LiClipseText development

LiClipseText is open source and depends on your contributions! This may be in the form of bug fixes, answers on stackoverflow, new features... Another option is financially supporting it:

Paypal

Getting the code

The first thing you probably want to do in order to code in LiClipseText is getting its code.

Pre-requisites: Eclipse SDK 4.6.0, Git and Java 8.0 (note that other versions of those should work too but details may differ a bit)

Before getting the code, there's an important step you need to make: Change your java 'compiler compliance-level' to 8.0. To do this, go to window > preferences > Java > compiler and change that setting from 1.4 to 1.8.

Repository

Get the code with Git from https://github.com/fabioz/LiClipseText (ideally, fork it at github, create your own branch at the forked repository -- usually based in the master branch -- and later send a pull request on github so that the code can be merged back). Later, if you want to provide some other feature/bugfix, a new branch should be created again.

Then, in Eclipse, go to: File > Import > Existing projects into workspace and point it to the root of the repository you just downloaded.

Configuring the environment after getting the code

Important: Before doing any changes to the code it's important to note that you should create a new branch (usually based on the master branch) for doing code changes. See: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging for details on creating and using branches.

Note that to make sure that LiClipseText keeps working on the long run, usually tests are required for pull requests (unless it's a really trivial change). Those reside in the project/tests source folder.

Running it with your changes

After you download the contents and do changes to the code, you can do a Run As > Eclipse Application and a new Eclipse instance will be run with the changes you did.

Creating a distribution locally

Now, on to the build: LiClipseText uses maven to do the build, so, it should be a matter of using "mvn install".

There's a bat file at: /features/org.brainwy.liclipsetext.feature/build_liclipsetext.bat which can be used as a base to know which environment variables are needed to do a build and /pom.xml (in the root) has more details on getting pre-requisites.

Contributing back

Create a pull request in github: http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests/

				LiClipseText development LiClipseText is open source and depends on your contributions! This may be in the form of bug fixes, answers on stackoverflow, new features... Another option is financially supporting it: Paypal
		Getting the code The first thing you probably want to do in order to code in LiClipseText is getting its code. Pre-requisites: Eclipse SDK 4.6.0, Git and Java 8.0 (note that other versions of those should work too but details may differ a bit) Before getting the code, there's an important step you need to make: Change your java 'compiler compliance-level' to 8.0. To do this, go to window > preferences > Java > compiler and change that setting from 1.4 to 1.8. Repository Get the code with Git from https://github.com/fabioz/LiClipseText (ideally, fork it at github, create your own branch at the forked repository -- usually based in the master branch -- and later send a pull request on github so that the code can be merged back). Later, if you want to provide some other feature/bugfix, a new branch should be created again. Then, in Eclipse, go to: File > Import > Existing projects into workspace and point it to the root of the repository you just downloaded. Configuring the environment after getting the code Important: Before doing any changes to the code it's important to note that you should create a new branch (usually based on the master branch) for doing code changes. See: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging for details on creating and using branches. Note that to make sure that LiClipseText keeps working on the long run, usually tests are required for pull requests (unless it's a really trivial change). Those reside in the project/tests source folder. Running it with your changes After you download the contents and do changes to the code, you can do a Run As > Eclipse Application and a new Eclipse instance will be run with the changes you did. Creating a distribution locally Now, on to the build: LiClipseText uses maven to do the build, so, it should be a matter of using "mvn install". There's a bat file at: /features/org.brainwy.liclipsetext.feature/build_liclipsetext.bat which can be used as a base to know which environment variables are needed to do a build and /pom.xml (in the root) has more details on getting pre-requisites. Contributing back Create a pull request in github: http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests/