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Copyright 1988-2007 SlickEdit Inc. SlickEdit, Visual SlickEdit, Clipboard Inheritance, DIFFzilla, SmartPaste, Context Tagging, and Slick-C are registered trademarks of SlickEdit Inc. Code Quick | Think Slick is a trademark of SlickEdit Inc. All other products or company names are used for identifica- tion purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. Protected by U.S. Patent 5,710,926. Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 How to Get the Most out of the SlickEdit® Plug-In for Eclipse ...................................................2 Cool Features ....................................................................................................................2 Write More Code, Faster ...................................................................................................2 Get Started ........................................................................................................................3 Features and Enhancements in this Version .............................................................................4 Documentation and Conventions ............................................................................................10 Accessing Documentation ..............................................................................................10 Documentation Conventions ...........................................................................................10 Supported Languages and Environments ...............................................................................12 Supported Languages and File Types ............................................................................12 Supported Editor Emulations ..........................................................................................15 Install/Uninstall .........................................................................................................................16 System Requirements .....................................................................................................16 Installing the SlickEdit® Plug-In .......................................................................................16 Uninstalling the SlickEdit® Plug-In ..................................................................................17 Starting and Exiting Eclipse Loaded with the SlickEdit® Plug-In .............................................18 Starting the Program .......................................................................................................18 Exiting the Program ........................................................................................................18 Help and Product Support .......................................................................................................19 Using the Help System ...................................................................................................19 Product Support ..............................................................................................................19 2. Quick Start ................................................................................................................... 21 General Options .......................................................................................................................22 Extension-Specific Options ......................................................................................................23 3. User Interface .............................................................................................................. 25 Screen Layout ..........................................................................................................................26 The Workbench ...............................................................................................................26 The Workspace ...............................................................................................................27 Perspectives ....................................................................................................................27 The SlickEdit® Editor .......................................................................................................27 Switching Between the SlickEdit® Editor and Eclipse Editors ........................................29 Menus .............................................................................................................................30 Views ...............................................................................................................................30 Status Area .....................................................................................................................31 Dialogs ............................................................................................................................31 Command Line ................................................................................................................32 SlickEdit Views ........................................................................................................................33 Opening SlickEdit Views .................................................................................................33 Available SlickEdit® Views ..............................................................................................33 The SlickEdit® Command Line ................................................................................................36 Activating the Command Line .........................................................................................36 v SlickEdit® Plug-In v3.3 for Eclipse™ Command Line History ...................................................................................................37 Command Line Completions ...........................................................................................37 Using Shortcuts Inside the Command Line .....................................................................37 Using the Command Line to View Key Binding Associations .........................................37 Starting a Program from the Command Line (Shelling) ..................................................38 Command Line Prompting ..............................................................................................38 Common SlickEdit® Commands .....................................................................................39 Using the Mouse and Keyboard ..............................................................................................41 Key Shortcuts in Text Boxes ...........................................................................................41 Redefining Common Keys ..............................................................................................43 4. User Preferences ......................................................................................................... 45 Introduction to User Preferences .............................................................................................46 Global Preferences .........................................................................................................46 Extension-Specific Preferences ......................................................................................46 Emulations ...............................................................................................................................47 Supported Emulations .....................................................................................................47 Changing Emulations ......................................................................................................48 Determining Keys/Functions ...........................................................................................49 Key and Mouse Bindings .........................................................................................................50 What is a Binding? ..........................................................................................................50 Managing Bindings .........................................................................................................51 Key Binding Settings .......................................................................................................56 Cursor, Mouse, and Scroll Settings .........................................................................................58 Setting