RE: cvs server with WSAD

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Mark Phippard
>
> But you can certainly work with the CVS repository with other CVS
> tools and Eclipse will not have a problem.

Okay, I haven't tried this yet.  I get the feeling that when a project is
shared, in order to make changes to a module I'll have to check it out.  But
I'll play and report back later.


> However once it is
> added to the workspace, I do not think there are any tools to change the
> project type.

Ah, this I can help with.  While I was writing my Eclipse book, I learned
all about this particular bit of magic.  It's all in the .project file.
When a simple project is created, it has empty "buildSpec" and "natures"
elements in the .project XML file.  Also, there's no .classpath.

A quick way to fix this is to create a separate empty Java project.  Then,
go into Resource perspective and copy the .classpath file from the Java
project to the simple project.  Next, bring the two .project files up in the
text editor, and copy the contents of the buildSpec and natures elements
from the Java project to the simple project.  Save, go back into Java
perspective, and you now have a Java project.

It's all in the XML <grin>.

Joe