes the tabbed properties view that was moved to the core platform with Eclipse 3.2M5.