[news.eclipse.modeling.gmt] Re: How to install KM3 to Eclipse 3.3.2

[Ersin Er <ee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hugo Bruneliere wrote:
> Ersin Er a écrit :
> > Hi again,
>
> Hi Ersin,
>
> > I have installed ATL R2_1_0_dev and also checked out AM3 but I cannot 
> > get KM3 compilation working. When I right click an KM3 file I do not 
> > see any Inject.. menu items. I have the Megamodel perpective working 
> > but I think it does not help KM3 stuff. How can I get KM3 files compiled?
>
> Have you got the following plugins installed (checked out from the 
> "org.eclipse.gmt/AM3" folder)?
>   - org.eclipse.am3.core
>   - org.eclipse.am3.ui
>   - org.eclipse.am3.tools.tge

I did not have those three. Now I added them (and dealt with some 
compilation problems) but in the context menu I only see "Inject KM3 
file to KM3 model". Are there any optional dependencies to get this 
working with Ecore models?

Greetings,

--
Ersin

>   - org.eclipse.gmt.am3.dsls.km3
>   - org.eclipse.gmt.am3.tools.ant
>
> Then you need to open the "AM3 Resource Navigator" view in order to get 
> the contextual actions for KM3 files, such as "Inject KM3 to Ecore 
> metamodel".
>
> Best regards,
>
> Hugo
>
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Ersin Er wrote:
> > > Frédéric Jouault wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Your problem seems to be similar to the issue discussed in the 
> > > > following thread:
> > > > http://dev.eclipse.org/newslists/news.eclipse.modeling.m2m/msg02433.html 
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > To sum up: AM3 and TCS HEAD works with ATL R2_1_0_dev. So, you need 
> > > > to check out ATL from the R2_1_0_dev branch if you want to use AM3 
> > > > HEAD.
> > >
> > > Do we need Committer access for branches except HEAD? Or am I missing 
> > > something? I cannot see available branches here in the repo explorer.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Frédéric Jouault
> > > >
> > > > Michael Lehmeier a écrit :
> > > > > Hello.
> > > > > I need to translate KM3 files to Ecore. It was pretty easy in an 
> > > > > earlier
> > > > > installation of Eclipse, but now I have to upgrade and I can't find 
> > > > > out
> > > > > how to do it.
> > > > >
> > > > > The Wiki only tells what it is, not how it is installed.
> > > > > The manual also.
> > > > > A look in the directory structure of my old Eclipse installation 
> > > > > showed
> > > > > me, that KM3 is part of a plugin called "AM3".
> > > > > The download page of AM3 gives mit a zip-File that is supposed to
> > > > > contain (among others) the plugin org.eclipse.am3.core.
> > > > > However, the plugin seems to be missing the essential jar file
> > > > > KM3-parser.jar. Installing the AM3 plugin does nothing.
> > > > > Then I looked inside the old KM3-parser.jar and with the ATL-Wiki I
> > > > > found out that the most important class is
> > > > > org.eclipse.gmt.am3.dsls.km3.KM3Projector. It seems that I need to
> > > > > compile from source.
> > > > > By now I know how to download a plugin von CVS. However, I get an 
> > > > > error
> > > > > because of a missing package org.eclipse.gmt.tcs.dsls.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have no idea where to get that package.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have come to the conclusion that KM3 in Eclipse is unusable right 
> > > > > now.
> > > > > If it isn't so, can anyone point me to an instruction that enables 
> > > > > me to
> > > > > use KM3 in any form. (even outside of Eclipse)
> > > > >
> > > > > Note: I have now spent 8 hours trying to get KM3 working, two of which
> > > > > were wasted trying to install the M2M packages. The Eclipse
> > > > > documentation for its plugins and their installation is clearly a 
> > > > > mess.