Hidding Files in Eclipse

No UI seems to be provided to add entries to the navigator filters in Eclipse. Instead, you have to modify one of the plugin.xml files in the plugins hierarchy to declared a new extension point. I still have not successfully tested this trick.

Syntax Coloring

Why reinvent the wheel when it comes to syntax coloring? Many have written XSLT stylesheets that output a colored version in HTML of the input XML document. Colorer provides a nice alternative. It can color source written in a fair amount of programming languages in addition to XML, and you can even try it online.

Features we need in Eclipse

• Ability to define shortcuts to activate views, e.g. the Navigator view


• Ability to define shortcut for contextual menu (right click) actions, including actions contributed by plugins


• Highlight occurence of a given text in file (IntelliJ's "Highlight usages in file"). For instance here the word "XML" is highlighted this way in IntelliJ:
  

  

  
  


• Completely remove the toolbar - who needs a toolbar? ;)


• Option to show the complete full path of currently edited file in Eclipse window title


• Editor: copy and cut work as if the current line was selected when nothing is selected


• Editor: action to duplicate selection


• Automatic "save all" when swtiching to another application


• Mouse wheel does not scroll window under cursor but active window


• IntelliJ's live templates


• Every time the Search dialog is opened, it seems to go to the same tab (XPath search, as I have XML Buddy installed). I would like it to go the last tab I used. (Could this problem be caused by XML Buddy?)


• All the log4j plugins I got a chance to try seems to be broken under M8. What's the deal?

Issues or questions with solutions:

• The shape of the caret is, well, original (see on the right). Solution: This is because the editor is in "smart insert" mode.