Using 32-bit SWT with Mac OS X Snow Leopard

I just ran into a problem with Eclipse 3.4.2 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Attempting to run or debug an Eclipse application, I got the error message "Cannot load 32-bit SWT libraries on 64-bit JVM".

Turns out that the old Eclipse versions (pre-3.5) are 32-bit, and Java 6 in Snow Leopard runs 64-bit by default. There seems to be multiple solutions to the problem, but the easiest in my case was to add "-d32" on the "Program arguments" list on the run configuration (the solution described here).

Implementors plugin v0.0.16 released

I have just released v0.0.16 of the Implementors Eclipse plugin. It is a minor bug fix release mostly catering for problems with class names in EJB descriptor files.

This is the first release in a very long time. I hope to find more time to look into my plugins in the not-so-distant future.

UPDATE: A link to the download page might be in order: Download link

JavaPolis: Where is Eclipse?

I'm a bit amazed to see the number of sessions on Eclipse on this year's JavaPolis.

A search through the conference guide shows three sessions which include the word Eclipse in the description. Of these, two are product presentations on JBuilder 2007 and the Adobe Flex 2.0 development tool (which are both built on Eclipse). The third is on a framework based on Eclipse RCP. Erich Gamma might be expected to mention Eclipse in his keynote on Thursday.

Apart from these sessions there is nothing on Eclipse. I know that there are conferences specifically on Eclipse (EclipseCon, EclipseWorld, both in the U.S., and Eclipse Forum Europe), but still I would have expected to see more Eclipse related content on a general Java conference.

Considering the amount of work taking place in the Eclipse community and the number of projects (a quick count shows ten top-level projects), I wouldn't say that everything has been said on the subject. OK, maybe I'm just a bit disappointed...

Quickmarks v3.0.2 released

I have just released a new version of the Quickmarks plugin for Eclipse 3.x. This release is purely a bug fix release, correcting two bugs (#1033426 and #1413468) that have been there for almost two years. Finally, they're out of the way... :-)

The new version has been tested on Windows XP with Eclipse 3.0.2 and Eclipse 3.2.

The new version of the plugin can be downloaded here: Quickmarks plugin

Nominated for Top Contributor Eclipse Award

This is so cool!

I just discovered that I have been nominated for the
Top Contributor Eclipse Award.

While I hardly think that I'll win the prize since the other contributors mentioned in the Bugzilla entry deserve far more recognition than me, it's still really nice to feel that people value my work (even though it's some time since I released any changes to my plugins).