[cdt-dev] Launcher

[Chris Songer <songer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

We are at it again with the launcher. Not only did we need to extend the 
launch delegate, but we also need to add some ILaunchConfigurationTabs to 
the run panel that are going to be custom for our environment.

Just like we needed all the features of the existing LocalCLaunchDelegate, 
we also need every other ILaunchConfigurationTab that is already there. 
They express the switches that one needs to run C programs. Unfortunately 
we also need to set some things that only our users are going to care about 
and the only choice as things were was to hack the code or snapshot the 
code, which are really the same thing.

I added an extension point to org.eclipse.cdt.launch to allow other plugins 
to add Tabs. Those who are thinking about how the launcher can be extended, 
should also be considering through what UI mechanism those extensions are 
configured.

In the end, Eclipse is pretty flexible here. The ILaunchConfiguration has a 
nice generic dictionary that anyone can put things in. I obviously like the 
idea of a CDT ConfigurationTab extension point that adds it's own stuff to 
the ILaunchConfiguration. Your launch plugin can then grab it out later.

Thanks!
-Chris