Snipex Code Released - CFLib Available in Eclipse
Mark Drew has released the code for SnipEx. This allows anyone to setup a Snippets server for Eclipse. How is this useful? You can now browse the entire CFLib library directly from Eclipse. No more need to ignore my annoying ads. Just add:
http://www.cflib.org/snipex/snipex.cfc
As a SnipEx server. I noticed that the node shows up blank, but when you expand it, you will see all the CFEclipse Libraries and UDFs. You can then click for a description or double click to insert a UDF. How freaking cool is that?
I'm going to be doing a bit of work on the XML when I can. I noticed the libraries are not sorted so I'll try to fix that.
Comments
Chris: See Mark's post that Ray linked to.
# Posted By todd sharp
| 7/11/07 11:58 AM
# Posted By Jim Priest
| 7/11/07 1:21 PM
I don't get it. How do you see "CFLib" in the UI and I don't? I mean it works and all, but my node is blank.
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 7/11/07 1:24 PM
Ray, I had to restart CFEclipse before I saw anything...
# Posted By Jim Priest
| 7/11/07 1:29 PM
Nope. I just restarted. To be clear, I _have_ a connection to CFLib, I can browse the libs just fine. Its just that top level node is still blank. It has no label.
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 7/11/07 1:33 PM
@Todd: Thanks man, I can't believe I missed that. I also missed that this was a 1.3.1.5 thing. Color me stupid. :o/ Well, it's a good thing it made me get off my lazy duff and install the newest CFE.Cheers!
# Posted By Chris Jordan
| 7/11/07 2:01 PM
@Ray - have you tried removing the SnipEx URL, restarting and trying again? I imagine it's pulling that from the XML:(snipex createdAt="" id="" name="CFLib" updatedAt="")
Or maybe it's a Mac thing? I'm on WinXP?
I noticed it doesn't show up in this screenshot on Mark Drew's site:
http://www.markdrew.co.uk/blog/enclosures/snipex_5...
# Posted By Jim Priest
| 7/11/07 2:08 PM
CFEclipse SnipEx server location works CFlib.org doesn't. CFEclipse 1.3.1.5 and eclipse 3.3 getting a Null argument error.
# Posted By Robb
| 7/11/07 3:14 PM
I'm afraid you may need to hit Mark for this. Outside of the blank label it is working fine for me. :(
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 7/11/07 3:18 PM
@Ray - I don't seem to be getting *all* of the udf's in the lib. For instance the String Library only shows a handful (around six) udfs.Is that the way it's supposed to be?
# Posted By Chris Jordan
| 7/11/07 3:57 PM
-sigh-Blame the darn XMLFormat bug. There is a "high" character that is being ignored by XMLFormat, and therefore breaking the XML. This is one bug that didn't get fixed in CF8 that I really wished they would have fixed. :(
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 7/11/07 4:12 PM
oh. Sorry. I didn't mean to pour salt in an old wound. ;o)
# Posted By Chris Jordan
| 7/11/07 4:38 PM
Yeah I'm at a point where I'm pulling my hair out. :(
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 7/11/07 5:29 PM
The XML is fixed now, however, I only see a few entries in StrLib. When I view the XML directly, I see a butt load. Going to bug Mark on this.
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 7/11/07 10:10 PM
I can browse just fine but when I double-click one to add it, all of the HTML characters are in their entity notations (e.g. < >). Very cool though!
# Posted By Joe Danziger
| 7/12/07 3:22 PM
Should be fixed now. You need to go into your workspace folder, .metadata/.plugins/.org.cfeclipse.cfml/snipex, and remove the XML and restart Eclipse.
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 7/12/07 3:56 PM
Yup, working like a charm! Thanks Ray!
# Posted By Joe Danziger
| 7/12/07 5:48 PM
Ray, it appears that library id 5 has some xml formatting issues. http://www.cflib.org/snipex/snipex.cfc?libid=5
Just wanted to bring it your your attention if you were not aware ;). Also thanks for making this available.
# Posted By Jason
| 7/16/07 7:13 AM
Should be fixed now, but you will need to clear your SNipEx cache. I'm about to post a new blog entry on how to do that.
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 7/16/07 8:26 AM
Yep, works like a charm! Thanks Ray!
# Posted By Jason
| 7/16/07 8:30 AM
It seems that the cflib DSN no longer exists:http://www.cflib.org/snipex/snipex.cfc
Datasource cflib could not be found.
Resources:
* Enable Robust Exception Information to provide greater detail about the source of errors. In the Administrator, click Debugging & Logging > Debug Output Settings, and select the Robust Exception Information option.
* Check the ColdFusion documentation to verify that you are using the correct syntax.
* Search the Knowledge Base to find a solution to your problem.
Browser Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.7) Gecko/2009030422 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.7
Remote Address 130.71.136.59
Referrer http://www.coldfusionjedi.com/index.cfm/2007/7/11/...
Date/Time 20-Mar-09 02:53 PM
I recently moved servers and forgot to set this DSN up. I'll fix it soon.
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 3/20/09 1:58 PM
Fixed.
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 3/20/09 2:09 PM
You say,"Just add: http://www.cflib.org/snipex/snipex.cfc";, but you don't say where to add it.