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How to edit an existing eclipse plugin?

I have an open source plugin with a license that allows me to change it, from here: http://www.jcraft.com/eclipse-jcterm/ (in the source section). I want to change this plugin and use it on my local eclipse.

  • Is this possible if I have a jar file? Or do I need more?
  • What should I do to bring this into eclipse (obviously, through the Eclipse plugin development view)?
  • How to install this plugin to make sure that it works the way I want?
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  • Download the JAR plugin somewhere.
  • In Eclipse, File-> Import-> Plug-ins and Fragments
  • Select the directory where you saved it, select "Projects with source folders", Next
  • Add Plugin, Finish

You now have an Eclipse project representing the plugin. Make your changes, and then:

  • File-> Export-> Deployable plugins and snippets
  • Select a plugin, choose a place to save it.

I don’t know how to do the development on a plug-in that is live in your IDE instance, so I think you will need to install it on your copy of Eclipse, dropping it into the plugins directory, then restart.

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Eclipse has a dedicated plugin development environment: PDE . Here's a tutorial on how to develop a simple plugin.

I think this instruction is very appropriate, it explains how to start contributing to PyDev and begins with an explanation of how to set up the environment.

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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/925526/

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