Eclipse Helios x64 (Mac) - JSP editor hangs/freezes

Question

I'm having issues with Eclipse Helios (3.6.2) x64 (32-bit, too) hanging/freezing frequently when I attempt to edit .jsp files using Eclipse's built-in editor (Web Tools, J2EE package). I've been doing editing with 3rd party apps, but I would really like to have proper JSP syntax highlighting and auto-completion. The same symptoms occur when I attempt to edit .html files in Eclipse, too (though it's not as much of an issue since little is lost using a 3rd party html editor).

They are just plain .jsp files... not part of a J2EE or Web Project. The issue seems to be whenever I attempt to add tags... but it doesn't seem to consistently cause the problem. It seems to be temperamental.

Think it's a reference issue of sorts? Auto-completion issue in Eclipse?

I saw that other people had issues with this, but I wasn't able to find a clear cut solution. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Old question that probably is resolved already. But in case anyone comes across this question in a search, it might be helpful to know that there is a bug reported about this