CODEWITHSUNDEEP
eclipseeclipse-plugineclipse-rcp
user3655077
user3655077

Reputation: 87

How can I specify Eclipse Preferences using plugin_customization.ini?

I am writing Eclipse Plugin to support custom programming language. I want to specify some default preferences (like default Perspective id, showing line numbers, autosave resources before launch) using plugin_customization.ini.

The problem is that there are two other plugin_customization.ini files for plugins in folders org.eclipse.epp.package.standard_2.0.2.20140224-0000 and org.eclipse.platform_4.3.2.v20140221-1700 (both stored in eclipse/plugins) in Eclipse standard package and their plugin_customization.ini files somehow seem to have higher priority then my file (org.eclipse.epp.package.standard_2.0.2.20140224-0000comes first).

How can I change this order to make my plugin's plugin_customization.ini primary preferences file? Is there any other way to define preferences I mentioned?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 5677

Answers (1)

greg-449
greg-449

Reputation: 111142

The plugin_customization.ini for the product that Eclipse is asked to run (via the -product entry in the eclipse.ini) is the one that is used. Eclipse packages often contain more than one product which is why you see multiple files.

You can specify the file to use by specifying the -pluginCustomization option on the command line or in the eclipse.ini

-pluginCustomization
/path-to-file/plugin_customization.ini

It is also possible to use a plugin that uses the org.eclipse.core.runtime.products extension point to declare a new product and build a customized Eclipse RCP that runs this product - that is what the org.eclipse.epp.package.standard plugin is doing.

Upvotes: 6

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