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Help system in e4 [message #663702]

Wed, 06 April 2011 05:11

Kevin Smit
Messages: 8
Registered: March 2011

Junior Member

Hello,

I found a lot of tutors on the net how to set up an help system in a eclipse 3.x rcp app. My question how is this done in an eclipse e4 app.

I use the Applicatione.4XMI file to create a menu, command and handler. After that i open my handler code and ...

In the tutors the code: Platformui.getworkbench().gethelpsystem() comes up to open the help system.

I don't think e4 uses this approach anymore so how to invoke the helpsystem in a native e4 application without compatability layer.

Thanks for the help.

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Re: Help system in e4 [message #787374 is a reply to message #663702]

Tue, 31 January 2012 09:09

Lars Vogel
Messages: 1043
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

I think the help system is currently not supported in Eclipse 4.2.

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Re: Help system in e4 [message #787376 is a reply to message #787374]

Tue, 31 January 2012 09:11

Paul Webster
Messages: 6813
Registered: July 2009
Location: Ottawa

Senior Member

The help system is in Eclipse 4.2 (the workbench) but it is not available in the E4EAP, Eclipse4 based applications.

PW

Paul Webster
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions

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Re: Help system in e4 [message #918347 is a reply to message #787376]

Thu, 20 September 2012 20:21

James Navin
Messages: 1
Registered: September 2012

Junior Member

Has there been any progress made in making the help system available in eclipse 4 applications?

If not, is there a recommended way of embedding the eclipse 3 system in an v4 application?

Thanks all.

James Navin

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Re: Help system in e4 [message #923790 is a reply to message #918347]

Wed, 26 September 2012 03:38

Roland Tepp
Messages: 33
Registered: July 2009

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I think you are mixing up e4 framework with Eclipse 4.x workbench products.

Eclipse 4.x (the workbench) already has the help system - the same one
that is available to Eclipse 3.x through the compatibility layer.

e4 - (the framework) has no such thing. And is not very likely to get
one in a short while. But it has all the building blocks afailable for
you to build one, if that is what you need.

21.09.2012 3:21, James Navin kirjutas:
> Has there been any progress made in making the help system available in
> eclipse 4 applications?
>
> If not, is there a recommended way of embedding the eclipse 3 system in
> an v4 application?
>
> Thanks all.

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