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Re: Difference between e4 and Eclipse SDK 4.0? [message #645306 is a reply to message #644894] |
Thu, 16 December 2010 12:50 |
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On 12/14/2010 11:16 AM, John Lussmyer wrote:
> So, any recommendations on which to use if I want to start work on a
> standalone application?
> I was looking at RCP because I needed the Docking, Command handling,
> Menu handling, etc.. all the framework parts of an app.
> (Adding plugin support is a bonus in my case.)
If you are following a more traditional RCP cookbook and need things
like preference support, the Keys preference page, new/import/export
wizards, hooking into run/debug support, etc, you would probably want
Eclipse 3.6 (3.7 if you don't mind tracking milestones). How much of
the pre-packaged RCP functionality do you want to consume?
You can write a "pure" e4 app without the compatibility layer (which is
what turns e4 into 4.1) but it might limit access to some of the
pre-packaged RCP functionality like wizards and preferences. But you
still have access to parts, perspectives, stacks and sashes for layout,
commands,handlers,menus, and keybindings.
See the Contacts [1] and Photo [1] demos for an example of what can be
done with e4 RCP apps.
[1]
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/viewvc.cgi/e4/org.eclipse.e4. ui/examples/org.eclipse.e4.demo.contacts/
[2]
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/viewvc.cgi/e4/org.eclipse.e4. ui/examples/org.eclipse.e4.demo.e4photo/
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Paul Webster
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Expression_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menus_Extension_Mapping
http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse .platform.doc.isv/guide/workbench.htm
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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