Eclipse Customization

Common preferences

Window -> Preferences

General -> Apparence -> Theme: Classic

General -> Apparence -> Color and Fonts -> text font : Monospace 12

General -> Editor -> Text Editor

Insert spaces for tabs

Show line numbers

Show whitespace characters # configure visibility -> "25"

General -> Editor -> Text Editor -> Spelling -> Disable

C++ Only

C/C++ -> Code Style -> Formatter

click New...

Profile name: "Ascii [custom]"

copy from: "BSD/Allman [built-in]"

click Ok

Indentation -> Tab policy: "Spaces only"

click Ok

External tools

XTerm

Run -> External Tools -> External Tools Configurations

Program -> New

Name: "XTerm"

Location: "/usr/bin/xterm"

Working Directory: "${selected_resource_loc}"

Build -> uncheck 'Build before launch

Nautilus

Run -> External Tools -> External Tools Configurations

Program -> New

Name: "Nautilus"

Location: "/usr/bin/nautilus"

Arguments: "--no-desktop ${selected_resource_loc}"

Build -> uncheck 'Build before launch

Astyle

Run -> External Tools -> External Tools Configurations

Program -> New

Name: "Astyle"

Location: "/usr/bin/astyle"

Arguments: "--style=ansi -n ${resource_loc}"

Refresh -> Refresh resource -> The selected resource

Build -> uncheck 'Build before launch

DDD

Run -> External Tools -> External Tools Configurations

Program -> New

Name: "DDD"

Location: "/usr/bin/ddd"

Working Directory: "${project_loc}"

Arguments: "${selected_resource_loc}"

Build -> uncheck 'Build before launch

Eclipse Dark Theme

UI Theme

• from https://github.com/jeeeyul/eclipse-themes/

Open Eclipse, go to help -> install new software

select 'work with' 'Add'

type 'Name:' "Jeeeyul's Eclipse Themes" and 'Location:' "https://raw.github.com/jeeeyul/eclipse-themes/master/net.jeeeyul.eclipse.themes.updatesite" and click 'OK'

select 'Jeeeyul's themes' and click 'Next ->' 'Next ->' select 'Accept' and 'Finish'

accept and restart

General -> Apparence -> Theme: 'Jeeeyul's Themes - Chrome Theme', enable animations and mixed fonts

General -> Apparence -> Color Theme -> upper right corner click -> Editor1s Presets -> Chrome Classic

General -> Apparence -> Color Theme -> upper right corner click -> Adjust Colors Globally -> Brightness Amp -> 25%

Text Editor Theme

Choose a good theme like 'NightLion Aptana Theme' (shuld be included in the plugin, the link is http://eclipsecolorthemes.org/?view=theme&id=47)

Open Eclipse, go to help -> install new software

select 'work with' 'Add'

type 'Name:' "Eclipse Color Theme" and 'Location:' "http://eclipse-color-theme.github.com/update" and click 'OK'

select 'Eclipse Color Theme' and click 'Next ->' 'Next ->' select 'Accept' and 'Finish'

accept and restart