Bug 21806 - [ExternalTools] Extension point to add external tools
Summary: [ExternalTools] Extension point to add external tools
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 20803
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Ant (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Simon Arsenault CLA
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Reported: 2002-07-23 10:04 EDT by Christof Binder CLA
Modified: 2002-09-18 13:59 EDT (History)
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Description Christof Binder CLA 2002-07-23 10:04:08 EDT 
It would be good if the plug-in 
org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.internal.core.ExternalToolsPlugin would provide an 
extension point to let plug-in developer put their application into the list of 
applications that can be started by the plug-in. In fact that extension point 
would merly update the file externaltools.xml in the 
$WORKSPACE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.ui.externaltools directory.
Because the $WORKSPACE directory is user-dependant the plug-ins that want to 
update that xml file must do that over the ExternalToolsPlugin that knows where 
the file resides.
Comment 1 Nick Edgar CLA 2002-07-23 10:48:20 EDT 
Issue: Would the user be allowed to remove registered external tools?

Would also need to be careful to handle addition and removal of such 
extensions in an existing workspace.
Comment 2 Simon Arsenault CLA 2002-07-25 10:50:04 EDT 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 20803 ***