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Eclipse2GDocs

Mirror a file opened in Eclipse IDE™ to Google Docs™

Drag to your running Eclipse* workspace. *Requires Eclipse Marketplace Client

Video example

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Setup

Installation

  • Select Help>Install New Software
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  • Click on Add Software Site
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  • In the dialog, enter a name and https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danthe1st/eclipse-update-site/master/ as the URL
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  • Select the created Software Site under Work With and unselect Group Items by category
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  • Select Eclipse2GDocs and click on Next
  • Complete the installation process

Usage

  • Open the file you want to mirror to Google Docs in Eclipse (with this plugin installed).
  • Click the button Mirror this file to a Google Document.
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  • The default browser should open automatically. Authorize the application to access Google Docs.
  • Open the Google Document to mirror to in a web browser and copy the document ID.
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  • Enter the document ID in the respective prompt in eclipse.
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  • The content of the opened file should be copied to the google document and automatically updated.

Setup Development Environment

  • Install the Eclipse plug-in Eclipse PDE from the eclipse marketplace: Drag to your running Eclipse* workspace. *Requires Eclipse Marketplace Client
  • Install the plug-in m2e PDE - Maven Integration for Eclipse Plugin Development from https://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases/latest/ to Eclipse.
  • Import this project as well as its child projects (Maven Modules) as Maven Projects in Eclipse
  • Open the file plugin.xml in the io.github.danthe1st.eclipse2gdocs project and click on the run button on the top right in order to start eclipse with this plugin.
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Privacy

All data obtained by Eclipse2GDocs is kept locally and not shared with any third-party services.

It uses the Google Docs API in order to write to a Google Document upon a users request.