Basic Eclipse Questions

[Brian C Robinson]

I've been using Eclipse for about a year now but haven't been able to figure out a couple of simple things.
1) Is there a quick way to switch between files using the keyboard? I use VS.NET at work and it's a simple matter of alt-w # to switch between any open file, but I've yet to find a decent way to do this in Eclipse. IMO, I should never have to touch the mouse while programming so this annoys me to no end.
2) Is the debugger supposed to work out of the box? I've never been able to get it to do anything but print an error message.

[Anders Olsen]

1) Yes, you can use Ctrl-F6 (and Shift-Ctrl-F6 when the small window is open) to switch between open files.
2) I have only used the debugger a few times, but it worked for me. It would probably be easier to help you, if you wrote the errormessage you received.
Regards
Anders

[Todd Chambery]

Ctrl+F6 is pretty un-ergonomic, but since 2.1 you can change the keymappings (for just about all actions in the IDE) to whatever suits your fancy.

[Ed Burnette]

Originally posted by Brian C Robinson:
Is the debugger supposed to work out of the box?

If you mean the Java debugger, yes, assuming you installed the SDK version of Eclipse and a reasonably recent version of Java then just select your project, then Run > Debug As > Java Application.
If you mean the C debugger, then no. You also have to install gdb and gcc and the whole gnu toolchain.
(Has anybody noticed that after a while the fly just goes in the moose's nose and stays there? )

[Robert McGovern]

Originally posted by Ed Burnette:

(Has anybody noticed that after a while the fly just goes in the moose's nose and stays there? )

Mmm, I try to avoid looking at him, he's creepy!

[Thomas Paul]

Originally posted by Ed Burnette:
(Has anybody noticed that after a while the fly just goes in the moose's nose and stays there? )

Even flies need to take a nap every once in awhile.

[Brian C Robinson]

Hmm, it appears the debugger is working. I can run normally with it if I don't set a breakpoint. If I do set a breakpoint, though, it acts weird. The program seems to stop at the breakpoint but I can't step. The menu option to step is still grayed out.

[Ilja Preuss]

Originally posted by Ed Burnette:

If you mean the Java debugger, yes, assuming you installed the SDK version of Eclipse and a reasonably recent version of Java then just select your project, then Run > Debug As > Java Application.

You don't need the SDK version - the JDT runtime binary suffices.
You are right about the JDK, though - some of them do have bugs preventing Eclipses debugger from working correctly. With JDKs 1.4.1_02 and 1.4.2, I don't have any problems.