Configuring Eclipse to run SUSHI over your Fish Tank to generate FHIR Resources and Profiles

As I write more and more FHIR Shorthand, I just want it to work better

in MY development environment.  I principally use Eclipse based tools (Eclipse and Oxygen XML Editor).

1. I want a quick launcher.
2. I want easy navigation to errors.
3. I want better error messages.
4. I want syntax highlighting.

Like I sometimes tell my kids.  Now you know how it feels to want.

I did manage to create a launch configuration, and you can see the content below.  So, now I've got #1, and you can have it as well.

Save this in a text file with the .launch extension

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<launchConfiguration type="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ProgramLaunchConfigurationType">

    <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.ui.ATTR_CONSOLE_ENCODING" value="UTF-8"/>

    <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_LOCATION"
       value="C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe"/>

    <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_TOOL_ARGUMENTS"
      value="&quot;C:\Users\{YOURUSERNAME}\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\fsh-sushi\dist\app.js&quot; fsh -o ."/>

    <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_WORKING_DIRECTORY" value="${workspace_loc:/fhir-saner}"/>

</launchConfiguration>

Edit this file to fix the location where Node and Sushi are installed for you, and what fishtank you want it to run on, and then import it using "File | Import | Launch Configuration" into your eclipse environment.

Now, if you want to run SUSHI, you can easily do it.  I'm sure there's more that could be done to parameterize things like where node.exe is, and who the current user is, and how to run it on the default fish tank folder of the current project.  When I have time to mess with it, I may get around to it.  

I'm sharing what I've learned though, in the hopes that somebody else who knows how to make 'clipse stuff work might take up the task.