An experimental plug-in for customizing Eclipse using Clojure. Not for “public consumption”.

You may help yourself and see what I have so far. The required downloads are below. You may also follow my progress on the associated blog. Or you may use the contact form if you'd like to comment or ask a question.

Downloads Used

• A Java JDK platform
• A local copy of the Java API Javadoc
• An Eclipse PDE / RCP IDE
• The Subversive plug-in
• Finally, link to http://ecicpip.googlecode.com/svn/

Eclipse.ini Corrections

• For pinning Eclipse onto the Taskbar
• For avoiding crashing while running help

Minimal Bootstrapping Features

• 100% Analyzer stack
• 100% Statements indexing
• 100% Symbol renaming
• 00 % Reference locating

• 100% Syntax highlighting
• 100% Parenthesis indenting
• 100% Parenthesis flashing

• 50 % Java completion
• 00 % Java doc hovering
• 00 % Clojure doc hovering
• 00 % Clojure completion

• 100% File & project creation
• 100% Code reconciler in REPL
• 00 % Breaks, tollways & locals
• 00 % Status line or equivalent
• 00 % AOT compilation launcher

Immediate Vision

• Finish features (currently here)
• Package as a plug-in
• Re-package as an RCP
• Allow for self-editing with OSGi

Grand Vision

• In Java, create a basic IDE/plug-in for Clojure that allows for creating Eclipse plug-ins in Clojure… even if it means re-packaging all of Eclipse RCP to do that.
• Use that to re-create and re-write the above in Clojure, i.e. create a plug-in creating RCP written in Clojure that can help you create plug-ins for Eclipse.
• Extend the improvements process of the above to a web-framework, where all your changes are shared and you can subscribe to other people’s changes.