Milestone 2 for Eclipse 3.6 is now available. Now that summer is over, and most people have returned from vacation, Eclipse development is starting to ramp up again. Interested in getting involved, now is a GREAT time.
M2 is available from:
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.6M2-200909170100/index.php
Inside Eclipse, you can use p2 to update with this URL:
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.6milestones
Finally the new and noteworthy can be read at:
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.6M2-200909170100/eclipse-news-M2.html
Checkout the great new features like the API usage scans.
Tags: helios, milestone
The Fellowship of Riena just released 1.2.0.M1. (download). We committers have fixed 40+ issues and added a couple of new features. Below are my personal favorites.
Improved support for message markers. Multiple validation rules and validation messages are now shown correctly (snippet):
The new IListRidget simplifies binding to lists of elements with one column. This is a bit simpler than using a ITableRidget (snippet).
Easier listening for selection changes using an ISelectionListener on ITableRidget, IListRidget, ITreeRidget, ITreeTableRidget, ISingleChoiceRidget, IMultipleChoiceRidget.
Better keyboard navigation. We have added several new shortcuts. Some examples:
- Next / Previous navigation element – Up / Down in the navigation tree
- Next / Previous Module – Ctrl-Down / Ctrl-Up
- Next / Previous SubApplication – Ctrl-PgDn / Ctrl-PgUp
- Close Module / ModuleGroup – Ctrl-W / Ctrl-Shift-W
- Focus on Navigation / Workarea – F6 / F7
- Focus on Window Menu – F10 (windows only)
- Quit Application – Alt+F4 (windows only)
and SubApplication titles now support mnemonics for easier access via the keyboard:
Here’s the complete New & Noteworthy.
Kind regards,
Elias.
PS: SubApplication, Module, ModuleGroup are explained here.
Tags: eclipse ui, helios, milestone, riena
Good news, Eclipse 3.6 M1 is out and available for download (new and noteworthy)!
Why is this good news? Well, this marks the beginning of the regular heart beat of the Eclipse release cycle. The next release train is called Helios and is due out June 23rd, 2010. This week the Eclipse Planning Council finalized the dates for the Helios milestones:
- Helios M1 8/7 – 8/21
- Helios M2 9/18 – 10/2
- Helios M3 10/30 – 11/13
- Helios M4 12/11 – 12/18
- Helios M5 1/29 – 2/5
- Helios M6 3/12 – 3/19
- Helios M7 4/30 – 5/7
- Helios Release: 6/23/2010
Onwards to the Eclipse Helios release!
Tags: helios, milestone
