| How to Modify (Play with) standard Eclipse Plugins? [message #287785] |
Wed, 06 July 2005 19:29  |
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Originally posted by: sean.stewthecat.com
Hello,
What is the best approach for trying to tweak existing plugins? I tend
to learn best when I can copy existing code and play with it. I think
this should be rather straight forward in Eclipse, but seem to be
missing something(s) obvious.
For example, I am working on a personal plugin that shares a great deal
of functionality with the PDE plugin which edits plugin.xml. I am
building a multipage editor which shows a few different views of an xml
file. I would like to copy the appropriate PDE plugin parts and change
the GUI and domain logic, but keep or update much of the administrative
logic (i.e. updating the source view when changes occur in the form view).
When I import the plugin/fragment for the org.eclipse.pd.source
(eclipse version 3.1), I get very promising folder structures. But then
in place of actual source, all I get is the src.zip. Do I _really_ need
to find all of these and unzip them? So much else about eclipse seems so
developer friendly, I can't help feeling I am approaching this
wrong-headedly.
TIA,
Sean
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| Re: How to Modify (Play with) standard Eclipse Plugins? - thanks/summary [message #287973 is a reply to message #287959] |
Sat, 09 July 2005 13:43  |
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Originally posted by: sean.stewthecat.com
Bob Foster wrote:
> Daniel Megert wrote:
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>> Use File > Import... > External Plug-ins and Fragments and simply
>> choose to import those plug-ins as source.
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> Then set up a Run configuration that loads those plugins from your
> workspace instead of the platform, so you can change and see the effect
> quickly (well, not real slowly).
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> Bob
Bob & Dani,
Thank you for your postings. Sure enough, I just had a mental block.
Here is a quick summary for anyone who might be as mentally twisted as I
was:
- Eclipse 3.1
- File | Import | External Plug-ins and Fragments <Next>
- Import From (check default target platform, <eclipse home>)
this should allow you to import 'core' plugins
from the eclipse installation you are running
- Import As | Projects with Source folders
Note: I got distracted by trying to work with "source" folders, for example:
org.eclipse.pde.source (3.1.0)
It appears now that I was just making things more complicated than
necessary (rtfm...). I now believe it's just as simple as importing:
org.eclipse.pde.ui (3.1.0)
Note: versions in parenthesis would match your version of eclipse.
It seems that when I created a new Debug Configuration:
Run | Debug | [New]
Eclipse is smart enough to use my freshly imported org.eclipse.pde.ui
found in my workspace, and uncheck the 'standard' version in the actual
eclipse program folder. Very nice.
I assume not many people will have this same problem, but perhaps
someone will find this summary helpful.
Thanks again to a helpful community,
Sean
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