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| − | Documentation for plug-ins, including those that implement a programming language is | + | Documentation for plug-ins, including those that implement a programming language is done by contributing to the <tt></tt>extension point. Open the plug-in Manifest Editor on your plug-in and switch to the Extensions page. Click on '''Add...''' and choose '''Extension Templates > Help Contents''' (see Figure 19.8). |
| − | done by contributing to the <tt></tt>extension point. | + | |
| − | Open the plug-in Manifest Editor on your plug-in and switch to the | + | |
| − | Extensions page. Click on '''Add...''' and choose | + | |
| − | '''Extension Templates > Help Contents''' (see Figure 19.8). | + | |
<img src=../images/help-content.png> | <img src=../images/help-content.png> | ||
| + | '''Figure 19.8''' Using the Manifest Editor | ||
| − | + | Click '''Next''' and provide details. Click '''OK'''. Voila, your plug-in now has documentation exported in the standard Eclipse Help format, provided through '''Help > Help Contents...'''. | |
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| − | Click '''Next''' and provide details. Click '''OK'''. Voila, | + | |
| − | your plug-in now has documentation exported in the | + | |
| − | standard Eclipse Help format, provided through '''Help > Help Contents...'''. | + | |
== See Also: == | == See Also: == | ||
| + | *[[FAQ How can I generate HTML and toc.xml files?]] | ||
| + | *[[FAQ How do I support source-level debugging for my own language?]] | ||
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Revision as of 01:16, 16 June 2006
Documentation for plug-ins, including those that implement a programming language is done by contributing to the extension point. Open the plug-in Manifest Editor on your plug-in and switch to the Extensions page. Click on Add... and choose Extension Templates > Help Contents (see Figure 19.8).
<img src=../images/help-content.png> Figure 19.8 Using the Manifest Editor
Click Next and provide details. Click OK. Voila, your plug-in now has documentation exported in the standard Eclipse Help format, provided through Help > Help Contents....
See Also:
- FAQ How can I generate HTML and toc.xml files?
- FAQ How do I support source-level debugging for my own language?
This FAQ was originally published in Official Eclipse 3.0 FAQs. Copyright 2004, Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. This text is made available here under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0.