Eclipse plugin

Question

I want to develop an eclipse plugin to show some special functionalities with Eclipse Java Editor. Except for these minor changes all other things should be same as a normal Eclipse Java Editor. How to do this? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This is a nice tutorial for Eclipse plug-in development.

Answer 2

Here are some things you may want to look at for helpful info on extending the JDT:

• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ecjdt/
• http://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_extend_the_JDT%3F

The following are a bit more general on creating editors:

• http://www.realsolve.co.uk/site/tech/jface-text.php
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/os-dw-os-ecl-commplgin1.html (and parts 2 and 3)