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Re: [platform-dev] Generic Text Editor for pure E4
Hi Alexander,

I browsed the code of the "ExtensionBasedTextEditor" and for me it seemed that at the core is the ProjectionViewer which is inside a bundle which should be usable without a problem in E4. But as I'm not too familiar with this code I might have (and probably did) miss some other core parts requiring the E3 workbench (besides the whole editor hierarchy of course).

Your suggested approach is exactly what I had in mind when asking the question. I was wondering whether somebody might have already tried to create an "E4ExtensionBasedTextEditor" (or something similar / stripped down) and how much effort was spent or would be required for a POC, MVP and proper feature set.

Cheers,
Stefan

On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 8:42 AM Alexander Fedorov <alexander.fedorov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Stefan,

I'm not saying that this is impossible. It is not easy - but we can gain a lot from this. Currently the E4 story is broken on the IDE boundary - any attempt to introduce the IDE functionality returns you back to E3.
The Generic Text Editor may be a good starting point: it has a lot of services to interact with and it will be natural to utilize OSGi services and E4 approach.
The porting it with all the hierarchy may be a huge task - so I suggest to build its alternative in another bundle that will show us what kind of common services we need to implement the E4 Editors.

WDYT?

Regards,
AF

03.07.2019 19:32, Alexander Fedorov пишет:
Hi,

What do you mean by "core"? It is full of E3. We need to start from detaching (altering) AbstractTextEditor from EditorPart
I think it is much cheaper to start new "org.eclipse.e4.ui.editors" bundle than trying to remove E3 dependencies from the Generic Text Editor.

Regards,
AF

03.07.2019 19:20, Stefan Dirix пишет:
Hi,

I'm looking for a way to integrate the Generic Text Editor into a pure E4 (SWT) RCP. I looked at the code and it seems to me that the core of the Generic Text Editor is not dependent on E3.

Does anyone know of a previous effort to remove E3 dependencies / integrate the editor into a pure E4 RCP? Any pointer to an existing integration solution, branch prototype, recipe etc. would be helpful.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Stefan

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