[news.eclipse.tools] Re: minimal workbench

[Glauco Reis <gsrt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Even if you use just SWT, wich size is near 1Mb, You will make the
original size Twice.
My suggestion is :
Use SWT (with no JFace) and create your own dockable engine.
Take a look at IPageLayout and IFolderLayout to learn how to do.
[]s
Glauco

Sujee Maniyam wrote:

> Guys,
>
> I'd like to write an application using Eclipse.
>
>    - it will have only one perspective
>    - There will be bunch of views in thsi perspective
>    - all views are dockable / flaotable.
>    - I may use help / update features
>
> to do this, I need to have the Workbench running, right? The minimal
> plugins for workbench are around 12M.  The list of plugins are at the
> bottom.
>
> I feel that is a little too big for my application (which will be
> distributed as a single zip file, including eclipse platform).  My
> application (currently swing) is about 1M.
>
> what alternatives are out there?
>
> thanks
> ./Sujee