[oXygen-user] Allowing Ant Editor to Edit XML Files Other Than build.xml in Eclipse

[Sorin Ristache]

Hello,

It seems an Eclipse problem that the Ant editor is not listed on the 
Open with ... submenu on build_x.xml files as the Ant plugin is 
registered for the *.xml file type. I checked that in Preferences -> 
General -> Content Types. Also changing the priority attribute from 
"normal" to "high" on the content type extension contributed by Ant in 
the Ant plugin descriptor file did not change anything on the Open with 
... submenu although it works for other plugins. The only solution that 
I could find was to add each build_x.xml file in the File associations 
list of the Ant plugin defined in Preferences -> General -> Content 
Types, just like Ant already does by default for the build.xml file.


Regards,
Sorin


W. Eliot Kimber wrote:
> In the DITA Open Toolkit there are lots of Ant scripts named 
> "build_xxx.xml". For some reason, Eclipse only shows Oxygen and the 
> built-in text editor when I do an "Open with..." on one of those files. 
> Within content types, the "Ant buildfile" is associated with *.xml and 
> likewise, under File associations, *.xml is associated with both the Ant 
> editor and Oxygen.
> 
> So I can't figure out why Eclipse doesn't provide the Ant editor as an 
> option for Open with...
> 
> While Oxygen is lovely it is not the best editor editing Ant files...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Eliot
>