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| Re: XtextEditor based on a string [message #671548 is a reply to message #669968] |
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On 05/12/2011 10:39 AM, Ed Willink wrote:
> Hi Lorenzo
>
Hi Ed
> Using Xtext for a string is easy; you just open a stream on a string
> rather than a file.
>
actually that was my first try, using a StringEditorInput... but it
looks like xtext refuses an editor input if it's not an instance of a
IFileEditorInput... I'll try to reproduce the code as soon as
possible... also... it looks like the file must be in the workspace...
> It's the integration that is tricky.
> - an Xtext editor in an editor is comparatively straightforward - there
> are good 2-year old blogs
> - an Xtext editor in a pop-up is a bit harder, also blogged, or you
> could try to understand how Papyrus does
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=34533
are you sure this bug is the one you meant? it looks like it refers to
different bug
> - an Xtext editor in a view is harder still (there is no IEditorSite),
> you could look at the original XTFO
XTFO?
> or its adaptation for Indigo in org.eclipse.ocl.examples.xtext.console
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> If you've not previously programmed with IEditorPart then you may have a
> bit to learn.
>
> Hopefully the itemis guys are busy writing last minute documentation on
> all this for the Indigo release.
>
OK, let's see if any of them enters the discussion :)
> Regards
>
> Ed Willink
>
> On 12/05/2011 08:44, Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> can I open an Xtext editor not based on a file, but on a string? The
>> string represents the whole program I'd like to edit (thus I do not
>> need to open the editor on a part of a file, like in the integration
>> with GMF).
>>
>> I'd like to embed it into another editor; I saw that there's a form
>> integration example, but it looks like one needs to write a lot of
>> code; is that lot of code required by the integration in a form, or is
>> it required anyway?
>>
>> thanks in advance
>> Lore
>>
>
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