Quickly reveal definitions in Eclipse PDT

Eclipse PDT (PHP Development Tools) has the ability to quickly show the definitions of functions and methods by hovering the cursor over the parentheses of a reference. This feature is an extension of the typical docblock or signature reveal when hovering over a method or function call itself.

It's not as easy to hover over a parenthesis as it is to hover over a function reference, so invoking the tip can be a little clumsy. And there's another peculiarity with the feature too. Typically, the inline popups like this are "focusable" by moving the mouse from a hover into the pop-up. For these pop-ups though, they immediately disappear when moving away from the parentheses. Instead, use the F2 key to focus the pop-up. In spite of these usability matters, the feature is handy as a quick reference and is welcome.

It's possible that other Eclipse plug-ins have a similar feature to, so in order to get an idea as to whether or not this is a feature of the PDT plugin, the feature was tested with the Java, and JavaScript perspectives. The feature was only available while using PDT.

Comments

Skype Now Supports Emergency Calls In the US

With the latest round of updates to Skype , it was noticed today that the instant messaging and VoIP phone service now supports emergency calling in the United States. The release notes for the most recent update to the Android version of Skype indicated that the service now allows calls to be made to US emergency calling systems via 911. Telephony services like Skype, Google Voice , and Vonage typically don't offer this emergency calling ability without some sort of intermediate step like deferring to the phone's default dialer, as is the case with Voice, or setting up a physical address location ahead of time which is how Vonage handles it. The indication is that Skype will handle the 911 calls natively, but when verifying with an account that does not have a Skype phone number assigned to it, it was found that the instructions in the FAQ explaining how to turn on emergency calling are not accurate. Emergency calling support in Skype for the United States Interestingly, th...

Allow Windows authentication using SQL Server driver with DBeaver

DBeaver will allow Microsoft Windows single sign on access when connecting to Microsoft SQL Server using the SQL Server driver (rather than jTDS ). From the driver properties settings, set the integratedSecurity flag to true . Open the Connection configuration panel and choose the Driver properties section. Set the integratedSecurity flag to true . A subtle, but important step is to not provide username and password credentials to the connection.

Edit CUPS Configuration File To Re-assign Network Address

The printers.conf file can be edited to change the network address a printer uses. This can be useful to fix situations in which the printer in question has a new IP address, but the local system is trying to use the previous address. Shutdown the CUPS server Change the network address Restart the CUPS server sudo systemctl stop cups sudo nano /etc/cups/printers.conf sudo systemctl start cups NOTE The editor used in the example is nano for the sake of those who may be less comfortable in the command-line. With nano, once the change has been made, use Control + O to save the changes, and then Control + X to quit the editor. Ideally, this process would not be necessary. Instead, once a printer is added, it will always be reachable at the address it was assigned when it was added to the system. In practice, things like power outages, or breaks in network connectivity, may be enough for the DHCP server to issue a new IP address. A tip when making the address cha...

Orsburn (Static Content)

Search This Blog