Installation was all well and good, but now I need to make a few minor changes to the site, so let's go through the process.
Ok, nothing really stunning so far, almost a 1 for 1 replacement of Crimson - but I got stuck "migrating" the batch files I used to push my updates to my production server. I burned a ton of time stuck in my old mindset, of Crimson the flexible editor / but all automation external with Batch files.
Ah, Eclipse brings FTP support to the table, although in hindsite I also suppose it did not jump out at me because for basic HTML and CSS hacking, I am shooting a rabbit with a bazooka here. Whatever - this has been a comedy of errors and frustration, truly a blown afternoon ...
I located the very nice Install/Update functionality (Help, Software Updates, Find and Install), and enabled FTP and WEBAV Support - but that didn't quite get me there either - getting messages about missing FTPExportWizards. I then just skipped ahead to one of my upcoming projects by chekcng out PHPeclipse, a very nice looking collection of plugins that includes Apache and QuantumDB stuff - but still, no basic FTP or SFTP support. Well, the DOS batch files still work, and I'm going to punt for now and play with the other fun stuff I've found, but definitely a downer afternoon, wondering if Eclippse is the bullet I need ...