EditBox Eclipse plugin - Updated!

Note: I created a fork of this awesome plugin and updated it to work for current Eclipse versions. I also opened a PR and still hoping the original Authors will reply to my request. U are free to follow the instructions below and package my newly updated branch!

Disclaimer

I am not responsible for managing the certificates for installing this plugin and only used my personal packaged copy on Eclipse. You are advised to follow the instructions provided by the original creators. However, I am willing to take over the control/updated version from the creators should they reply to my PR. I am also open to fully taking charge of maintaining the plugin in case I am granted the permission to do so.

Tip

You can use maven and package a copy of this update, follow the instructions on how to install a plugin (By clicking on Help>Install New Software.... on the menu bar) in eclipse. In place of selecting the link, you can select your locally packaged copy and then proceed to install like you will do with any plugin. Please consider giving a star if you use this updated copy :). You can also contribute later! I hope to outline the contribution guidelines if I am fully granted the permission to maintain the plugin.

Use

direct update site http://nodeclipse.github.io/dev.updates/editbox-1.0.0/

EditBox is using background colors theme to highlight code blocks.

This is converted to git and mavenized EditBox Eclipse plugin created by Piotr Metel. The author was working for project in 2009-2011. Latest version released by Piotr Metel was 0.0.22. Named as 0.22 Alpha.

Paul Verest has discovered about EditBox though "Added EditBox support #52" guari/eclipse-ui-theme#52. And emailed the author. Whether author will answer or not, having project on GitHub hopefully will revive it.

UPDATE: In one day 2014-03-26 converted to git and mavenized; added RainbowDrops.es by @Vexatos;
on second day 2014-03-27 changed default theme list to include all themes, add major languages as category, make default configuration in 10 lines, for example

result.add(createProviderForNameAndExtentions("c++",	Arrays.asList("*.c", "*.cpp", "*.h", "*.hpp") ) ); 

For example add Blue Light theme

Hint: bump to next version with

mvn org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-versions-plugin:set-version -DnewVersion=1.1.0-SNAPSHOT

History

• 0.50
• 0.55
• 0.60
• 0.65 (2014-08) change icon; Checkbox "Plugin enabled"; combo to apply one of bundled themes to all categories (this is done for case when switching to black themes and back)
• 0.70 (2015-8) refresh release; known issues: #14
• 1.0.0 (2018-04-02) fix for Oxygen by Jiří Engelthaler; update tycho build to 1.1.0

Themes

Text Category included *.* file mask. Remove it for better customization.

All themes are inside pm.eclipse.editbox/src

in BoxProviderRegistry.java "Default", "Whitebox", "RainbowDrops", "OnClick", "GreyGradient", "Java_v_20"

• Default is like on image above, differs for java, markup, python, text

• Whitebox - only border highlight for mouse-over

• OnClick - border highlight for mouse-over, and the current block highlight like Default when clicking inside

• GreyGradient

• Java_v_20

• RainbowDrops - for black background themes, e.g. Moonrise, Black by Jeeeyul, Dark in Eclipse 4.4
  

• OrangeToRed

• BlueToDeepBlue
  

• BlueGradient22WithDarkBoldLeftBorder
  

• BlueLight
  

• RainDropsLine
  

• PaleBlue by Robin Martin
  

Youtube video where EditBox is used, but not mentioned

Hints:

• Before modifying or importing a theme change name
• (for themes with gradient) Adjust "Alpha blending" to make theme lighter or darker.

Add your themes like Blue & Red commit.

Development

Default themes for a Category are defined in pm.eclipse.editbox\src\pm\eclipse\editbox\impl\BoxProviderRegistry.java

In eclipse with PDE (e.g. Enide Studio) open plugin.xml , click Launch an Eclipse application.

Preferences are saved to file <workspace>\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime\.settings\pm.eclipse.editbox.prefs
see pm.eclipse.editbox\docs for an example.

Terms

Looking at code and .prefs file

pm.eclipse.editbox.provider.java_Default=\#COMMENT\r\n\#Mon Jun 30 17\:24\:47 CST 2014\r\nHighlightOne\=false\r\nFillGradient\=false\r\nFillSelected\=true\r\nRoundBox\=true\r\nBorderColorType\=1\r\nName\=Default\r\nExpandBox\=false\r\nBorderDrawLine\=false\r\nFillOnMove\=true\r\nAlpha\=0\r\nHighlightWidth\=1\r\nBorderWidth\=1\r\nHighlightColor\=acb3b7\r\nBorderColor\=c0c0c0\r\nFillKeyModifier\=Alt\r\nHighlightColorType\=3\r\nFillGradientColor\=dadcc2\r\nBuilder\=Java\r\nHighlightDrawLine\=false\r\nFillSelectedColor\=ffffff\r\nBorderLineStyle\=2\r\nColors\=ffffff-c5d0ac-d9e3b7-e8ecd9\r\nHighlightLineStyle\=0\r\nNoBackground\=false\r\nCirculateLevelColors\=false\r\n
pm.eclipse.editbox.provider.java_RainbowDrops=\#COMMENT\r\n\#Wed Jul 09 17\:06\:50 CST 2014\r\nHighlightOne\=true\r\nFillGradient\=false\r\nFillSelected\=false\r\nRoundBox\=false\r\nBorderColorType\=0\r\nName\=RainbowDrops\r\nExpandBox\=false\r\nBorderDrawLine\=true\r\nFillOnMove\=false\r\nAlpha\=0\r\nHighlightWidth\=1\r\nBorderWidth\=1\r\nHighlightColor\=00ff00\r\nBorderColor\=00bbbb\r\nFillKeyModifier\=Alt\r\nHighlightColorType\=0\r\nFillGradientColor\=null\r\nBuilder\=Java\r\nHighlightDrawLine\=true\r\nFillSelectedColor\=202020\r\nBorderLineStyle\=1\r\nColors\=202020-null\r\nHighlightLineStyle\=0\r\nNoBackground\=false\r\nCirculateLevelColors\=false\r\n
pm.eclipse.editbox.provider.java_catalog=Default,Whitebox,OnClick,GreyGradient,Java_v_20,RainbowDropsLine,RainbowDropsLineFill,BlueToDeepBlue,OrangeToRed,BlueGradient22WithDarkBoldLeftBorder,BlueLight,Java_PaleBlue,RainbowDrops
pm.eclipse.editbox.provider.java_default=RainbowDrops
pm.eclipse.editbox.provider.java_enabled=true
pm.eclipse.editbox.provider.java_fileNames=*.java,*.class,*.gradle,*.groovy,*.scala

Theme BoxSettingsImpl is set of colors . Provider is theme applied to some category. Provider is holding current theme (Settings object). Provider BoxProviderImpl is associated with category String (aka Provider name).
Catalog is list of Themes, that provider has.

Build

mvn package to make update site and zip archive.

Convertion to git notes

Converted with git svn clone -s http://svn.code.sf.net/p/editbox/code/ editbox3 --trunk=plugin

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9211405/how-to-migrate-code-from-svn-to-git-without-losing-commits-history

https://sourceforge.net/p/editbox/code/HEAD/tree/plugin/

svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/editbox/code/ editbox-code

git svn clone -s svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/editbox/code/

https://sourceforge.net/p/editbox/code/HEAD/tree/

svn checkout http://svn.code.sf.net/p/editbox/code/ editbox-code

git svn clone -s http://svn.code.sf.net/p/editbox/code/
git svn clone -s http://svn.code.sf.net/p/editbox/code/ editbox3 --trunk=plugin

OK