[news.eclipse.tools] Re: [JFace] How do you convert an application into

[John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxx>]

I'll admit there isn't great documentation for this.  Here is a link to 
some steps:

http://dev.eclipse.org/newslists/news.eclipse.tools/msg05881.html

I've entered the following bug report for improving the documentation:

http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=36694
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Hans Deragon wrote:
> Greetings.
>
>
>   I reported bug #35715:
>
> http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/votes.cgi?action=show_bug&bug_id=35715
>
>   Apparently, I need to initialize the platform before using JFace.  The 
> response in the bug report suggest that I should convert my application 
> into a  standalone plugin using the org.eclipse.core.runtime.application.
>
>   How do you do this?  I looked at the documentation, but I cannot 
> figure out where to start, i.e. what menu item to call up to refactor 
> the project.
>
>   Also, I am assuming that converting my standalone application into a 
> standalone plugin will work outside the Eclipse platform (i.e. without 
> Eclipse running).  If such is not the case, please advise me and I will 
> remove any JFace references out of my code.  Also, is there some special 
> magic that needs to be done to get a standalone plugin running by 
> itself, or I only need to provide the required packages?
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Hans Deragon