EPIC - User's Guide


Table of Contents

Plug-in Installation
Prerequisites
Installation
Setting up Preferences
General Preferences
Code Assist
Editor
Source Formatter
Templates
Associating Files with the Perl editor
CVS Setup
Setting up the Debugger
Perl Projects
Creating a Project
Perl Include Path
Converting an existing Project
Eclipse Basics
Perspectives
Views
Using Perspectives
Using views
Working with the Perl Editor
Syntax Check
Explain Errors and Warnings
Perldoc
Quick Reference
Code Assist
TODO Markers
Templates
Source Formatter
HTML Export
Outline View
Using the Perl Debugger
Launching Perl Programs
Configuring Launch Configurations
Break Points
Views in the Debug Perspective
Stepping through the execution of a Perl program
RegExp Plugin
Enabling the RegExp View
Using the RegExp Plugin
Debugging Regular Expressions
Known Bugs & Problems
Debugger
References

Plug-in Installation

Prerequisites

Eclipse

Before installing the EPIC plug-in Eclipse version 3.0 or higher has to be installed.

Eclipse comes in two flavors. The SDK version contains Java IDE components and is much larger than the Platform version. If you only want to use Eclipse as Perl IDE the Platform version is sufficient. If you are in for Perl and Java coding, use the SDK version.

Eclipse can be downloaded from www.eclipse.org.

Perl

In order to have all EPIC features like Syntax Checking, Source Formatting etc. a perl interpreter is needed. In principle any Perl interpreter can be used. To use debugging within eclipse Perl version 5.8.x or 5.6.x  is required. For further requirements concerning the debugger see  Setting up the Debugger .

Most *nix/Linux installations will provide Perl interpreters out of the box.

For Window, Perl can be downloaded from www.activestate.com.

Installation

The installation is done by using the Eclipse Update Manager. The Update Manager connects to an EPIC Update Site [http://e-p-i-c.sourceforge.net/updates]. The Update Site can also be stored locally if no Internet connection is available and can be downloaded form the EPIC project page.

After starting Eclipse, select Help > Software and Updates > Find and Install... from the menu.

Select Search for new features to install an press Next.

Press the Add Update Site... button for a remote installation via HTTP or the Add Local Site... button if the Update Site is available locally.

When installing EPIC from remote enter any desired Name and the URL http://e-p-i-c.sf.net/updates.

Tick the newly created site and press the Next button.

Follow the instructions of the install wizard. The warning about the installation of an unsigned feature can be ignored.

After installation Eclipse has to be restarted.

Now the EPIC installation should be complete.