| Re: [platform-help-dev] Standalone and "Infocenter" help systems |
Since we haven't finalized the packaging, but a number of people have sent email asking for this, here are the steps to install help as an info-center (i.e. server based help): Pre-reqs: App server: we have tested with Tomcat 3.2.1 and Tomcat 3.2. but other app servers may also work. We know the info-center does not currently work with Tomcat 4..0.1 due to a conflict with setting a URLStreamHandler. The eclipse team is working on a fix. Let's assume Tomcat was installed under d:\tomcat. Unix installs should work almost the same. Eclipse: get the latest 2.0 driver. If you are using a driver older than tonight's nightly build (20020215) you will need to apply a path (see below). Let's assume eclipse was installed under d:\eclipse Setup: [Optional] If your eclipse driver is older than tonight's nightly build (20020215), download the webapp.jar file included here (See attached file: webapp.jar) into d: \eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.help.webapp\WEB-INF\lib and replace the existing file there. Copy xerces.jar from d:\eclipse\plugins\org.apache.xerces to d: \eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.help.webapp\WEB-INF\lib Edit the Tomcat configuration file d:\tomcat\conf\server.xml and add the following line at the end of the file, just before the section on setting a Virtual host example: <Context path="/help" docBase="d: \eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.help.webapp" > </Context> That should be all the setup needed to get going. Start tomcat and point your browser to you server, like to http://127.0.0.1:8080/help Kari Halsted/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA To: platform-help-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent by: cc: platform-help-dev-admin@e Subject: [platform-help-dev] Standalone and "Infocenter" clipse.org help systems 01/31/2002 02:38 PM Please respond to platform-help-dev It's great to see the new help system in the drivers. Two questions: 1. Is there a way to launch the help system stand-alone (presumably from the command line), without starting Eclipse? (I'm not expecting a complete stand-alone package -- yet -- just a way to demo it.) 2. How does one go about installing the help system on a server to be served over the intranet/internet? Thanks. K. Kari Halsted IBM Canada - Toronto Software Lab _______________________________________________ platform-help-dev mailing list platform-help-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx http://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-help-dev
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