Re: [gef-dev] GraphViz and Eclipse

[Vineet Sinha <vineet@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'd be interested in hearing more about it and trying it out when you've 
> got something.

Sure! Give me a week or so...


> My latest, which is still very basic, is a hack into the 
> org.eclipse.jdt.ui_3.0.0 plug-in. It currently has two menu items added 
> to a JDT call hierarchy node, Copy to Clipboard and Show Graph (the Copy 
> to Clipboard will probably move off to the Show Graph form now that I 
> was able to hack that out). You can get the latest one here: 
> http://clabs.org/jdt -- you have to overwrite your existing 
> org.eclipse.jdt.ui_3.0.0 plugin to use it. Requires dot.exe to be on 
> your path, and is currently hardcoded to use the PNG image format. 
> Source is included in the .zip

My approach is actually similar to what Randy suggested, i.e. at some 
level I am trying to bridge jdt and draw2d (using 
CompoundDirectedGraphLayout for the laying out).


Vineet