[cal10n-dev] Eclipse plugin volunteer

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Hi Angelo,

Thank you for volunteering to work on the eclipse plug-in. The
functionality you describe in your email is very promising. Is the
code visible somewhere?

I think cal10n provides very useful functionality and would like to
see cal10n massively adopted by java developers. An eclipse plug-in
would really help achieve such adoption. Would you like to see the
eclipse plug-in incorporated into the cal10n code base or would you
rather develop it as a closely related but still *separate* project?
I would be happy either way.



On 23/07/2010 1:07 AM, Angelo Tata wrote:
> Hi, everybody.
>
> I've started to work on an Eclipse plug-in for Cal10n (as you had
> probably guessed by reading the subject, I know).
> Here's a breakdown of the currently implemented features:
>
> - enum types parsing (if the @BaseName annotation is present);
>
> - Properties file parsing (only those explicitly mentioned through a
> @Locale annotation in some enum type);
>
> - potential problems highlighting (both in the editor and the Markers
> view);
>
> - the potential problems mirror those in Cal10nError.ErrorType, with the
> exception of MISSING_BN_ANNOTATION - since if @BaseName is missing no
> parsing is performed on the enum type;
>
> - quick fix suggestions on all problems (using Ctrl-1 in the editor) -
> but only one currently working, see below;
>
> - Levenshtein distance measurement and suggestions offered for property
> keys not found in the corresponding enum type.
>
> Lots of things to be done, still. I'd say that implementing the other
> quick fixes is a priority. Moreover, right now the parsing is triggered
> by a full build only, while of course it should kick in on an
> incremental build (I should probably have an IResourceChangeListener,
> too, for property files).
>
> As it happens, the time I'm able to dedicate to the project varies
> wildly, though the next few weeks may allow me some spare hours of
> coding time.
> *If* there's still actual interest, obviously - I have no idea of the
> current Cal10n's user base, or of the plans for Cal10n's future.
>
> Any feedback is much appreciated, of course.
>
> Regards,
>
> Angelo