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Do you know of an open source Eclipse plugin text editor for use with text and source files in the IBM i Pase / aix file system ? Ideally it would have an IBM i IFS browser and edit similar to the one in Rational Developer for i.

mike
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    Er... you want an Eclipse-plugin that is a text-editor and runs on Aix? – Lorinczy Zsigmond Oct 26 '17 at 11:38
  • @Lorinczy Zsigmond Thanks for taking time to comment on this question. I'm looking for an Eclipse plugin that allows me to edit a text file which exists on an IBM i machine. The text file has been created from the PASE shell, so is in the AIX file system. Eclipse is running on my windows laptop. So to use the plugin I would expect to need to create a connection to the remote IBM i from within Eclipse. Hopefully my question makes more sense now. Let me know if you have any further questions about it. – mike Nov 02 '17 at 10:11

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Check out this answer from a similar SO question.

Other than that..

  • Rational Developer for i does have an integrated IFS browser.
  • Notepad++ with NppFTP in SFTP mode seems to work okay for Windows.
  • If you're interested in using Visual Studio code, a simple Google search for "Visual Studio Code sftp browser" will show you some extensions which allows you to access the IBM i IFS using SFTP as well.
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  • thanks for the answer - I looked at the SO question, Aptana seemed promising but having difficulty in downloading a stand alone or eclipse plugin from their website. So now pursuing the Notepad++ route, – mike Nov 02 '17 at 13:03
  • So far have found that plugin manager has been removed from the version I have. Latest version ( see comment on https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-7.5-released.html ), hopefully it will be added in later versions. I may try uninstalling and going back to an earlier version. – mike Nov 02 '17 at 13:44
  • Many thanks @Lian Allan. Have found WinSCP ( https://winscp.net/eng/index.php )which seems very simple to install and connect. Am now exploring connection issues probably to do with the IBM i so may need to come back to your suggestions. – mike Nov 02 '17 at 14:03
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    @mike if the plugin manager is missing from npp, you're still able to install them manually :) – Barry Nov 03 '17 at 13:49
  • Thanks @Liam Allan, downloaded the plugin and placed it in the Notepad++ plugin folder and now can run Plugins>NppFTP – mike Nov 06 '17 at 15:12
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Well it's not an eclipse plug-in, but Orion is an browser based, open source project under the Eclipse Cloud Development top-level project.

And it's supported on the IBM i.

Charles
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