How do I find the "Preferences" menu in Eclipse in OS X?

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Eric Wilson picture Eric Wilson · Mar 26, 2010 · Viewed 49k times · Source

In installing PyDev in eclipse, I need to go to window > preferences > pydev . . .

But when I click on Window, there is no preferences option, and I can't find it elsewhere.

Any ideas?

Answer

vorburger picture vorburger · Feb 3, 2011

Preferences is under the Eclipse menu on Mac OS X (contrary to Windows / Linux where its in the Window menu).

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