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#255 Unable to open .pl files after installing plug-in
I'm new to EPIC. After installing today in Eclipse v3.
1 via the URI for downloading/updating, I get the
following error message when I attempt to open a simple
Perl script (a typical /print "Hello world!\n";/
script).
How can I get EPIC working? Am I missing some third-
party plug-in(s)? I saw no indication of this in the
FAQ. Thanks in advance.
Here's the error I received:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at org.eclipse.ui.part.FileEditorInput.
<init>(FileEditorInput.java:43)
at org.epic.core.util.FileUtilities.
getFileEditorInput(FileUtilities.java:77)
at org.epic.perleditor.editors.PerlEditor.
doSetInput(PerlEditor.java:281)
at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.
AbstractTextEditor$16.run(AbstractTextEditor.java:2360)
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.
runInCurrentThread(ModalContext.java:346)
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.
run(ModalContext.java:291)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.ApplicationWindow$1.
run(ApplicationWindow.java:624)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.
showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:69)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.ApplicationWindow.
run(ApplicationWindow.java:621)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.
run(WorkbenchWindow.java:2134)
at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor.
internalInit(AbstractTextEditor.java:2378)
at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor.
init(AbstractTextEditor.java:2405)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.
createSite(EditorManager.java:778)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.
createPartHelper(EditorReference.java:596)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.
createPart(EditorReference.java:384)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.
WorkbenchPartReference.getPart(WorkbenchPartReference.
java:552)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartPane.
setVisible(PartPane.java:283)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.
PresentablePart.setVisible(PresentablePart.java:126)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.
PresentablePartFolder.select(PresentablePartFolder.
java:268)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.
LeftToRightTabOrder.select(LeftToRightTabOrder.java:65)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.
TabbedStackPresentation.
selectPart(TabbedStackPresentation.java:391)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.
refreshPresentationSelection(PartStack.java:1102)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.
setSelection(PartStack.java:1051)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.
showPart(PartStack.java:1256)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.
add(PartStack.java:442)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorStack.
add(EditorStack.java:109)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorSashContainer.
addEditor(EditorSashContainer.java:60)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorAreaHelper.
addToLayout(EditorAreaHelper.java:212)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorAreaHelper.
addEditor(EditorAreaHelper.java:202)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.
createEditorTab(EditorManager.java:758)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.
openEditorFromDescriptor(EditorManager.java:665)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.
openEditor(EditorManager.java:628)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.
busyOpenEditorBatched(WorkbenchPage.java:2360)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.
busyOpenEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2295)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.
access$9(WorkbenchPage.java:2287)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage$9.
run(WorkbenchPage.java:2273)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.
showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:69)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.
openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2268)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.
openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2241)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.editors.text.
OpenExternalFileAction.run(OpenExternalFileAction.java:
129)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.editors.text.
OpenExternalFileAction.run(OpenExternalFileAction.java:
98)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.
runWithEvent(PluginAction.java:246)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WWinPluginAction.
runWithEvent(WWinPluginAction.java:223)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.
ActionContributionItem.
handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:538)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.
ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.
java:488)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.
ActionContributionItem$5.
handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:400)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.
sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.
sendEvent(Widget.java:843)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.
runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3080)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.
readAndDispatch(Display.java:2713)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.
runEventLoop(Workbench.java:1699)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.
runUI(Workbench.java:1663)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.
createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:367)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.
createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:143)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.
run(IDEApplication.java:103)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.
PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:226)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.
EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:376)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.
EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:163)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.
invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown
Source)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.
invokeFramework(Main.java:334)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.
java:278)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:
973)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:
948)
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You should mention which version of EPIC and your platform.
These days, you should be using 0.3.12 or even the
unofficial epic-devel version.
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Well, that would be version 0.3.12, which I just downloaded
from the web site.
I asked around in IRC and it seems a lot of people have
given up completely on EPIC because they have the same
problems getting it working as well.
Any suggestions for getting EPIC working would be greatly
appreciated as I'd like to use Eclipse for my coding work so
that I won't be stuck using Windows; EPIC seems to provide
the same functionality that I get from my current editor
(which only runs on Windows and OS/2).
Thanks in advance.
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Some suggestions:
1. Try replacing your EPIC installation with the plugins
packaged in
http://e-p-i-c.sf.net/downloads/epic-devel.zip
and see if it works.
2. Post the content of your workspace/.metadata/.log and
steps to reproduce this bug (for example, whether you are
opening a file within a Perl project or a file external to
the workspace). The above mentioned version has an improved
error reporting in the relevant class (FileUtilities).
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I'm using Eclipse 3.1.2 with WST package and Spring IDE.
EPIC 0.3.0 crashes, and the recommended devel-zip isnt even
recognized after installation ... so cant use epic any more
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Are you sure you followed the installation instructions in
README.txt of epic-devel.zip? As usual, workspace/.metadata
/.log may contain clues about why it is not "recognized".
Maybe starting Eclipse with the command line parameter "-
clean" will help.
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I get exactly the same error.
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I get this error as well, but I just tried something now.
If you open a .pl file within a project, it works fine.
Opening a file that is not inside of a project errors out
and won't open it.
I'm on:
Eclipse SDK
Version: 3.1.2
Build id: Gentoo Linux eclipse-sdk-3.1.2-r2
I installed EPIC 0.3.12 and then (in trying to get it to
work) overlayed it with the contents of from epic-devel.
Hope this helps.
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doodmanemu, can you
1. Create a file /tmp/x.pl
2. Remove org.epic.* from Eclipse's plugins directory
3. Unzip epic-devel there (not overlay)
4. Start Eclipse with the command-line option "-clean"
5. Open the file using "File/Open File..."
and still reproduce this error?
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I also notice this.
If you switch the the perl perspective by hand first, you
can open files outside of your project just fine.
Window->Open Perspective->Other... And choose perl