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| Re: need some help getting started with a project [message #660737 is a reply to message #660674] |
Mon, 21 March 2011 12:36  |
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It would be hard to find a better set of tutorials on Eclipse plug-ins
than http://www.vogella.de/eclipse.html
On 2011.03.20 20:37, dr.shmoo@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello. I've posted this on the plugin forum without any response over
> the period of a week, so I was hoping someone floating around here might
> have an answer.
>
> For a Software Engineering project my group and I have been tasked with
> quite an involved problem for three students with no plug-in experience.
> I coud use some help getting off the ground with this one.
>
> Features we need in the first iteration:
> 1) Highlight every token in a java dev perspective
> 2) When the token is hovered over, produce a tool-tip
> 3) That tool-tip should have a link that replaces the hovered-over word
> with "hello world." That link can either be the hovered-over word or
> just "Hello world"
>
> Now from what I've been able to understand I know I'm probably going to
> need a few things:
> 1. A view. (ISourceProvider, ISourceView?)
> -eventually our plugin will only mess with identifiers
> 2. Some kind of builder or other feature that can high-light text in
> real time.
>
>
> I've attempted to play around with the examples that the PDE provides,
> but they're proving pretty difficult to read and comprehend. Also I've
> tried reading through eclipse' help stuff, and it's helpful but it seems
> to make a lot of knowledge assumptions of the reader.
>
> If anyone can help point me in the right direction or give me some
> "you're gonna need this" advice, I'd greatly appreciate it!
>
> Thank you!
>
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