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Re: Where's the best place to start with e4? [message #552691 is a reply to message #552615] |
Fri, 13 August 2010 08:08 |
Thomas Schindl Messages: 6651 Registered: July 2009 |
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Fitz,
Could you file a bugzilla with screenshots, os-version, ... and
probably steps to reproduce? Please add my to bugzilla with the above
e-mail-address
Tom
Am 12.08.10 22:41, schrieb Brian Fitzpatrick:
> Worked great Tom! Thanks for the tips!
>
> Other than some weird repaint issues with tabs in a few views, DTP seems
> to work just fine under e4.0 - at least as a quick check. :)
>
> --Fitz
>
> Tom Schindl wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Well here's what I can suggest:
>>
>> 1. Make your plug-ins in the 4.0 SDK
>> ------------------------------------
>> a) Download Eclipse 4.0 SDK
>> b) Install the source packages of:
>> E4 UI > Eclipse E4 UI CSS Source
>> E4 UI > Eclipse e4 Modeled Workbench Source
>> (so that you can step through with the debugger if things go wrong )
>> c) Check out your sources from your CVS Repo
>> d) Fix compile errors => most likely because you are using internal APIs
>> e) Launch an inner Eclipse
>>
>> All should work like a charme if the compat layer works appropriately.
>>
>> If you want to see what the compat layer made from your contributions
>> you can also install the "E4 Tools"-feature if you hit ALT+SHIFT+F9 in
>> your inner you can inspect the live running application (model).
>>
>> 2. Make your plug-ins run in an 4.0 Application
>> -----------------------------------------------
>> a) If the above works you can go one step further and create a 3.x
>> RCP-Application using the PDE-wizards (e.g. the mail example)
>> b) Modify the generated project as described in [1]
>> c) Add your DTP bundles
>> d) Launch the product
>>
>> All should work like a charme if the compat layer works appropriately.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> [1]https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=317912
>>
>> Am 12.08.10 00:48, schrieb Brian Fitzpatrick:
>>> Hi all...
>>>
>>> There are lots of wiki pages, forum posts, and so on about using e4. And
>>> though I want to dig into e4 in detail at some point, my first priority
>>> is making sure that DTP's views/editors/perspective all work in e4. This
>>> seems to mean that I would need to use the compatibility layer, which is
>>> fine since DTP is all 3.x-based.
>>>
>>> If you were me, where would you start? I'm not looking for anything
>>> earth shattering here. Just the ability to bring the DTP Data Source
>>> Explorer view (based on the Common Navigator Framework) into an e4
>>> application to see if everything works ok.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance and sorry this is such a broad question.
>>>
>>> --Fitz
>>
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Re: Where's the best place to start with e4? [message #580734 is a reply to message #552615] |
Fri, 13 August 2010 08:08 |
Thomas Schindl Messages: 6651 Registered: July 2009 |
Senior Member |
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Fitz,
Could you file a bugzilla with screenshots, os-version, ... and
probably steps to reproduce? Please add my to bugzilla with the above
e-mail-address
Tom
Am 12.08.10 22:41, schrieb Brian Fitzpatrick:
> Worked great Tom! Thanks for the tips!
>
> Other than some weird repaint issues with tabs in a few views, DTP seems
> to work just fine under e4.0 - at least as a quick check. :)
>
> --Fitz
>
> Tom Schindl wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Well here's what I can suggest:
>>
>> 1. Make your plug-ins in the 4.0 SDK
>> ------------------------------------
>> a) Download Eclipse 4.0 SDK
>> b) Install the source packages of:
>> E4 UI > Eclipse E4 UI CSS Source
>> E4 UI > Eclipse e4 Modeled Workbench Source
>> (so that you can step through with the debugger if things go wrong )
>> c) Check out your sources from your CVS Repo
>> d) Fix compile errors => most likely because you are using internal APIs
>> e) Launch an inner Eclipse
>>
>> All should work like a charme if the compat layer works appropriately.
>>
>> If you want to see what the compat layer made from your contributions
>> you can also install the "E4 Tools"-feature if you hit ALT+SHIFT+F9 in
>> your inner you can inspect the live running application (model).
>>
>> 2. Make your plug-ins run in an 4.0 Application
>> -----------------------------------------------
>> a) If the above works you can go one step further and create a 3.x
>> RCP-Application using the PDE-wizards (e.g. the mail example)
>> b) Modify the generated project as described in [1]
>> c) Add your DTP bundles
>> d) Launch the product
>>
>> All should work like a charme if the compat layer works appropriately.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> [1]https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=317912
>>
>> Am 12.08.10 00:48, schrieb Brian Fitzpatrick:
>>> Hi all...
>>>
>>> There are lots of wiki pages, forum posts, and so on about using e4. And
>>> though I want to dig into e4 in detail at some point, my first priority
>>> is making sure that DTP's views/editors/perspective all work in e4. This
>>> seems to mean that I would need to use the compatibility layer, which is
>>> fine since DTP is all 3.x-based.
>>>
>>> If you were me, where would you start? I'm not looking for anything
>>> earth shattering here. Just the ability to bring the DTP Data Source
>>> Explorer view (based on the Common Navigator Framework) into an e4
>>> application to see if everything works ok.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance and sorry this is such a broad question.
>>>
>>> --Fitz
>>
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