[news.eclipse.technology] Re: Non IDE application Based on Eclipse.

["David Rabinowitz" <dar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It would be rather defecult, since eclipse was ment for building IDEs, so
the project notation, CVS support and more. You can however use SWT as your
GUI library instead of Swing.

David

"Robert Simmons" <derisor@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:blifgp$2s8$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Id like to develop a new application. The constraints I have are the
following.
>
> 1) The user shouldn't know they are using eclipse.
>
> 2) The application is a media object management application and not an IDE
so I
> don't need developer tools.
>
> 3) The application should take advantage of the plug in framework at the
core of
> eclipse.
>
> So what I'm shooting for is an eclipse stripped of everything
non-essential and
> an open slate. I downloaded the platform but it still has the concepts of
> projects and other developer components within it. I would like to rip
those out
> and use my own menus and features. My questions are:
>
> a) Is this possible?
> b) Is there any place that has documentation on how to accomplish such a
trick.
>
> TIA
>
> -- Kraythe
>
>