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Using Eclipse On Unix [message #437246]

Tue, 01 June 2004 19:26

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: bstevenson.mnm-medical.com

My company wants to take their existing unix applications and make them
gui using DB/C DX 13.0. It states in the book that eclipse works for many
unix based applications but when i look at downloading the plug-in(s) i
fail to find any that imply that they are for use on unix systems.

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Re: Using Eclipse On Unix [message #437248 is a reply to message #437246]

Tue, 01 June 2004 20:02

Geoffrey Ritchey

Messages: 42
Registered: July 2009

Member

I've not written a plugin nor used Eclipse under Unix. However,
everything should be in the form of SWT/java executables which should be
platform independ. Eclipse supplies the library that takes care of
translating everything GUI for your platform, and the current java
run-time or jdk takes care of basic execution.

I think just about any plugin should work on Unix that works under Windows
unless they are dependent on something else.

Brian Stevenson wrote:

> My company wants to take their existing unix applications and make them
> gui using DB/C DX 13.0. It states in the book that eclipse works for many
> unix based applications but when i look at downloading the plug-in(s) i
> fail to find any that imply that they are for use on unix systems.

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Re: Using Eclipse On Unix [message #437249 is a reply to message #437248]

Tue, 01 June 2004 20:24

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: bstevenson.mnm-medical.com

oO, well thats worth a try i suppose. Thanks for the info. i appreciate
it. I will give it a try and see what happens.

Geoff Ritchey wrote:

> I've not written a plugin nor used Eclipse under Unix. However,
> everything should be in the form of SWT/java executables which should be
> platform independ. Eclipse supplies the library that takes care of
> translating everything GUI for your platform, and the current java
> run-time or jdk takes care of basic execution.

> I think just about any plugin should work on Unix that works under Windows
> unless they are dependent on something else.

> Brian Stevenson wrote:

> > My company wants to take their existing unix applications and make them
> > gui using DB/C DX 13.0. It states in the book that eclipse works for many
> > unix based applications but when i look at downloading the plug-in(s) i
> > fail to find any that imply that they are for use on unix systems.

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Re: Using Eclipse On Unix [message #437288 is a reply to message #437249]

Wed, 02 June 2004 16:00

Jean Couillaud

Messages: 184
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Brian Stevenson a écrit :
> oO, well thats worth a try i suppose. Thanks for the info. i appreciate
> it. I will give it a try and see what happens.
>
> Geoff Ritchey wrote:
>
>
>>I've not written a plugin nor used Eclipse under Unix. However,
>>everything should be in the form of SWT/java executables which should be
>>platform independ. Eclipse supplies the library that takes care of
>>translating everything GUI for your platform, and the current java
>>run-time or jdk takes care of basic execution.
>
>
>>I think just about any plugin should work on Unix that works under Windows
>>unless they are dependent on something else.

Actually, it is not completly true.
The graphic layer of eclipse (SWT) is platform dependent.
It might work on most unix however.
What unix-like OS do you refer to exactly ?
It already works on Solaris, HP-UX, AIX. If you can find no binaries for
your platform, you should try the source release and compile it yourself
on the target platform.

>>Brian Stevenson wrote:
>
>
>>>My company wants to take their existing unix applications and make them
>>>gui using DB/C DX 13.0. It states in the book that eclipse works for many
>>>unix based applications but when i look at downloading the plug-in(s) i
>>>fail to find any that imply that they are for use on unix systems.
>
>
>
>

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Re: Using Eclipse On Unix [message #437296 is a reply to message #437288]

Wed, 02 June 2004 19:53

Geoffrey Ritchey

Messages: 42
Registered: July 2009

Member

I agree absolutly. If Eclipse itself wont run on your platform, the
question of whether or not a plugin will run is mute and you've got a much
bigger problem.

Jean Couillaud wrote:

> Brian Stevenson a écrit :
> > oO, well thats worth a try i suppose. Thanks for the info. i appreciate
> > it. I will give it a try and see what happens.
> >
> > Geoff Ritchey wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I've not written a plugin nor used Eclipse under Unix. However,
> >>everything should be in the form of SWT/java executables which should be
> >>platform independ. Eclipse supplies the library that takes care of
> >>translating everything GUI for your platform, and the current java
> >>run-time or jdk takes care of basic execution.
> >
> >
> >>I think just about any plugin should work on Unix that works under Windows
> >>unless they are dependent on something else.

> Actually, it is not completly true.
> The graphic layer of eclipse (SWT) is platform dependent.
> It might work on most unix however.
> What unix-like OS do you refer to exactly ?
> It already works on Solaris, HP-UX, AIX. If you can find no binaries for
> your platform, you should try the source release and compile it yourself
> on the target platform.

> >>Brian Stevenson wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>My company wants to take their existing unix applications and make them
> >>>gui using DB/C DX 13.0. It states in the book that eclipse works for many
> >>>unix based applications but when i look at downloading the plug-in(s) i
> >>>fail to find any that imply that they are for use on unix systems.
> >
> >
> >
> >

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