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Reputation: 18159

Where is the "Refresh Automatically" option in Eclipse Kepler for Mac?

My Java project uses JRuby. The Ruby files I execute are resources within the project. I modify those files with an external editor (TextMate). Before I run the project, I need to refresh it. I was looking for a way to have the resources automatically refreshed whenever I run the project, with Eclipse Kepler on Mac:

The answer is Window->Preferences->General->Workspace and check "Refresh automatically". However, there is no such thing as "Refresh automatically":

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None of the checked options do what I was expecting.

Settings > General > Workspace > Refresh On Access (aka Lightweight Refresh). This preference causes Eclipse to automatically refresh resources when it discovers that they're 'out-of-sync'.

No, that's not true. I run my project (without refreshing it) and Eclipse certainly did not refresh the resources.

A single click on a project, a CTRL+A to select everything, and an F5 should do exactly what you need - refresh everything.

That's what I've been doing. I wouldn't call that "automatic".

I recently configured Eclipse (ver. 3.6) in order to make it automatically refresh projects in the workspace (Windows > Preferences > General > Workspace > Refresh Automatically).

What is this mythical "Refresh Automatically" everybody is talking about?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1008

Answers (1)

greg-449
greg-449

Reputation: 111216

The option was renamed to Refresh using native hooks or polling which is on the Preference page you show.

On the Mac I believe it using polling - so there will be a background thread periodically checking for updates.

Upvotes: 4

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