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 == Why Eclipse? ==
-With the development of the right plugins Eclipse could become a powerful editing tool for the AddOn developer. Currently there is a [http://www.eclipse-plugins.info/eclipse/plugin_details.jsp?id=466 Lua Plugin] that allows for some Lua color-coding, but doesn't take into account any of the WoW objects/functions. A customized Eclipse editing plugin would need to be authored to accomplish this. The Lua plugin is a great starting point for this.
+With the development of the right plugins Eclipse could become a powerful editing tool for the AddOn developer. Currently there are two lua plugins for Eclipse, but neither take into account any of the WoW objects/functions. A customized Eclipse editing plugin would need to be authored to accomplish this. The Lua plugins area a great starting point for this.
 Ambitious AddOn makers who enjoy using Eclipse could even provide templates for creating .toc files, .xml files, etc.
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 Eclipse can be downloaded here: http://www.eclipse.org.
-A Java JDK will be required to operate Eclipse. '''1.4.2''': http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
+A Java JDK will be required to operate Eclipse: [http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp Java's JDK Download Page]
-The Lua Plugin is available here: http://www.eclipse-plugins.info/eclipse/plugin_details.jsp?id=466
+You'll need to choose one of the following Lua plugins:
-== Lunar Eclipse ==
+[http://luaeclipse.luaforge.net/ LuaEclipse HomePage]
-Lunar Eclipse is a more actively developed lua plugin.  The one above hasn't been updated for a while and still doesn't show a list of your functions in the outline.  Lunar Eclipse does and has other additional features as well.
+[http://lunareclipse.sourceforge.net LunarEclipse HomePage]
-Lunar Eclipse requires Eclipse 3.3 which is still in the release candidate phase.  Get the stable 3.3 eclipse release here:
+== Comparison of LuaEclipse and LunarEclipse ==
-http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/
+As of 1/22/2008 the status of the lua plugins are:
-The Lunar Eclipse website is here:
+'''LuaEclipse 1.1.0 (Updated 10/1/2007)'''
-http://lunareclipse.sourceforge.net/
-The URL for Eclipse's Find and Install feature is:
+'''LunarEclipse 1.2.7 (Updated 1/9/2008)'''
-http://lunareclipse.mainiero.de/update
+LunarEclipse provides the outline feature whereas LuaEclipse does not. LunarEclipse is also more actively developed than LuaEclipse.  For me this was enough to conclude that LunarEclipse is the better plugin for now.  --[[User:Javek|Javek]] 00:57, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
+== Installation Notes ==
 LunarEclipse requires the Dynamic Languages Toolkit - Core Frameworks (DLTK), which can be found under ''Europa Discovery Site->Enabling Features'' under Find and Install.
 [[Category:Interface Customization|Eclipse (IDE)]]