From 7bbc968b31be33aa070f0a06639aac47dacf0c7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glen Whitney Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:30:42 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add note about Spoofax version --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 27ee0f7..94a3ae6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Then I will freeze this project and start again with the calc language, grafting In the meantime, in case it's of use to me later or to anyone else, I will document here in this readme the full set of steps I go through in order to get the helloworld program into the goal state. -1. In my previously existing working installation of Eclipse IDE for Java (2020-09, i.e. v. 4.17, for completeness sake), I went to Help > Install new software, clicked on the button to add a new site, put in the site name of Spoofax and got the the URL for the site from http://www.metaborg.org/en/latest/source/release/stable.html#update-site - it's the very long url labeled as "Eclipse update site:" that spans several lines. +1. In my previously existing working installation of Eclipse IDE for Java (2020-09, i.e. v. 4.17, for completeness sake), I went to Help > Install new software, clicked on the button to add a new site, put in the site name of Spoofax and got the the URL for the site from http://www.metaborg.org/en/latest/source/release/stable.html#update-site - it's the very long url labeled as "Eclipse update site:" that spans several lines. NOTE: The latest release as of this writing, Spoofax 2.5.13, produced the "lifecycle" error in item 5 below. However, the "development snapshot" available using the update site http://buildfarm.metaborg.org/job/metaborg/job/spoofax-releng/job/master/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/dist/spoofax/eclipse/site/ did not generate the error, so I recommend using a Spoofax _newer_ than release 2.5.13. 1. Then I checked the box next to "Spoofax Eclipse" and then followed the prompts (I think I had to click on "Next>" or maybe "Finished"). Eventually Eclipse asked me if I wanted it to restart, which I agreed to. 1. And indeed, once it restarted, the "Spoofax" and "Spoofax (meta)" menus showed up. 1. At this point I followed the tutorial linked at the top of this readme...