[news.eclipse.tools.pdt] Template Contexts

[nrixham@xxxxxxxxx (Nathan Rixham)]

Hi,

I've been having multiple problems using templates, especially those with 
a context of "newPhp" or "phpcomment";

1: ALL templates with a context of "phpcomment" are not available via 
content assist in the editor.

reproduce:
in editor type:
filecomment[ctrl+space]
produces nothing

had a look through the source and..
org.eclipse.php.internal.ui.editor.templates.PhpCommentTemplateContextType
appears to be missing the addScriptResolvers method - not sure if this was 
to fix bug 258665 - Code assist doesn't work in private methods where are 
"if" or "switch" statements; or if that bug fix has introduced more.

2: ALL templates cannot be included / nested.
reproduce:
create a new template with ${any_template_name_here} and it won't work.

3: ALL templates are not listed as variables available for insert
Window > Preferences > PHP > Templates
select any template and click [Edit...]
in Edit Template dialog box click [Insert Variables]

4: [Insert Variable...] button on alternative "Edit Template" dialog does 
not work
Window > Preferences > PHP > Code Style > Code Templates
select any template and click [Edit...]
in Edit Template dialog box click [Insert Variables]

5: SOME Eclipse template variables listed for not work, namely:
${file}
${interpreter}
${language}
note: sure this is already a bug but can't refind it.

6: MINOR: Templates View Empty, no templates are listed in the "Templates" 
for PHP perspectives
window > show view > general > Templates

7: Source > "Generate Element Comment" functionality is non intuative and 
very difficult to use.

Would be great to see the templating side of PDT2 enhanced as it's a huge 
time saver (you'll know yourselves from developing java in eclipse)

Many Regards,

Nathan