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ElkMonster

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Registered: 2008-11-24

Posts: 27

New Eclipse's code completion hangs

Since the recent Eclipse update(s) (including plug-ins, that is) to Helios, Eclipse (JDT) keeps annoying me with long breaks (up to a minute sometimes) when it is collecting code completion data (i.e., when pressing CTRL + space). CPU goes up to nearly 100% during the process, and whole Eclipse freezes. It used to work totally flawless before. Seems I cannot find any reports of this behaviour anywhere in the web.

Anybody with the same problem, and/or some idea how to solve it?

Last edited by ElkMonster (2010-07-01 23:30:37)

Znupi

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From: Bucharest, RO

Registered: 2010-05-09

Posts: 9

Re: New Eclipse's code completion hangs

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Have not found a solution. I've watched discussions on IRC about this topic and it's a known issue (from what I understood), but the only fix currently available is going back to Galileo.

ElkMonster

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Registered: 2008-11-24

Posts: 27

Re: New Eclipse's code completion hangs

Thank you, it's good to know it's not only me at least.

Znupi

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From: Bucharest, RO

Registered: 2010-05-09

Posts: 9

Re: New Eclipse's code completion hangs

I know the feeling I haven't gone back to Galileo, I'm still hoping there will be some update that fixes this before Indigo.

meinhimmel

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Registered: 2007-07-12

Posts: 58

Re: New Eclipse's code completion hangs

Has anyone found a solution for this yet that doesn't involve downgrading? That'd involve downgrading quite a few packages to get Android working, otherwise I have to go the update manager part with Eclipse.

Also, is there any news on what is causing this? I'm assuming it's Eclipse because I've tried OpenJDK 1.7, 1.8, and the official JDK.

Eh, guess back to pure vim. Eclipse is just a piss-poor excuse for an environment anyway you look at it. Even before this upgrade, it would require regular restarts because java cpu usage would continue to climb, among its many other faults. Gah, it's the only development environment that using was similiar to shooting oneself in the foot, and occasionally the head.

ElkMonster

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Registered: 2008-11-24

Posts: 27

Re: New Eclipse's code completion hangs

It might be a false impression, but the situation seems to have improved a bit after deleting the ~/.eclipse directory. I had to do this when trying to downgrade lead to some trouble which stopped Eclipse from finding any of its plugins (I'm back to Helios now).

Eclipse shooting in one's foot or head, that's a nice image. Unfortunately, it's made for lazy folks like me who enjoy all the comfortable syntax completion, highlighting, and refactoring (esp. renaming) features. You pay by bearing its oddness and snail-like speed...

meinhimmel

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Registered: 2007-07-12

Posts: 58

Re: New Eclipse's code completion hangs

Haha, you should give geany a try. It's pretty nice, I've been using it the past week or so.