Time for action – creating an editor

The example will be based on a (made-up) markup language called minimark—which is essentially a plain text file with blank delimited paragraphs that can be translated into an HTML file. This will involve creating an editor for text-based content for minimark files.

  1. Create a new plug-in project called com.packtpub.e4.minimark.ui by going to File | New | Project | Plug-in project and fill in:
    1. Project name: com.packtpub.e4.minimark.ui
  2. Click on Next and fill in:
    1. ID: com.packtpub.e4.minimark.ui
    2. Version: 1.0.0.qualifier
    3. Name: Minimark
    4. Vendor: PACKTPUB
    5. Ensure that the Create an Activator option is selected
    6. Ensure that this plug-in will make contributions to the UI option is selected
    7. Ensure that the Create a Rich Client Application ...

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