Working with Eclipse on two displays
Several days ago I was given an additional monitor, and the question of “how to arrange Eclipse view on two displays” was raised. After several tests I made the conclusion that the best way is to stay with my default preferred arrangement, with single difference - to detach and move all the non-editor views to the secondary screen. It frees up editor area and at the same time does not require re-adopting new layout.
The bad news is Eclipse rejects to start up when UltraMon is running.
Posted March 22nd, 2008 by Seva Lapsha in category: development, eclipse, hardware, software
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Channing Walton Says:
March 22nd, 2008 at 10:33:54
I spent quite a bit of time working on two displays and found that putting code on one and tests on the other very useful. This is particularly useful if you’re pairing, one person is writing tests and the other is making them pass.
Seva: What you say is more like working on two machines simultaneously, which I did too almost for a year.
Zviki Cohen Says:
March 23rd, 2008 at 09:21:13
Great tip. I’ve been struggling with that myself and I totally forgot the option to detach a view.
BTW, I do suggest switching over to a Mac… I used to have a ThinkPad and the dual monitor configuration was just a pain. I had to configure it every time I attached my monitor. Now, on my MacBook Pro, it just works like a charm. Besides, Eclipse works much smoother on OS X.
Seva: I’m working currently on a stationary machine, so it’s not disturbing me really.
Zviki Cohen Says:
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:22:16
A small note. I found a serious bug when using the Console view in detached mode. The buffer did not flush on time and eventually I lost the ability to scroll the view. It got completely “smudged” when scrolling (i.e. did not redraw correctly). I’m guessing this wasn’t thoroughly tested. At least not on OS X. I’ll see if I can pinpoint the conditions for the problem and check for existing bugs.
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