Setting preferences for PL/I code templates

The PL/I Editor supports the use of code templates to promote efficiency and consistency in creating commonly and frequently used blocks of code. The Templates preference allows for the creating, editing, removing, importing, and exporting code templates. The product provides a default set of templates.

Before you begin

Code templates are among the Eclipse preferences that can be exported to a remote system and distributed to clients by using the push-to-client feature. Before you create or edit code templates, be sure that you know which templates are local (created on your workstation) and which are remote (delivered to your workstation by using push-to-client). If you edit a remote template but do not give it a unique name, your edits might be overwritten when you connect to the remote system.

For more information about how the push-to-client feature merges local and remote templates, see Code templates in a push-to-client environment.

Procedure

  1. In the Preferences window, click PL/I > Templates.
    Template table
    The table list templates by name and associated context. It also contains a brief description and whether the Auto Insert option is enabled or not. The Context indicates the section of a source file in which the template is valid. The Auto Insert option indicates whether the template is automatically inserted into a new source file. The check box beside the template name indicates whether the template is enabled and available for use.
    Preview
    Select a template in the table to see the content of the template.
  2. Click Restore Defaults to remove any changes that you made and restore the list to the original defaults.