On mac a file is needed to select the arduino IDE instead of a folder in the preference page.

I made the changes but I can't test them.

Author: jantje

Eclipse update site/WebContent/Arduino eclipse plugin FAQ.html

@@ -184,21 +184,22 @@ <h2>How come this plugin is free</h2>
  I don't want to think about this, because if I do I quit on the spot.<br>
  ......(Jantje stopped thinking)<br>
  Update: The Arduino team has provided me with plenty of real Arduinos". I'm really pleased they have made those boards available to me. Mostly because I consider it as a recognition to my work by the core Arduino team.<br>
+ Update 2: Some people jumped in with the development. Some hard to fix (for me) issues are now fixed for me too.<br>
  <sup>*</sup>I mean free and not free for 3 years.
 
 <a name="OpenSource"></a>
 <h2>You state the plugin is open source. Where can I find the source?</h2>
 The first thing to note is that I only update the open source code when I release a new version. The latest and greatest code is as such not available.<br>
 You can find the code at <a href="https://github.com/jantje/arduino-eclipse-plugin">https://github.com/jantje/arduino-eclipse-plugin</a> 
+Update: due to more people collaborating the latest version is at github.
 
 <h1>Arduino IDE Versus The arduino Plugin</h1>
 <a name="why"></a>
 <h2>Why would I want to use this plugin</h2>
 This plugin is not meant to replace the Arduino IDE. I think the Arduino IDE is the place to get started with Arduino, no matter what is your background.
 However when you are growing in writing code, or when you come from a software development background you will feel restrained by the Arduino IDE. 
 In that case the eclipse plugin may be an alternative.<br>
-Advantages the eclipse environment has to the Arduino IDE are described in 
-
+Advantages the eclipse environment has to the Arduino IDE are described in the next paragraphs. <br>
 
 <a name="benefitIDE"></a>
 <h2>What is the benefit of the Arduino IDE to the eclipse plugin</h2>
@@ -244,13 +245,13 @@ <h2>What is the benefit of the eclipse plugin to the Arduino IDE?</h2>
 A system to keep hold of your Tasks. (simply adding a comment that starts with TODO will add the todo to the task view )</li><li>
 ......
 </li></ul>
-
+Did I mention compilation speed?<br>
 So there are plenty of good things a software developer misses in the Arduino IDE.
 
 <a name="develop"></a>
 <h2>What do I need to know to develop code for Arduino with this plugin?</h2>
 After you
-have read the pro and con's question you may wonder &quot;��how much is there to learn
+have read the pro and con's question you may wonder &quot;how much is there to learn
 before I get this plugin to work?&quot;<br>
 
 There is good news and there is bad news. 

clientdb.xml

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <com.ibm.magnolia.clientmodel:ClientModelRoot xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:com.ibm.magnolia.clientmodel="http:///com/ibm/magnolia/clientmodel.ecore">
   <workItemEditorHistory>
+    <internalContents date="2013-10-23T00:43:07.479+0200" description="287: fixed some warnings" repository="https://clm.jkebanking.net/ccm/">
+      <workItem itemId="_Nwh_EDtrEeOVS9Zte3uxGA"/>
+    </internalContents>
     <internalContents date="2013-10-22T23:35:24.189+0200" description="286: issue 26 on github Create new sketch and name start with numbers -> problematic" repository="https://clm.jkebanking.net/ccm/">
       <workItem itemId="_q5TQkDthEeOVS9Zte3uxGA"/>
     </internalContents>

it.baeyens.arduino.core/src/it/baeyens/arduino/tools/MyDirectoryFieldEditor.java

@@ -1,25 +1,36 @@
 package it.baeyens.arduino.tools;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
 import org.eclipse.jface.preference.DirectoryFieldEditor;
+import org.eclipse.jface.preference.FieldEditor;
+import org.eclipse.jface.preference.FileFieldEditor;
+import org.eclipse.jface.preference.StringButtonFieldEditor;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
 
-public class MyDirectoryFieldEditor extends DirectoryFieldEditor {
+public class MyDirectoryFieldEditor {
 
+    StringButtonFieldEditor theEditor;
     String mySuffix = "";// the suffix to append to the given path
 
-    @Override
     public String getStringValue() {
-	// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 	if (mySuffix.isEmpty()) {
-	    return super.getStringValue();
+	    return theEditor.getStringValue();
 	}
-	return new Path(super.getStringValue()).append(mySuffix).toString();
+	return new Path(theEditor.getStringValue()).append(mySuffix).toString();
     }
 
     public MyDirectoryFieldEditor(String name, String labelText, Composite parent, String suffix) {
-	super(name, labelText, parent);
+	if (Platform.getOS().equals(Platform.OS_MACOSX)) {
+	    theEditor = new FileFieldEditor(name, labelText, parent);
+	} else {
+	    theEditor = new DirectoryFieldEditor(name, labelText, parent);
+	}
 	mySuffix = suffix;
     }
 
+    public FieldEditor getfield() {
+	return theEditor;
+    }
+
 }

it.baeyens.arduino.core/src/it/baeyens/arduino/ui/ArduinoPreferencePage.java

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 public class ArduinoPreferencePage extends FieldEditorPreferencePage implements IWorkbenchPreferencePage {
 
     private StringFieldEditor mArduinoIdeVersion;
-    private DirectoryFieldEditor mArduinoIdePath;
+    private MyDirectoryFieldEditor mArduinoIdePath;
     private DirectoryFieldEditor mArduinoPrivateLibPath;
     private boolean mIsDirty = false;
     private IPath mPrefBoardFile = null;
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ protected void createFieldEditors() {
 
 	mArduinoIdePath = new MyDirectoryFieldEditor(ArduinoConst.KEY_ARDUINOPATH, "Arduino IDE path", parent, Common.getArduinoIdeSuffix());
 
-	addField(mArduinoIdePath);
+	addField(mArduinoIdePath.getfield());
 	mArduinoPrivateLibPath = new DirectoryFieldEditor(ArduinoConst.KEY_PRIVATE_LIBRARY_PATH, "Private Library path", parent);
 	addField(mArduinoPrivateLibPath);