Difference between revisions of "Scripting environment setup"
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* Download and install a "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers" or "Eclipse for RCP and RAP Developers" (the latter is more useful for regular Freeplane developers) from [http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages Eclipse download page]. | * Download and install a "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers" or "Eclipse for RCP and RAP Developers" (the latter is more useful for regular Freeplane developers) from [http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages Eclipse download page]. | ||
| − | * Launch Eclipse for the first time and select some directory as your workspace root [[Eclipse-select-workspace.png]] | + | * Launch Eclipse for the first time and select some directory as your workspace root |
| + | [[File:Eclipse-select-workspace.png]] | ||
* [http://groovy.codehaus.org/Eclipse+Plugin Install the Groovy-Eclipse plugin]. | * [http://groovy.codehaus.org/Eclipse+Plugin Install the Groovy-Eclipse plugin]. | ||
* Close Eclipse | * Close Eclipse | ||
* Copy existing Freeplane scripts to workspace (if you have some): | * Copy existing Freeplane scripts to workspace (if you have some): | ||
| − | cp -R ~/.freeplane/1.2.x/scripts/ ~/ | + | cp -R ~/.freeplane/1.2.x/scripts/ ~/freeplanescripts |
* Download current Freeplane binary distribution and unpack it into the workspace, and rename directory: | * Download current Freeplane binary distribution and unpack it into the workspace, and rename directory: | ||
| − | cd ~/ | + | cd ~/freeplanescripts |
unzip freeplane_bin-1.2.13.zip | unzip freeplane_bin-1.2.13.zip | ||
mv freeplane-1.2.13 freeplane_bin | mv freeplane-1.2.13 freeplane_bin | ||
* Download matching Freeplane source distribution and unpack it into the workspace and rename directory: | * Download matching Freeplane source distribution and unpack it into the workspace and rename directory: | ||
| − | cd ~/ | + | cd ~/freeplanescripts |
tar -xzvf freeplane_src-1.2.13.tar.gz | tar -xzvf freeplane_src-1.2.13.tar.gz | ||
mv freeplane-1.2.13 freeplane_src | mv freeplane-1.2.13 freeplane_src | ||
* Create a Java Project for the Freeplane binaries: | * Create a Java Project for the Freeplane binaries: | ||
| − | [[Eclipse-create-project-freeplane_bin-0.png]] | + | [[File:Eclipse-create-project-freeplane_bin-0.png]] |
| − | [[Eclipse-create-project-freeplane_bin-1.png]] | + | [[File:Eclipse-create-project-freeplane_bin-1.png]] |
| − | [[Eclipse-create-project-freeplane_bin-2.png]] | + | [[File:Eclipse-create-project-freeplane_bin-2.png]] |
* Create a Groovy Project for the scripts (even if you have none): | * Create a Groovy Project for the scripts (even if you have none): | ||
| − | [[Eclipse-create-project-scripts-0.png]] | + | [[File:Eclipse-create-project-scripts-0.png]] |
| − | [[Eclipse-create-project-scripts-1.png]] | + | [[File:Eclipse-create-project-scripts-1.png]] |
| − | [[Eclipse-create-project-scripts-2.png]] | + | [[File:Eclipse-create-project-scripts-2.png]] |
| − | [[Eclipse-create-project-scripts-3.png]] | + | [[File:Eclipse-create-project-scripts-3.png]] |
* Edit scripts | * Edit scripts | ||
| − | [[Eclipse-edit-script.png]] | + | [[File:Eclipse-edit-script.png]] |
FIXME: add tutorials for using Eclipse! | FIXME: add tutorials for using Eclipse! | ||
Revision as of 23:36, 28 March 2012
Modern Integrated Development Environments like Eclipse or Idea make it much easier to edit Groovy scripts for Freeplane as in a normal text editor. Syntax highlighting, code completion, error detection, debugging and source navigation are extremely useful especially if you are not that experienced.
But it's more or less difficult for beginners to setup an IDE properly for Groovy scripting, so here's a step-by-step guide:
- Download and install a "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers" or "Eclipse for RCP and RAP Developers" (the latter is more useful for regular Freeplane developers) from Eclipse download page.
- Launch Eclipse for the first time and select some directory as your workspace root
- Install the Groovy-Eclipse plugin.
- Close Eclipse
- Copy existing Freeplane scripts to workspace (if you have some):
cp -R ~/.freeplane/1.2.x/scripts/ ~/freeplanescripts
- Download current Freeplane binary distribution and unpack it into the workspace, and rename directory:
cd ~/freeplanescripts unzip freeplane_bin-1.2.13.zip mv freeplane-1.2.13 freeplane_bin
- Download matching Freeplane source distribution and unpack it into the workspace and rename directory:
cd ~/freeplanescripts tar -xzvf freeplane_src-1.2.13.tar.gz mv freeplane-1.2.13 freeplane_src
- Create a Java Project for the Freeplane binaries:
- Create a Groovy Project for the scripts (even if you have none):
- Edit scripts
FIXME: add tutorials for using Eclipse!
