A kludge for a bug in old Eclipse versions where the Parameter Hints popup keeps getting smaller and closes if you try to resize it: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=466114

fix-eclipse-popup-size.py

#! /usr/bin/env python3

import os
import re

workspace_path = os.environ['HOME'] + '/nsight-workspace'
plugin_name = 'org.eclipse.cdt.ui'
target_width = 800
target_height = 500

dialog_settings_path = (workspace_path + '/.metadata/.plugins/' + plugin_name +
    '/dialog_settings.xml')
backup_path = dialog_settings_path + '.bak'
os.replace(dialog_settings_path, backup_path)

regex = re.compile(
    r'^\s*<item value="(\d+)" key="contextSelector\.size\.([xy])"\/>\s*$')
x_found = False
y_found = False

try:
    with open(backup_path) as in_file, \
         open(dialog_settings_path, 'w') as out_file:
        for line in in_file:
            m = regex.match(line)
            if m:
                if m.group(2) == 'x':
                    if x_found:
                        raise ValueError('Multiple x values found')
                    x_found = True
                    new_val = target_width
                else:
                    if y_found:
                        raise ValueError('Multiple y values found')
                    y_found = True
                    new_val = target_height
                line = line.replace(m.group(1), str(new_val))
                print('{} value: {} -> {}'.format(
                    m.group(2), m.group(1), new_val))
            out_file.write(line)
except:
    print('Restoring the original file')
    os.replace(backup_path, dialog_settings_path)
    raise

if x_found and y_found:
    print('Done')
else:
    if x_found or y_found:
        print('Didn\'t find the other value')
    else:
        print('Didn\'t find the lines with "contextSelector.size"')