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I am using Eclipse-Neon on MacOSX 10.12. I would like to use the Coffee-Bytes plugin.

I have read and tried the advice in

is-there-a-way-to-fold-eclipse-sub-blocks-like-an-if-statement,

how-to-fold-for-while-and-if-blocks-in-java-eclipse,

how-to-use-coffee-bytes-code-folding/6947590#6947590

as well as the blogspot how-to-install-coffee-bytes-plugin-in

However, for the installation I cannot find the features folder. In my installation folder for Eclipse:

/Applications/java-neon/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse

there are only the folders configuration, dropins, plugins, readme. I read this article eclipse-plugins-vs-features-vs-dropins and naively installed the Coffe-Bytes features content into the dropins folder of my Eclipse installation and the Coffe-Bytes plugins into the plugins folder of my Eclipse installation. Restarted Eclipse, went to Preferences->Java->Editor->Folding, but did not see the GUI schema found in the 3rd reference above. Instead I see the schema as Eclipse Neon schema.

Can someone inform me if I have done something incorrectly, or is Coffee-Bytes not compatible with Eclipse-Neon?

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(I don't have access/ability to test this at the moment, but it should work like this. Please feel free to write your own answer if you get to a solution that is not as I have outlined.)

Unzip the offline installer, you should end up with something like this:

offline.zip
offline_unzipped_name/
   features/
       feature.jar (may be more than one)
   plugins/
       plunin.jar (may be more than one)

Copy the offline_unzipped_name folder in its entirety to the dropins/ folder in Eclipse.

However you should (if possible) always install new software into Eclipse with the Install New Software menu item. This will ensure that the plug-ins have all their required dependencies.

Of course as the link you have provided is ~5 years old, it could be that the plug-ins themselves simply don't work with Neon as you suggested.

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  • It was how you suggested. However, there was a caveat. The Install New Software would not allow me to install it. The featured appeared after I restarted Eclipse. – mkunkel Dec 10 '16 at 18:14
  • Glad it worked. The coffee bytes zip file does not have the necessary bits to allow being installed with the install new software method. I suppose the "if possible" is directed as much at plug-in suppliers as users. – Jonah Graham Dec 10 '16 at 18:58