Aug 18, 2015
Thanks for the tips. Small correction: Validation is a root category, not a subcategory of General (at least in Luna). Also, here's another tip that has made Eclipse more bearable: remap Ctrl+Tab to the "Next Editor" command. This will allow you to switch back and forth between two documents by using Ctrl-Tabbing, similar to the behavior of some other popular editors.
One more thing: instead of using the -vm option, I simply copy the JDK 'bin' directory to my virtual disk in my startup script and then create a symlink/junction to this directory inside the JDK directory. The benefits are (1) you only consume 3MB of RAM instead of 300MB, and (2) any other application that relies on JDK 'bin' will also benefit.