This should be asked on the the newsgroups.
Summary is that you should use the eclipse executable. it is available
for many many platforms. The PDE tooling contains comprehensive
tooling. Even if you are just using Equinox, get the RCP book and
pretend you are making and RCP app without the UI. Everything is the
same.
starting from a script is ok but does no integrate well into the
desktop. Taskbar, dock, what have you are not well hooked and there
can be strange behaviour. all depends on your scenario
Jeff
Vinayak Joshi wrote:
Hi
I have been asked to base a new application on the OSGi framework
choosing Equinox as the runtime. After my initial few weeks of study I
have a few questions that I need clarified since I couldn't find any
direct answers for these (or perhaps didn't manage to reach the right
resources):
1. As per the quick start guide I can launch equinox through:
java -jar org.eclipse.osgi_x.y.z.jar -console
However, there are launchers available for most platforms too. I want
to know as to
which approach I should be taking - use a launcher to start my
application or stick to a script that runs "java -jar
org.eclipse.osgi_x.y.z.jar -console" etc? Any trade-offs between the
two?
2. In case I have to use the launcher due to some reasons, then if I
were to package my application as a product and distribute it - would
that mean users launching the product via eclipse.exe? Any other way?
Please point me to any resources that deal with step-by-step on
building products based on equinox runtime. I am really new to this
stuff so any help would be really appreciated!
Vin.
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