[platform-dev] Interactive Console for External tools..

["Edison C." <cedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi,
> I'm new to Eclipse  and the group. So please bear with my longish 
> mail and some naive questions
> 
> We have our own tool to compile a programming language
> of our own.
> I have added this tool in the Run->External Tools...
> When I execute the tool I get the output of the on the Console view
> 
> I would like to make each line in the output on the console a hyperlink.
> 
> While browsing the Tool archive I found some relevant material which I
> have
> presented below - 
> 
> You will need to extend the org.eclipse.debug.ui.consoleLineTrackers 
> extension point in your own plugin. The org.eclipse.ui.externaltools
> plugin 
> provides two examples: the javacLineTracker and the taskLineTracker. 
> You will ant to register your consoleLineTracker for the name of your 
> external program (see ProgramLaunchDelegate if interested). 
> So for example: 
> <consoleLineTracker id = "robs.cool.nant.errorLineTracker" 
> class = "org.rob.nant.ErrorLineTracker" 
> processType = "NAnt"> 
> </consoleLineTracker> 
> This assumes that the name of the external tool you run is called NAnt. 
- here ends mail from the archive

> I tried using this in my plugin.xml but the output is still not a
> hyperlink
> 
> I have 2 questions - 
> 1. How can I tell eclipse to use my implementation of IConsoleLineTrackers
> and IConsoleHyperlink
> (because even though my plugin appears in the plugin-registry, the 
> console output is not hyperlinks)
> 
> 2. How can I register IConsoleLineTrackers using ant as mentioned in the
> above mail copy.
> 
3. I would also like to know if there is a general procedures/guidelines
avaliable anywhere
which can be used when creating a plugin for eclipse which acts as a
development 
tool for a new language.

> I use Eclipse 2.1.2 
> 
> Any help will be appreciated
Thanks in advance
> Edi
> 
> 
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