Re: User interface, TeXmacs and Axiom (was: Re: [Axiom-developer] backups)

[Pierre Doucy]

>
> I would very much like to know more about the possibility
> of using eclipse for this purpose. But nearly everything
> I have read about eclipse on the web has tended to turn
> me off. Although there appears to be an emphasis on open
> source in the eclipse projects, the content of the web
> sites I have visited tend to look more like commerical
> java promotional material from the IBM-era than "real life".
> ;)

That's right, IBM actually put a lot of money and effort into eclipse,
and want us to know about that. But using it everyday these times, I
have to admit that they did a very good job.

>
> But maybe I don't have the right information. Can you
> suggest a place to get more information about eclipse?
> Where and how to download it? How to use it for somethig
> approximating emacs? In general a good source of information?
>

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ecplug/?Open&ca=daw-ec-dr
is a good start for writing eclipse plugins.

This one is also great :
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/using-perspectives/PerspectiveArticle.html
it teaches how to create a perspective

How to write a debugger for eclipse :
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Debugger/how-to.html

And this is the page where you can find lots of technicle articles.
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/index.html

And this is the documentation for users :
http://www.eclipse.org/documentation/main.html

To download it, click the huge "Eclipse SDK 3.1.2" link here :
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
Un{zip|tar} it, launch the executable, and you're on !

As is, you really won't do much except edit java code, but you can add
tons of plug-ins to do everything from UML modeling to regexp
debugging, etc...

Hope that helps

Regards,

Pierre


> Thanks.
>
> Bill Page.
>


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