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Eclipse Application to standalone? [message #1783532]

Tue, 13 March 2018 19:50

Vasileios Trialonis

Messages: 3
Registered: March 2018

Junior Member

Hello everyone!

I have been using Eclipse for my Java needs for quite some time now, but I have never really delved deep into it.

I was recently given this project by a friend which makes use of the XText plugin library to act as an IDE for a custom file type.

However, to launch it, I need to open the source of the editor itself in Eclipse and run it as an Eclipse Application which in turns open a separate Eclipse IDE.

I have been looking around for an easy way around this, but to no avail. Is there a way to run said Eclipse Application without having to first open the source of the custom editor and launching it?

Thank you!

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Re: Eclipse Application to standalone? [message #1783609 is a reply to message #1783532]

Wed, 14 March 2018 14:54

Ed Willink

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi

You haven't explained what you want to do.

If you want an editor then asking for a non-IDE approach is a bit mad.

If you just want some underlying build/parse functionalities, Xtext has those capabilities already. You just call XXXStandaloneSetup.doSetup() to initialize your application.

Regards

Ed Willink

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Re: Eclipse Application to standalone? [message #1783611 is a reply to message #1783609]

Wed, 14 March 2018 15:03

Vasileios Trialonis

Messages: 3
Registered: March 2018

Junior Member

Thank you for your response Ed.

I am not looking to avoid launching the IDE altogether.

Like I said, in order to use the custom editor, I need to open the workspace of the editor, run it as an Eclipse Application (Pic. 1) which then opens a separate Eclipse IDE window (Pic. 2). What I want to do is avoid having to open the workspace of the editor and instead (somehow) launch the editor itself as an Eclipse Application through a shortcut.

Pic. 1