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Eclipse kepler create a feature patch


I am trying to reach at the eclipse source code so I can maybe try to modify/fix. I have had more frustrating experiences - very few.

I tried to follow the post by Ian Bull Patching your own Eclipse IDE

I switched to the PDE perspective and fired up the wizard New > FeaturePatch. Now I am stuck at:

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So how I populate the browse dialog ? I want to edit formating of java code by the JDT core. Ideally I would like to be able to edit the master branch of the kepler maintenance release.


Solution

  • Just press Browse and then type part of the feature id you want to patch. Just typing j should show you the jdt feature among a few others.