[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: plugin editor help

[Astrid Sawatzky <assawatzky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

LA wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Have recently started looking into plug-in development for eclipse 3.1 but 
> I'm stuck with a problem. Trying to move on from the hello world example but 
> wonder how I can access the editor within the workspace. My plugin has the 
> IWorkbenchWindow variable set correctly but I'm unsure how to access the 
> editor from there on. There are two thing I'd like to do with the editor, 
> one is to add text to the currently active page and secondly to add a new 
> "untitled text file" (I know that already exists) to the editor.
>
> Appreciate any help\advice.
>
> Cheers. 
Dear LA,

if u started the project with new Plugin-Project , then u find a 
plugin.xml in your project's folder.

open that one .

it'll show 2 links in the overview tab where u can decide if u'd like to 
run ur plugin in debug or in normal mode.

HTH
kind regards
Astrid