[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: want to get started writing an editor

[Daniel Megert <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Adam Michael Shaw wrote:

> Greetings --
>
> I need to get off the ground with Eclipse. I am just beginning a 
> project to develop a front-end in Eclipse for the programming language 
> ML. As a first step, I would be happy to build an editor that colors 
> keywords and comments and maybe manages indentation in some sensible way.
>
> The Eclipse API is large and I'm having a hard time getting a foothold 
> anywhere -- in other words, I'm not sure where to start hacking. Does 
> anyone have any words of wisdom as to how to get started? Is there an 
> especially good tutorial or sample project for getting up to speed?

Checkout the talks and tutorials on 
http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/platform-text/development/dev.php

Dani

> Thanks in advance for any responses.
>
> Regards,
>
> Adam Shaw
> University of Chicago