[MarcMiller]

I have a question more basic than any I see answered in the tutorials. I have checked and I’m pretty sure myeclipse is installed properly per of the installation tutorial. About a month ago I installed eclipse when I was looking to try out other JavaScript, HTML, and CSS editors than the ones I was already familiar with. It seemed that eclipse would offer plug-ins which could be JavaScript, HTML, and CSS editors. And from the myeclipse web site I know myeclipse is such a plug in. So I installed eclipse with no interest in the Java computer language but only those Web development languages already mentioned. So my question is oh so basic how do I launch the JavaScript, HTML, and CSS editors and see what I saw in the screenshots of them? I mean I am so unfamiliar with eclipse and myeclipse I do not know how to do this. I have used other text editors and WYSIWYG editors in the past so if I can figure out how to do this I could start learning the myeclipse editors. Sorry for being so newbie, but everyone has to start somewhere.

[rateoty]

hello,
you should organize your files in a project. This is
New->Simple Project
then you can use the place of your already existing files as the place where your prject should reside or you let eclipse create the project at the default place.

Thats it. Now you can create new files or you see those which already exist.

If you cannot open a html file with the appropriate editor, you might associate that type of file with the editor:
Window->Preferences->General->Editor->File Associations

regards Jürgen

[MarcMiller]

I have a folder at “C:\htmlplay2\LiveScripts.NET Basic JavaScript” where I would like to follow some JavaScript Web tutorials. Accordingly I would like my project to be named “LiveScripts.NET Basic JavaScript” which I can create using the “new project select wizard” by default the new project select wizard would like to make it a Java project. I have already made that mistake and let it. It was a mistake because when I try to open a HTML file it tells me I am not allowed to open this type of file in this project. A box then comes up asking me if I would like to use XML editor which I am trying to avoid at this point. If I repeat this process and this time go down to the myeclipse folder instead of accepting the default Java project I get another subfolder labeled “J2EE” in which there is another subfolder labeled “Web projects” if I select this and create a new project called “LiveScripts.NET Basic JavaScript 2” I am able to do so. I now have the expectation that I can open up a file with the HTML extension however I get the same message would I like to use the XML editor. So what is the proper way to start a project in which I can use the HTML editor. I will also like to use to JavaScript and CSS editors in this same project.

[rateoty]

maybe you should simply delete the project (not the content oof it – you’ll be asked if you want that too) and create a new “simple project”. This would help to avoid having lots of files generated or copied.
Which editor to use you can configure as I’ve described above.

regards Jürgen

[Riyad Kalla]

Marc,
I instructed you in another thread to create a new Java Project, however I think Jurgen’s suggestion of a Simple project is a much better idea assuming our editors still load without a hitch when used in a Simple Project (never tried it).

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