It is no secret that the Garmin eTrex 10 is capable of showing maps (if quite small due to limited memory). Searching the web for a bit, you can find a number of sites explaining how to create them. In this post, I want to share some parameters, I found helpful for my usecase. Read More ...

Xtext's cross reference mechanism is based on named elements. The out-of-the-box support requires that the (simple) name is not empty - there must be some syntactic element that can be associated with the link (both source and target). Linking empty names may not be a default requirement, but it is not purely academic. This post describes where to hook into Xtext in order to allow empty names. Read More ...

Every now and then the question of how to highlight matching start and end tags comes up. Xtext's built in bracket matching is limited to one-character-tags. This post provides a small sample project with a possible solution. Read More ...

This post intends to give a conceptual overview over scoping relevant concepts. Read More ...

A common requirement in Xtext projects is allowing default imports. Just like for java.lang.* the user should not be required to explicitly import default libraries. This post shows a possible approach. Read More ...