Re: [ecf-dev] ECF Collaboration with C++ code

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

[I'm cross posting this to Doug Schaefer, the CDT project lead, because 
this is actually a request for the CDT C++ editor to support ECF 
real-time shared editing]

Jeff Koftinoff wrote:
> I like ECF and the Collaboration Tools. I have a local ECF server 
> running and a local XMPP server as well (jabberd14).  When I open a 
> java file I can right click on it and specify "Share with ->" and 
> select my friend to share the editing with.
>
> With a C++ source file, regardless if I am in java perspective or CDT 
> perspective, the "Share with" menu option is unavailable.
>
> How do I enable "Share With" for my project?

In general, for any Eclipse-based ITextEditor you can do this via this 
procedure:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/Extending_Real-Time_Shared_Editing_for_Use_with_Other_Editors

Now, I don't know the C++ editor, so I'm not sure if it implements 
ITextEditor, and I also don't know what the C++ editor(s) context id is 
(which is needed as described on the page above).

Ideally, the CDT project would agree to add the markup described on the 
page above to their C++ editor...which would then automatically enable 
the editor with shared editing capabilities (as we did for the java and 
txt editors) if ECF and docshare had been installed.  But that is their 
choice. 

(BTW, we've heard the WTP project intends to do exactly this for a 
number of their xml editors and other editors within WTP).

Thanks,

Scott

> Regards
> Jeff Koftinoff
>
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