Velocity UI for Eclipse

http://veloedit.sourceforge.net/

Velocity UI for Eclipse

This project leverages the Eclipse platform(v3.x) by adding support for the template/scripting engine Velocity.It provides the following plugins:

org.apache.velocity

Velocity binaries (currently v1.7.0) packaged as an Eclipse plugin

org.vaulttec.velocity.ui

Velocity-aware text editor (associated to files with extensions '*.vsl' or '*.vm')with outline view

Editor Features

• Syntax-highlight for Velocity Template Language (VTL)
• Outline view with hierarchy of VTL directives and Velocimacro references
• Content assist for VTL directives (Screenshot)and references (Screenshot) -> auto-activationafter the character '#' or '$' or manually via keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Space
• Automatic template validation while typing (the first syntax error is show in tasklist and the according line is marked in annotation column)->Screenshot
• Annotation hover with definition of references(Screenshot) and template syntax errors(Screenshot)
• Go to definition of variable or Velocimacro reference under current cursor position (via navigate + context menu or keyboard shortcut F3)
  Use Workbench's navigation history to return to previous location(keyboard shortcut 'Alt + Arrow Left').
• Comment and uncomment blocks (via Ctrl+/ and Ctrl+\)
• Preference pages for definition of Velocity counter name and user-definedVelocity directives (Screenshot)
• Preference pages for color settings of the editor's syntax highlighting(Screenshot)
• Preference pages for Velocimacro library(Screenshot)

Installation

Via Eclipse Update Manager

Online updates are available on http://veloedit.sourceforge.net/updates/.Define a site bookmark in Eclipse's Update Manager view( Screenshot), navigate to the update site via thisbookmark ( Screenshot) and install the Velocity UI feature.This update site can also be downloaded from SourceForgeand used locally.

Manually

Download the archives org.apache.velocity_x.x.x.zip and org.vaulttec.velocity.ui_x.x.x.zip from hereand unzip them in your Eclipse plugin directory "<eclipse install path>/plugins/".