Re: [platform-swt-dev] Eclipse M4 on OSX

[Andre Weinand <weinand@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> 1. scroll wheel seems to have broken for me.  it works fine in M3, 
> but its gone in M4.

Yes, that code has to be re-invented :-)
Please file a bug.

> 2. Opening the fonts menu when attempting to select a font for 
> workbench results in the rainbow wheel.  i have to force quit the 
> app.

Be sure to use Eclipse with the official Apple JDK! If you are sure 
and you still have that problem, file a bug.

> 3. The app doesnt seem to be packaged anymore, unlike M3 which was 
> wrapped up in an .app format, this one unstuffed as various parts in 
> a folder (like other platform distributions).  was this on purpose?

Yes, that was on purpose. Eclipse users need easy access to their 
plugins because they tweak/install/remove them frequently. Keeping 
them in the application bundle is cumbersome.
And BTW: all Mac applications that support plugins keep them in a 
folder that lives outside of the application bundle (Photoshop is one 
example).
However, I will try to get the install.ini and the startup.jar into the bundle.

> 4. is it possible to set it up to have it create the default 
> workspace application in the ~/Documents folder of the user on OSX 
> instead of the folder.  (I keep finding a "workspace" folder in my 
> Applications folder where Eclipse is located at.  I think this would 
> also make it easier for multiple users to have their own setup as 
> well sharing the same application.

Yes, I've planned to do something like you suggest. And lots of other 
stuff like double-clickable 'setting-files' that start Eclipse with a 
specific workaspace and other command line options, etc. The problem 
right now is, that the 'eclipse.exe' found on the other platforms 
doesn't exist on the Mac yet. I'll work on it over the holidays....

You can find a few bugs and feature requests related to this in 
Bugzilla; just query for platform==Mac. If you don't find your 
requests, just add them to Bugzilla.

Thanks,
--andre