Eclipse Project Import

1. When we download any eclipse projects from web, follow below steps to import the same into eclipse:
• extract the downloaded archive into a location: for example: D:\examples\
• Now, the extracted version of the project looks like this: D:\exmaples\SpringMVCExample
• In Eclipse, Right click in Projects Explorer -> Import -> Existing Projects Into Workspace -> Browse -> D:\examples\ (enter) 
• It will list 'SpringMVCExample' as a project for import

eclipse keyboard shortcuts

Press Ctrl+Shift+L for the list of shortcuts, we can then press Ctrl+Shift+L again to get taken us straight to the 'General/Keys' section of Windows/Preferences i.e. Press Ctrl+Shift+L twice.

Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow: copies current line or selected lines to below

Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow: copies current line or selected lines to above

To escape text when pasting into a String literal automatically:
Go to Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Typing
The following window will be displayed:

Check "Escape text when pasting into a string literal" option as shown in the above image.

Use of above trick: Assume, we are pasting absolute path to a file on Windows.
Example: C:\folder1\folder2\file.txt
With the above trick while pasting the above path into a String literal it becomes
"C:\\folder1\\floder2\\file.txt"

eclipse.ini

Eclipse startup is controlled by the options in $ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse.ini. If $ECLIPSE_HOME is not defined, the default eclipse.ini in your Eclipse installation directory is used.

eclipse.ini is a text file containing command-line options that are added to the command line used when Eclipse is started up.

Specifying the JVM:
- The -vm option and its value (the path) must be on separate lines.
- The value must be the full absolute or relative path to the Java executable, not just to the Java home
   directory.
- The -vm option must occur before the -vmargs option, since everything after -vmargs is passed directly to
   the JVM.

Example:
-vm
C:\Java\JDK\1.6\bin\javaw.exe