June 13, 2005
ASDT auto update, line numbers, code folding
It seems that ASDT has been picking up some steam lately.
ASDT now has an update site that be used in the Software Configuration Manager in Eclipse. This make it easier to update the plugin because Eclipse can handle the download/install for you and let you know if a new version is available. To set up the update site, use the following steps:
- Open the Help menu, and select Software Updates -> Find and Install
- Select "Search for new features to install" and select Next
- Click the "New Remote Site" button. Use "ASDT" as the name, and "http://aseclipseplugin.sourceforge.net/updates/" as the URL (minus the quotes, of course)
- Expand the ASDT node that was added to the tree, and select Actionscript Development Tool
- Click Next to go through the update process
The update site was just added and is just a teaser right now. A new version has not been released yet. The latest is still 0.0.7.1 available on sourceforge.
If you don't have line numbers with .as files yet you can get this functionality currently through a bit of a workaround. Go to Window -> Preferences. Expand Workbench (the top item on the left) -> Editors and select "Text Editor." Check the box for "Show line numbers." Now all of your .as files will have line numbers (and all other text files as well). This is a temporary solution until line numbers are added to ASDT itself.
Finally, there is some code in CVS right now for code folding that should be available in the next version. Things are really coming along nicely!
Currently the project is undergoing a bit of a rewrite / refactoring to clean some things up and make it easier to develop going forward. I'm hoping to have some more time to help in the future, but with a wedding coming up and some other projects going on, I've been extremely busy (excuses, excuses, right?). It's nice to see this kind of progress though! Great work everyone.
Comments
I removed 0.7 first, but it seems using the auto-update feature might have corrupted the configuration upon restart. Getting a large error log and eclipse won't start (including: "java.lang.RuntimeException in org.eclipse.osgi").
Trying to resolve the problem now, just something to look out for if people experience the same. (XPSP2, 3.1RC2, Java 1.5).
Posted by: Richard Leggett at June 13, 2005 10:54 AM
Deleting all files bar config.ini from the Eclipse configuration folder, and reinstalling the core plug-ins fixed this. Gotta love eclipse for resilience. :)
Posted by: Richard Leggett at June 13, 2005 11:10 AM
I used the update url and asdt release seems to be 0.8.
Is that the new one ?
What are the new features ?
Posted by: erixtekila at June 14, 2005 05:36 AM
Again, the latest version is still 0.0.7.1, and I stressed that there hasn't been a new release yet. This is just a preview of some new features, namely the update site and code folding. I'm sure more will be coming as well...
Posted by: darron at June 14, 2005 07:20 AM
It seems this version got rid of the MTASC functionalities. I hope it's only temporary.
Posted by: at June 14, 2005 12:12 PM
I used the 0.0.8 version,I cant set MTASC parameter in the mtasc preference, so I cant compile my code now...pity.
Posted by: drmingdrmer at July 17, 2005 07:13 AM
Hi Darron,
I was wondering what the status of ASDT was, is development halted completely or is there still being some activity? I'm still using ASDT, but it has many bugs and memory/performance leaks and still has a long way to go to be used without having to restart Eclipse too often.
Or should I save some bucks and try to get FDT?
thanks!
Posted by: Zokdok at March 21, 2006 02:31 AM