Summary: | [Doc] Minimal stand-alone help steps aren't working as described | ||
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Product: | [Eclipse Project] Platform | Reporter: | Lee Anne Kowalski <kowalskilee> |
Component: | User Assistance | Assignee: | Chris Goldthorpe <cgold> |
Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | normal | ||
Priority: | P3 | CC: | cgold, ole.ersoy |
Version: | 3.5 | Keywords: | Documentation |
Target Milestone: | 3.6 RC1 | ||
Hardware: | PC | ||
OS: | Windows XP | ||
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Description
Lee Anne Kowalski
2009-08-19 15:34:30 EDT
Oh, one correction: The help topic should point to Galileo's: http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/ua_help_setup_standalone.htm (Yes, I really *was* following the Galileo steps, I swear! :-) I just had both open in Firefox and grabbed the wrong URL for the bug submission.) --Lee Anne I've just gone through the steps in the documentation and I ran into exactly the same issues that you saw. There do seem to be several problems - one is that the export does not work if you try to export into an eclipse installation with the plugins directory removed, another is that the features were refactored so we no longer have the Russian doll model and finally org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_ does not appear to be in any plugin. Since the architecture is being reviewed I thought I'd mention a feature request that I think will make the standalone documentation and process for running the infocenter standalone simpler. Add a "helpPluginsHome" startup parameter. If this were added, user could start the infocenter pointing it to "helpPluginsHome", which would be the workspace where they keep all their documentation. Please let me know if I should put this in a separate ticket and if there's anything else I could help out with. Adding a "helpPluginsHome" startup parameter is not so easy to do - the loading of plugins is controlled by the Eclipse launcher, not by the help system. It's probably not worth filing a separate bug report since I don't see it getting implemented unless the code was contributed. Shoot I was hoping it would be quicky. OK - I'll swing back around once I have some time to study up on the eclipse launcher, etc. I have updated the documentation page and tested the modified steps using I20100511-0800. Fixed in 3.6RC1 |