Enable Japanese characters in Windows and Eclipse

17. December 2009
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To enable the Japanese characters (Shift-JIS) the operation system needs to install the fonts.

This is how to do it in Windows Xp:

  1. Install the fonts. This is done in the Regional Options under languagesclip_image001
  2. Select the Install files for East Asian languages. The windows cd is needed.
  3. After this a restart is needed.
  4. In Eclipse select properties of the file which contains Japanese characters and select Test file encoding.
  5. Chose: UTF-8 and click ok.
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  6. Now you can open the file with any editor in Eclipse and it should show the file correctly.

 

Here is a link to a site which describes how to do the same for other operation systems.

Eclipse, Windows Vista

Eclipse spy and shortcuts

2. September 2009
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Eclipse Spy: Enables you to get information about what kind of e.g. window you are looking at in eclipse. This is useful if you be your self are developing plug-ins for eclipse. To invoke Eclipse spy:

  • alt + shift + F1

Plugin Spy

An other blog post about Eclipse 3.4 Hidden Treasures can be found at http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/eclipse-34-hidden-treasures

 

Eclipse shortcuts: (source)

  • quick outline: ctrl + o
  • open resource: ctrl + shift + r
  • open type (class, interface etc.): ctrl + shift + t
  • go to line: ctrl + l

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