Note that new Eclipse releases can have compatibility problems. The most recent version we have tried this plugin with is: Eclipse 3.0. If you find that the plugin doesn't work on a later release, inform us. You can install the eclipse plug-in either manually, or with the installer/updater system of Eclipse. Installing manually
Visit http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemarker,
and download the latest release of package eclipse-plugin.
Extract the downloaded
To update the already installed version, just stop Eclipse, delete the two directories that were made when you have extracted the earlier Once after the installation or after the update it's maybe good idea to start Eclipse from the command-line with the "clean" option: eclipse -clean Installing with Eclipse installer/updater systemEclipse has its own on-line plug-in installer/updater system. To install the FreeMarker plug-in, be connected to the Internet, start Eclipse and:
From now on, you have syntax highlight, syntax error reporting, and outline view for .ftl files. (If for some reason Eclipse doesn't open *.ftl files with FreeMarker plugin, you have to associate *.ftl with the Freemarker Editor manually. For this use Window -> Preferences -> General -> Editors -> File Associations in Eclipse. Also in the tree views like the Resource Navigator or Package Explorer you can right-click on a file and choose "Open with..." and then "Freemarker Editor", however this decision will apply to that single file only.) If you already have a previous version installed, do the following:
Important note regarding false errors in templatesThe included freemarker.jar is often outdated; overwrite it with a newer version manually if you get error messages when using newer template language constructs in the edited template files. |
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