Hardware serial port as "Serial"

[GHPS]

First of all: Thanks for the great plugin! It has made the work with
Eclipse and Arduino much easier - especially linking libraries.

Unfortunately the Serial library doesn't work out of the box.

The solution is quite simple: Include

extern HardwareSerial Serial;

in the specific project .h file.

A new version of the plugin could do this by default.

[jantje]

GHPS
Thanks fro the nice words.
The serial problem is a known problem.
please see http://eclipse.baeyens.it/Arduino%20eclipse%20plugin%20FAQ.htm#bugs on the best way to get rid of the issue.
Note that adding extern HardwareSerial Serial; is not a good solution as it may create conflicts on some boards (for instance the mega)
Best regards
Jantje

[GHPS]

Great - thanks for your fast help!

Indeed it helped to change the index settings. The Serial library is found after
these steps (quote from the FAQ):

Setting the preference windows->preferences->C/C++->indexer->index unused headers.
Setting the preference windows->preferences->C/C++->indexer->index source and header files opened in the editor.
Setting the preference windows->preferences->C/C++->indexer->Files to index upfront . Add arduino.h and or WProgram.h.
Do next four in this sequence
Right click the project->index->Search for unresolved includes.
Right click the project->index->Freshen all Files.
Right click the project->index->Update with modified files.
Right click the project->index->Rebuild.