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How do I glue a 3.x plugin into e4 [message #636896]

Wed, 03 November 2010 05:21

Anthony
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I'm very impressed with E4 and have started working on a rcp application. One of the first thing I want to do is bring in a Package explorer and link a file to a xtext editor. But I've hit a road block.
I can't see how this is done. I've tried declaring the plugins as a extention, but I am at a loss as to how to plumb it into the application model.

I looked at using Fragments as extension points to plumb in the 3.x plugins.

Can anyone help clarify if this can be done in the first place, if so what approaches are available.

Kind Regards
Anthony

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Re: How do I glue a 3.x plugin into e4 [message #636940 is a reply to message #636896]

Wed, 03 November 2010 09:29

Paul Webster
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Right now, the only way to do that is to launch the compatibility
workbench (4.1). Then you have to figure out how to host e4 parts in
the compatibility layer. Tom Schindl's Workbench Model Editor does this
by providing a 3.x bridge to work with.

In M4/M5, we hope to invert the dependencies in and provide something
that works more like an e4 app, and the compatibility layer only comes
into play to host the one or two 3.x plugins that you include.

PW

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Re: How do I glue a 3.x plugin into e4 [message #637009 is a reply to message #636940]

Wed, 03 November 2010 14:20

Anthony
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Thank you for the quick reply. Can you tell me how and where the bridge is configured and how to launch the compatibility workbench.
Thanks again for your help.
Kind regards
Anthony

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Re: How do I glue a 3.x plugin into e4 [message #637405 is a reply to message #637009]

Fri, 05 November 2010 08:05

Paul Webster
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Anthony wrote:
> Thank you for the quick reply. Can you tell me how and where the bridge
> is configured and how to launch the compatibility workbench. Thanks
> again for your help.

Right now to test it out, you would launch your regular RCP app from the
4.1 SDK. That would use the compatibility layer + org.eclipse.e4.rcp

Try it out. But it might not work ATM, as I recall some a couple of
bugs. One that comes to mind is that you might have to create a product
and supply the applicationXMI/applicationCSS (copied from somewhere useful).

PW

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http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse .platform.doc.isv/guide/workbench.htm

Paul Webster
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