[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Why is Ant (org.eclipse.ant.ui) not part of

["Darin Swanson" <Darin_Swanson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ant core is in the platform...Ant ui is not.

Ant UI requires support from the Eclipse Java tooling
See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=54753 for the full details

Darins

"Karl H. Damm" <karl-heinz.damm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I just noticed that there is no Ant editor available in the simple Eclipse
> Platform - the plugin org.eclipse.ant.ui is not part of
> eclipse-platform-3.0.2-win32.zip. On the other hand, the Workbench User
> Guide clearly states that the Ant tools should belog to the platform.
> What is the reason for this oddity ?
>
> I copied org.eclipse.ant.ui from my eclipse-SDK-3.0.2-win32 installation
> directory into my eclipse-platform-3.0.2-win32 installation directory.
> Then I restarted the Platform. There still is no Ant Editor !?
> And then I open the About dialog to check the list of installed plugins:
> org.eclipse.ant.ui is not listed !
> What can I do now ?
>