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| <h1>Eclipse Platform</h1> |
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| <p>The Eclipse platform itself is structured as subsystems which are implemented |
| in one or more plug-ins. The subsystems are built on top of a small runtime |
| engine. The figure below depicts a simplified view. </p> |
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| <h2>Workbench</h2> |
| <P>The term <i>Workbench</i> refers to the desktop development environment. |
| The Workbench aims to achieve seamless tool integration and controlled openness by providing a common paradigm for the creation, management, and navigation of workspace resources.</P> |
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| Each Workbench window contains one or more |
| perspectives. Perspectives contain views and editors and control |
| what appears in certain menus and tool bars. More than one Workbench window can exist |
| on the desktop at any given time.</P> |
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| <a href="javaScript:openRelatedLink('concepts/concepts-12.htm')">Resources</a><br> |
| <a href="javaScript:openRelatedLink('concepts/concepts-4.htm')">Perspectives</a><br> |
| <a href="javaScript:openRelatedLink('concepts/concepts-5.htm')">Views</a><br> |
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| <a href="javaScript:openRelatedLink('concepts/concepts-27c.htm')">CVS Repositories</a> |
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| <img border="0" src="../../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks" width="159" height="27"><br> |
| <a href="javaScript:openRelatedLink('tasks/tasks-34.htm')">Installing new features with the update manager</a><br> |
| <a href="javaScript:openRelatedLink('tasks/tasks-9f.htm')">Opening perspectives</a><br> |
| <a href="javaScript:openRelatedLink('tasks/tasks-3.htm')">Opening views</a><br> |
| <a href="javaScript:openRelatedLink('tasks/tasks-28.htm')">Switching between perspectives</a><br> |
| <a href="javaScript:openRelatedLink('tasks/tasks-9k.htm')">Configuring perspectives</a> |
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