| Need direction on simple"terminal" plugin [message #310342] |
Tue, 28 November 2006 17:13  |
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Originally posted by: pete.valadd.com
I have an existing swing application that connects to host and starts a
terminal session. I would like to make this a plugin that displays
similar to a browser/editor in the IDE as a tab. I have looked at several
examples and scoured the Internet looking for a simple example but have
found none.
I created an RCP from this swing app using about 8 lines of code but it
displays as a separate window. I want it to "snap in" to the IDE as a
tabbed window.
What is the easiest way to do this? Is there a simple example that shows
how to take an existing swing application and create a plugin that "snaps
in" to the IDE? (sorry if the terminology is wrong) I am new to plugin
development and Swing development so I need a very clear, step by step
that explains how this is accomplished.
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| Re: Need direction on simple"terminal" plugin [message #310380 is a reply to message #310363] |
Wed, 29 November 2006 20:02  |
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Originally posted by: pete.valadd.com
Thanks Eric,
I had found those topics and, although some are fairly good, they didn't address what I needed,
specifically. Your comment:
> Embedding Swing in a plug-in is a specialty topic that requires some
> special handling.
is kind of what I am looking for. The "Swing" articles seems to involve RCP rather than a "direct"
plugin. I'll continue to look and hope that someone will see this post and offer some additional
advise. I think there was someone who posted a similar query here back on the 22nd ("Plugin
development: integration of external editor") which has gotten no replies. Perhaps this is harder
than it looks.
There is an article on IBM's site that reviews something similar:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os- swing/
I may take another look at it.
Thanks for your time,
Pete
Eric Rizzo wrote:
> Pete Helgren wrote:
>> I have an existing swing application that connects to host and starts
>> a terminal session. I would like to make this a plugin that displays
>> similar to a browser/editor in the IDE as a tab. I have looked at
>> several examples and scoured the Internet looking for a simple example
>> but have found none. I created an RCP from this swing app using about
>> 8 lines of code but it displays as a separate window. I want it to
>> "snap in" to the IDE as a tabbed window.
>>
>> What is the easiest way to do this? Is there a simple example that
>> shows how to take an existing swing application and create a plugin
>> that "snaps in" to the IDE? (sorry if the terminology is wrong) I am
>> new to plugin development and Swing development so I need a very
>> clear, step by step that explains how this is accomplished.
>>
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> To begin with, the Eclipse Help includes a tutorial on writing plugins.
> Choose Help > Welcome, and on the welcome page click the Tutorials button.
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> In addition, here are some articles about writing Eclipse plug-ins in
> general.
> http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-PDE-does-plugins/PDE -intro.html
> http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Plug-in-architecture /plugin_architecture.html
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> http://www.eclipse.org/articles/viewArticle/ViewArticle2.htm l
> http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/02/09/eclipse.html
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> Embedding Swing in a plug-in is a specialty topic that requires some
> special handling.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Eric
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