eclipse no autoinsertion for EPIC (Perl Plugin)

Question

I want to use Eclipse to do my Perl programming. For this purpose I have installed the EPIC-Plugin.

But how do I get the EPIC plugin to automatically insert the templates? Or the shebang? This is possible with Java-Class files out-of-the-box. Why not with EPIC? The templates that I talk about are the one under: Window -> Preferences Perl EPIC -> Editor -> Templates

They don't seem to work at all. For Java the work just fine (almost same location - just replace "Perl Epic" with "Java")

EPIC Repo: http://e-p-i-c.sourceforge.net/updates/testing

Whirlwind

On a very unrelated note: try Komodo IDE (or the free version). I've tested EPIC for a short while and found it to be very unsatisfying when working with many projects, and lots of unrelated files as well. Komodo on the other hand has been a huge improvement because of its stability, speed and very simple to use built-in debugging. And it does have lots of templates (and snippets) out of the box ;-) – Darr

Thanks for the comment. I reluctantly will give it a chance...but all in all I think it should be possible with Eclipse and EPIC. I sort of want to have one IDE. And with Java my demands are met. So this should also work with EPIC.... somehow... because basicly this is the same "backend" - right? – Whirlwind

OK Komodo seems to be completely Commercial => I don't want to use it. But thank you for the afford anyway :) – Whirlwind

Answer 1

You should type the name of the template in the editor first - then hit ctrl+space, it should show you a list of all templates starting with that name.

So if you need a template to auto insert a shebang for example, have a template with these fields:

• Name: #!
• Context: Perl
• Description: Any fancy Description
• Pattern: ${cursor}#!/usr/bin/env perl

After you enabled and applied, you should be able to auto insert the shebang when you type #! then ctrl+space.

Also, you can import templates externally, there are tons online with all the basics covered. :)

Hope this helps.

Proudlove

Answer 2

I have been using Eclipse - EPIC - Perl for a couple of years now. (On Windows XP SP3 and on Windows 7). I find it an excellent tool (much better than PADRE) which I had initially tried out. Its management of variable monitoring is superb.

Once in while I encounter a little bug, but usually those are quite workable. I'm simply not using the templates (on Windows you don't need the shebang anyway).

Buchenwald

OK, well thats nice for you, but that doesn' really help me :) I just want my new perl files to include some stuff, that I always need... "use strict" for example. With Java I always have my little comment-section with name of the author, mail , name of the program etc etc. That should also be possible for EPIC I think – Whirlwind