Eclipse 3.2 port (java/eclipse32)

Robert Huff roberthuff at rcn.com
Wed Nov 8 15:22:00 UTC 2006


David Sledge writes:

>  I am trying to find a way to make eclipse work with firefox,
>  of-course I will take as much help as I can get :). I found the
>  comment below on the eclipse site (SWT FAQ). I am looking at the
>  firefox port now to see how it compiles. 
>  
>  * Firefox can be used with Eclipse 3.1 and newer (Linux only),
>  provided that it has been compiled with linkable Gecko
>  libraries. It is important to note that Firefox downloads from
>  mozilla.org currently do not satisfy this criteria, but Firefox
>  installations that are included in major Linux distributions
>  often do in the absence of a XULRunner installation. Attempting
>  to use a statically-linked Firefox install will display the error
>  message "No more handles [NS_InitEmbedding...error
>  -2147221164]". 

	I have absolutely no idea how a "linkable Gecko library"
differs from (presumably) a non-linkable one.  Maybe we should talk
to mozilla@, and see if they can make this happen?


				Robert Huff


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