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14    plugins or just wanting to know what is going on under the covers. Roughly speaking    plugins or just wanting to know what is going on under the covers. Roughly speaking
15    there are three kinds of tools:</p>    there are three kinds of tools:</p>
16  <dl>  <dl>
17    <dt>Runtime tools</dt>    <dt><b>Runtime tools</b></dt>
18    <dd>The runtime tools expose the internal behaviour of the Platform runtime    <dd>The runtime tools expose the internal behaviour of the Platform runtime
19      as well as certain aspects of plugins (activation ordering, classes loaded,      as well as certain aspects of plugins (activation ordering, classes loaded,
20      relation to other plugins, ...) and classes (load order, load nesting, ...).      relation to other plugins, ...) and classes (load order, load nesting, ...).
21      Plugin developers can use this information to ensure that their plugins/classes      Plugin developers can use this information to ensure that their plugins/classes
22      are be activated/loaded as expected, and that they are not taking more time/space      are be activated/loaded as expected, and that they are not taking more time/space
23      than is warranted.</dd>      than is warranted.</dd>
24    <dt>Resources tools</dt>    <dt><b>Resources tools</b></dt>
25    <dd>The resources tools expose the behaviour/performance of installed builders    <dd>The resources tools expose the behaviour/performance of installed builders
26      and listeners as well as the structure of the workspace, resources and resource      and listeners as well as the structure of the workspace, resources and resource
27      deltas.</dd>      deltas.</dd>
28    <dt>Metadata tools</dt>    <dt><b>Metadata tools</b></dt>
29    <dd>The metadata tools enable users to investigate the metadata files used to    <dd>The metadata tools enable users to investigate the metadata files used to
30      maintain the resource model. Point these tools at a workspace and browse...</dd>      maintain the resource model. Point these tools at a workspace and browse...</dd>
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38    boot, runtime and resources plugins. To install:</p>    boot, runtime and resources plugins. To install:</p>
39  <ol>  <ol>
40    <li>To install the Core Tools, get org.eclipse.core.tools.zip and extract all    <li>To install the Core Tools, get org.eclipse.core.tools.zip and extract all
41      files into the <b>parent</b> of your &lt;eclipse install&gt; directory (i.e.,      files into the &lt;eclipse install&gt;/plugins directory. This will a add
42      the one containing &quot;eclipse&quot;). This will a add the Core Tools feature      the Core Tools plugins and fragments to your install.</li>
     as well as supporting plugins and fragments.</li>  
43    <li>If you are running an Eclipse build from before I20021127 (this includes    <li>If you are running an Eclipse build from before I20021127 (this includes
44      2.0.*) you will need to get the patched versions of the boot, runtime and      2.0.*) you will need to get the patched versions of the boot, runtime and
45      resources plugins. Get core-tools-patches.zip and extract all files into your      resources plugins. Get core-tools-patches.zip and extract all files into your
46      &lt;eclipse install&gt;/plugins directory. This will overwrite boot.jar, runtime.jar      &lt;eclipse install&gt;/plugins directory. This will overwrite boot.jar, runtime.jar
47      and resources.jar.</li>      and resources.jar. Note that if your install has version numbers in the plug-in
48        directory names, you have to manually copy/extract the patch files into the
49        corresponding versioned plug-in directory in your install.</li>
50  </ol>  </ol>
51  <h4>Running Core Tools</h4>  <h4>Running Core Tools</h4>
52  <p>After installing the Core Tools, you must enable them. The tools are enabled  <p>After installing the Core Tools, you must enable them. The tools are enabled
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