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Configuring title of eclipse [message #333657] Sat, 20 December 2008 20:56 Go to next message
Thomas Wiedmann is currently offline Thomas WiedmannFriend
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Hello,

usually Eclipse opens with the title 'Eclipse Platform'. This title is
supplemented by the path and name of the Java class currently opened in the
editor.
Is it possible to configure and change the Eclipse title (I use the version
3.3.2) or to start Eclipse with an option setting the title, e. g. by
displaying the name and/or path of the workspace - if yes: how?

Reason:
Sometimes I start several Eclipse instances (with different Workspaces). It
would be advantageous to see e. g. the name of the workspace somewhere.

Thomas Wiedmann
Re: Configuring title of eclipse [message #333658 is a reply to message #333657] Sun, 21 December 2008 00:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Walter Harley is currently offline Walter HarleyFriend
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"Thomas Wiedmann" <th.wm@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> usually Eclipse opens with the title 'Eclipse Platform'. This title is
> supplemented by the path and name of the Java class currently opened in
> the editor.
> Is it possible to configure and change the Eclipse title (I use the
> version 3.3.2) or to start Eclipse with an option setting the title, e. g.
> by displaying the name and/or path of the workspace - if yes: how?


You can use the -showlocation command line flag.
Re: Configuring title of eclipse [message #333667 is a reply to message #333658] Mon, 22 December 2008 08:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Thomas Wiedmann is currently offline Thomas WiedmannFriend
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> You can use the -showlocation command line flag.

I use the -showlocation command line flag, but the title doesn't display the
workspace.
What may be the reason?

And by the way:
Where can I find a survey about all Eclipse commandline options?

Thomas Wiedmann
Re: Configuring title of eclipse [message #333669 is a reply to message #333667] Mon, 22 December 2008 14:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: eclipse-news.rizzoweb.com

On 12/22/2008 3:05 AM, Thomas Wiedmann wrote:
> And by the way:
> Where can I find a survey about all Eclipse commandline options?

It's in the Help, under the Workbench User Guide. Here's the online
version:
http://help.eclipse.org/stable/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse. platform.doc.user/tasks/running_eclipse.htm

Eric
Re: Configuring title of eclipse [message #333675 is a reply to message #333667] Mon, 22 December 2008 20:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Walter Harley is currently offline Walter HarleyFriend
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Thomas Wiedmann wrote:
>> You can use the -showlocation command line flag.
>
> I use the -showlocation command line flag, but the title doesn't display
> the workspace.
> What may be the reason?

I don't know, but a good place to start is by looking in the error log
to see if anything is being reported. You may also want to try using
eclipsec instead of eclipse, to catch any console output that might be
generated.
Re: Configuring title of eclipse [message #334293 is a reply to message #333667] Sat, 31 January 2009 14:48 Go to previous message
Thomas Wiedmann is currently offline Thomas WiedmannFriend
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Meanwhile I found the reason of the error, why the workspace had not been
displayed.
Here the solution (for all, who have sometimes a similar problem):
The character, I used for -showlocation, was no genuine hyphen (ASCII 45 =
Hex 2D), but a character, which looked as a hyphen in my texteditor, but
with another ASCII code.
I discovered this effect when I looked in the logfile and saw an entry like
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86 -data
<myProjectDirectory> ûshowlocation
The û indicated, that this was no real hyphen.

Thomas Wiedmann
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