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authorLukas Rytz <lukas.rytz@typesafe.com>2015-10-16 10:06:02 +0200
committerLukas Rytz <lukas.rytz@typesafe.com>2015-10-16 10:06:02 +0200
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Merge pull request #4792 from SethTisue/round-of-readme-updates
misc upgrades to README
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@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
Eclipse project files
=====================
-The following points describe how to get Scala to run in Eclipse. Please also take a look at the [excellent tutorial on scala-ide.org](http://scala-ide.org/docs/tutorials/scalac-trunk/index.html).
+For important details on building, debugging and file encodings, please see [the excellent tutorial on scala-ide.org](http://scala-ide.org/docs/tutorials/scalac-trunk/index.html).
-0. Import all projects into a [very recent version of Scala IDE for Eclipse](http://scala-ide.org/download/nightly.html) by choosing `File/Import Existing Projects`
-and navigate to `scala/src/eclipse`. Check all projects and click ok.
+The following points describe how to build Scala using Eclipse.
-0. You need to define a `path variable` inside Eclipse. Define `SCALA_BASEDIR` in
-`Preferences/General/Workspace/Linked Resources`. The value should be the absolute
+0. Download the [Scala IDE bundle](http://scala-ide.org/download/sdk.html). It comes preconfigured for optimal performance.
+
+0. Run `ant init` to download some necessary jars.
+
+0. Import the project (in `src/eclipse`) via `File` → `Import Existing Projects` and navigate to `scala/src/eclipse`. Check all projects and click ok.
+
+0. You need to define a `path variable` inside Eclipse. Define `SCALA_BASEDIR` in
+`Preferences/General/Workspace/Linked Resources`. The value should be the absolute
path to your Scala checkout. All paths in the project files are relative to this one,
so nothing will work before you do so.
@@ -29,7 +34,7 @@ JDK. The Scala library uses such APIs, so you'd see this error:
Access restriction: The method compareAndSwapObject(Object, long, Object, Object)
from the type Unsafe is not accessible due to restriction on required library.
- You can *fix* it by allowing calls to restricted APIs in `Java/Compiler/Errors/Warnings/Deprecated and Restricted API`
+ You can *fix* it by allowing calls to restricted APIs in `Java/Compiler/Errors/Warnings/Deprecated and Restricted API`
settings.
0. Project files are tracked by Git, so adding them to `.gitignore` won't prevent them