Meldev is a plugin for Eclipse which provides some helpful features when editing MEL code. FEATURES - Syntax highlighting of keywords and commands - auto-edit: auto indent new block - auto-completion based on open buffers and optional ctags file - 'send to maya' context menu item: over (TCP) commandPort - Outline view of proc and variable definitions - 'Jump to definition' context menu item to find procs/keywords based on open buffers or ctags file INSTALLING Get the latest .jar file from http://github.com/cgrebeld/meldev/downloads Copy it into your Eclipse plugins directory and restart Eclipse. BUILDING In Eclipse: open plugin.xml and in the 'Overview' tab, click the 'Export Wizard' link. This will build the plugin and copy it somewhere for you. KNOWN BUGS syntax-highlighting: partial highlighting