[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Need direction on simple"terminal" plugin

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse5@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete Helgren wrote:
> I have an existing swing application that connects to host and starts a 
> terminal session.  I would like to make this a plugin that displays 
> similar to a browser/editor in the IDE as a tab.  I have looked at 
> several examples and scoured the Internet looking for a simple example 
> but have found none. 
> I created an RCP from this swing app using about 8 lines of code but it 
> displays as a separate window.  I want it to "snap in" to the IDE as a 
> tabbed window.
>
> What is the easiest way to do this? Is there a simple example that shows 
> how to take an existing swing application and create a plugin that 
> "snaps in" to the IDE? (sorry if the terminology is wrong) I am new to 
> plugin development and Swing development so I need a very clear, step by 
> step that explains how this is accomplished.

To begin with, the Eclipse Help includes a tutorial on writing plugins. 
Choose Help > Welcome, and on the welcome page click the Tutorials button.

In addition, here are some articles about writing Eclipse plug-ins in 
general.
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-PDE-does-plugins/PDE-intro.html
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Plug-in-architecture/plugin_architecture.html
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/viewArticle/ViewArticle2.html
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/02/09/eclipse.html


Embedding Swing in a plug-in is a specialty topic that requires some 
special handling.

Hope this helps,
	Eric