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| <h1>Eclipse platform overview</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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| <img border="0" src="../../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts"><br> |
| <a href="../../concepts/concepts-25.htm">Features</a><br> |
| <a href="../../concepts/concepts-12.htm">Resources</a><br> |
| <a href="../../concepts/concepts-4.htm">Perspectives</a><br> |
| <a href="../../concepts/concepts-5.htm">Views</a><br> |
| <a href="../../concepts/concepts-6.htm">Editors</a><br> |
| <a href="../../concepts/concepts-27c.htm">CVS Repositories</a> |
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| <img border="0" src="../../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks"><br> |
| <a href="../../tasks/tasks-124.htm">Installing new software</a><br> |
| <a href="../../tasks/tasks-9f.htm">Opening perspectives</a><br> |
| <a href="../../tasks/tasks-3.htm">Opening views</a><br> |
| <a href="../../tasks/tasks-28.htm">Switching between perspectives</a><br> |
| <a href="../../tasks/tasks-9n.htm">Showing and hiding menu items and toolbar buttons</a><br> |
| <a href="../../tasks/tasks-9m.htm">Configuring perspective command groups</a><br> |
| <a href="../../tasks/tasks-9k.htm">Configuring perspective shortcuts</a><br> |
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| <a href="../../reference/ref-68.htm">Toolbar buttons</a><br> |
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