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I am a Java developer and use Eclipse most every day.  However, as you can see on this blog, I do a fair amount of Drupal work and have dabbled in writing Drupal modules.

A few releases of Eclipse ago, I spent quite a bit of time installing the eclipse PDT project on top of my eclipse for Java installation. I remember it taking quite a bit of time to sort things out.

The other day I sat down to write a Java program to solve a Triazzle puzzle (ask me if you want it) and noticed that the version of eclipse installed on my personal machine was rather dated.  So, I downloaded and installed the lasted version of the Helios release.

I figured I might as well install the PDT on top of it and looked thru my notes on how I did it before.  Well, it turns out that this is a very well supported operation now.

For the simple directions, see the PDT page on the eclipse wiki:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/PDT/Installation#From_Update_Site
 

UPDATE:  ShellEd version 2.0 has a new installation procedure:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/shelled/wiki/Documentation/InstallGuide
I just tried this and it worked fine against Eclipse Helios

I've been having getting my normal editor working (a Winders editor that I run under wine) and thought I'd give eclipse a shot.

I did some searching and ended up installing the ShellEd plugin.  It offers source coloring and context sensitive help popups.  It doesn't create a custom perspective or a project type; but that's fine.  I'd be happer with the solution if eclipse offered text wrapping (!).  Despite that, the system seems to work fairly well.