Velocity Editor for Eclipse

This project leverages the Eclipse platform by adding support for the template/scripting engine Apache Velocity.

It uses the parser of the Velocity engine (currently v1.7.0) to provide a Velocity-aware text editor with outline view.

The editor is associated to files with the extensions *.vsl or *.vm. This is defined in a content type available from Preferences > General > Content Type > Text > Velocity Template. Additional file name extensions can be specified here as well.

Editor Features

• Syntax-highlight for Velocity Template Language (VTL)
• Outline view with hierarchy of VTL directives and Velocimacro references
• Content assist for VTL directives (Screenshot) and references (Screenshot) -> auto-activation after the character # or $ or manually via keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Space
• Automatic template validation while typing (the first syntax error is shown in task list and the according line is marked in annotation column) -> Screenshot
• Annotation hover with definition of references (Screenshot) and template syntax errors (Screenshot)
• Go to definition of variable or Velocimacro reference under current cursor position (via navigate + context menu or keyboard shortcut F3)
• Use Workbench's navigation history to return to previous location (keyboard shortcut Alt + Arrow Left).
• Comment and uncomment blocks (via Ctrl+/ and Ctrl+\)
• Preference pages for definition of Velocity counter name and user-defined Velocity directives (Screenshot)
• Preference pages for color settings of the editor's syntax highlighting (Screenshot)
• Preference pages for Velocimacro library (Screenshot)

Installation

Online updates are available from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vaulttec/veloedit/updatesite/.

To install the plugin use this URL in Eclipse's Update Manager (Help > Install New Software) or drag the following badge to your running Eclipse workspace (requires Eclipse Marketplace Plugin):