The Orc Eclipse Plug-in#

The Orc plug-in contributes Orc programming language services to the Eclipse IDE. These services include:

• An Orc perspective, to provide a basic Eclipse window layout and action sets for Orc development.
• New Orc Project and New Orc File wizards.
• Integrated Orc parsing with the editor, to flag basic syntax errors as you type.
• Orc syntax highlighting (token coloring) in the editor.
• Orc extension to the Outline view to provide an outline of declarations in an Orc file.
• An Orc project nature to enable the Orc builders and project properties.
• Orc project properties to control Orc compilation settings.
• Compile upon save, with markers for errors output by the Orc compiler.
• Declaration of the Orc file type to Eclipse, so that Eclipse uses the Orc editor, and so that CVS/SVN handle Orc files correctly.
• Orc launch delegate, so Eclipse can run Orc programs.
• Orc launch configuration, to provide a method of controlling Orc runtime settings.
• Orc launch shortcut, so that you can run an Orc file without setting up a Launch Configuration.
• Sets of icons for Orc files and other objects.
• A Getting Started guide for a quick start.
• Tips and Tricks topics with some helpful details.
• A What's New list for each release.
• The Orc programming language User Guide.

For OrcEclipse developers#

Eclipse plug-in reading#

• Eclipse Documentation -- Platform Plug-in Developer Guide -- Programmer's Guide -- http://help.eclipse.org/helios/nav/2_0
• IBM DeveloperWorks -- Plug-in development 101 -- http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-eclipse-plugindev1/

Possible Orc–Eclipse IDE integration tasks#

• Content types -- done
• Views and editor -- done -- using IMP's
• Actions: which types? -- done -- using IMP's

• Project nature -- done
• Builder -- done
• Retargetable actions -- done
• Perspective -- done
• Decorator -- done
• Markers -- done
• Marker help
• Marker resolution (maybe....)

• SourceViewerConfiguration -- done -- using IMP's
• PartitionScanner
• ContentOutlinePage -- done

• Launch configuration / launcher -- done

• Intro -- done
• Help -- done
• Cheat sheets?

• p2 installable unit -- done
• Feature -- done
• Update site -- done