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RE: Think big (RE: [eclipse-dev] Re: What's happening after 2.1?
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I'd
like to second this. JDT's editor has so many great features that
people want to emulate them in their own editors. But it's really hard to do
that. Sometimes they just copy the JDT editor code and modify it, but then the
JDT moves on (witness the CDT editor). Some bits and pieces have made their way
into TextEditor (like annotations) which is welcome but it's not enough. Also I
get the impression TextEditor wasn't meant to be subclassed like it
is.
One
way to overcome this problem and enable us to experiment with new innovative
code editing technologies might be to refactor the current JDT editor support
away from the current editor so it could be added to *any* editor that is
embedded inside Eclipse. This would enable people to keep using (and
developing if they like) the current code editor while we experiment with
other, more experimental and innovative designs.
