I was directed towards Eclipse based Sloeber IDE back in 2018 when I worked on a fairly complex Arduino project in order to have a better view of the project files and so on.
Now I have returned to this project on a new laptop going from Win7 to Win10 and I have lots of issues getting the project loaded and ready to go in Sloeber 4.4.1.
So I need somewhere to discuss these usage issues but have not found a dedicated forum.
Is there some place programming with Sloeber can be discussed?
Yes, there seems to be a paid forum:
https://stm32duinoforum.com/forum/viewtopic_f_41_t_3953.html
Not answering the question.
Not sure if it's an option for you but maybe you can give IDE2.0 beta a try; it might have taken away some (or all) of the problems that you experienced with the 2018 IDE. Since RC9 it's very usable; Arduino IDE 2.0.0-rc9.4 available for download!.
OK, I will have a look at the beta after first trying to build the project in Arduino 1.8.19, which I have installed on my PC too.
My main problem with the Arduino IDE, which caused me to switch to Sloeber back in 2018, was the many features of a development IDE I had gotten used to in other systems like Eclipse and others.
Like instantly finding references and definitions etc.
But right now I have to at least create a readme outlining how to actually run the project in plain Arduino for future modifications.
I have just been able to set the correct board type (Generic ESP8266) with version 2.4.2 as was used last. Not built anything yet, though. Just documenting the procedure while I remember it.
There was. Here: Windows/Linux/Mac Eclipse plugin to compile and upload arduino sketches
It was automatically closed due to inactivity. Maybe be you could apply to reopen it and add your comment. We don't see the author @Jantje so often now.
EDIT
You could also try raising an issue on the Sloeber Github repository: GitHub - Sloeber/arduino-eclipse-plugin: A plugin to make programming the arduino in eclipse easy
EDIT 2
The thread in the first link above has just been re-opened by @pert
Is there some place programming with Sloeber can be discussed?
If you think there is a bug in Sloeber you can create a issue here Issues · Sloeber/arduino-eclipse-plugin · GitHub
If you want to discuss something you can open a discussion here Sloeber/arduino-eclipse-plugin · Discussions · GitHub
There is a youtube video channel with some video's. Here is about the changes in 4.4.1 which I think can cause some problems to old users
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApBw-z9vjKY&t=5s
And here one on 4.4 and version control (in a playlist with lots of other older videos) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqdw1L_8Gjs&list=PLCSjf7QmP3TDPSjT_5UIp0DHXzKdhIQsF&index=33
We don't see the author @Jantje so often now.
That is true. I pop in this forum from time to time to read but hold back from posting if not necessary because I think the new forum is very confusing. I'm probably just to old for this "new way".
Yes, there seems to be a paid forum:
I don't know of any paid forum. If you pay it surely does not benefit me 
and I can't think of anybody who I would call worthy/involved/active enough to run a paid forum on Sloeber.
So don't waist your money.
Jantje
Might be easier to start over with Visual Studio code & PlatformIO.
But then again, I've always hated Eclipse with a passion!
Thanks!
Meanwhile I got the same advice from my son-in-law who is a software developer for industrial control systems. He was started on the ESP8266 devices by me back in the 2018 time, but he uses VSCode + PlatformIO for it.
So I will now check if that is workable for me as well and if I can port my code over from Arduino/Sloeber.
I have worked with various dev IDE:s including MS Visual Studio since the beginning of the 1990:es but I am retired now so I am a bit slower...
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