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 <h2>Platform and Equinox API</h2>
   <ul>
     <li><a href="#Platform">Platform Changes</a></li>
     <li><a href="#SWT">SWT Changes</a></li>
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     <td id="Platform" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>Platform Changes</h2></td>
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   <tr id="path-to-bundlepool-launcher-dir"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=573131 -->
     <td class="title">Path to bundlepool expressed using @launcher.dir</td>
     <td class="content">
       When creating a bundlepool installation of eclipse, the location of the bundlepool is expressed using the @launcher.dir varliable.
       The launcher, typically eclipse.exe, will replace the string "@launcher.dir" with the location where the launcher is located on disk at startup.
       This delayed resolution of the bundlepool location allows the bundled pool and the eclipse installations to be relocated in the file system as
       long as the internal relationship stays the same. Previously, the path to the bundlepool (expressed using the "-install" launcher option) was
       always an absolute path and produced when the installation took place.
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     <td id="SWT" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>SWT Changes</h2></td>
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   <tr id="styled-text-multi-selection"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=562676 -->
     <td class="title">StyledText API to use multiple carets or selection ranges</td>
     <td class="content">
       StyledText widget now has a new <code>setSelectionRanges(int[] ranges)</code> API which allows to pass
       an arbitraty number of selection ranges. When multiple ranges are used, the text widget will display them
       as distinct carets and selection ranges and will allow simultaneous edits at those locations.
     </td>
   </tr>
   <tr id="swt-win-dark-themed-tooltips"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=574685 -->
     <td class="title">SWT Windows now supports dark-theme tool-tips</td>
     <td class="content">
       Table, Tree, CTabFolder, ToolBar and MenuItem widgets now support dark-theme tool-tips.
       Refer below screen-shots which show combined tool-tips for various widgets.
       <img src="images/swt-win-darkthemed-tooltips.png" alt=""/>
     </td>
   </tr>
   <!-- *********************** End of SWT *********************** -->

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     <td id="p2" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>p2 Changes</h2></td>
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   <tr id="trust-PGP"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=572816 -->
     <td class="title">Trust signers of PGP-signed artifacts</td>
     <td class="content">
       When artifacts to be installed have the <code>pgp.signatures</code> property set, additionally to the integrity check that
       are responsible of verifying the signatures are valid for the given artifact, the public key of the signers will now be
       prompted to user in the same <b>Trust</b> dialog as unknown certificates, and user will have to declare the signer
       key as trusted for installation to complete. All PGP-signed artifacts need to have at least 1 trusted signer for installation
       to complete; an artifact that has no trusted signer will block the installation.
       <p>The behavior is similar to what's already in place for artifacts signed with jarsigner. However, some convenience
       behavior such as remembering what was already trusted is not implemented yet.</p>
       <p>For extenders or users of p2's API, beware that <code>org.eclipse.equinox.p2.core.UIServices</code> now has an
       extra <code>getTrustInfo(Certificate[][] unTrustedCertificateChains, Collection&lt;PGPPublicKey> untrustedPGPKeys,
       String[] details)</code> method that should be used and implemented in place of legacy method with same name,
       but without the <code>PGPPublicKey</code> parameter.</p>
     </td>
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     <td id="Equinox" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>Equinox Changes</h2></td>
   </tr>

   <tr id="splash-screen-image-formats"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=114567 -->
     <td class="title">Splash screen image format</td>
     <td class="content">
       Launcher splash screen image can be in any of the following formats: PNG, JPG, GIF and BMP.
       Transparency and animation are not supported yet.
     </td>
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	<title>Eclipse Project 4.21 - New and Noteworthy</title>
	</head>

	<body>
	<h2>Platform and Equinox API</h2>
	<ul>
	<li><a href="#Platform">Platform Changes</a></li>
	<li><a href="#SWT">SWT Changes</a></li>
	</ul>

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	<table class="news">
	<colgroup>
	<col class="title" />
	<col />
	</colgroup>
	<tbody>
	<!-- ****************** Platform ******************** -->
	<tr>
	<td id="Platform" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>Platform Changes</h2></td>
	</tr>
	<tr id="path-to-bundlepool-launcher-dir"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=573131 -->
	<td class="title">Path to bundlepool expressed using @launcher.dir</td>
	<td class="content">
	When creating a bundlepool installation of eclipse, the location of the bundlepool is expressed using the @launcher.dir varliable.
	The launcher, typically eclipse.exe, will replace the string "@launcher.dir" with the location where the launcher is located on disk at startup.
	This delayed resolution of the bundlepool location allows the bundled pool and the eclipse installations to be relocated in the file system as
	long as the internal relationship stays the same. Previously, the path to the bundlepool (expressed using the "-install" launcher option) was
	always an absolute path and produced when the installation took place.
	</td>
	</tr>
	<!-- ****************** End of Platform ******************** -->

	<!-- ********************* SWT ********************* -->
	<tr>
	<td id="SWT" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>SWT Changes</h2></td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="styled-text-multi-selection"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=562676 -->
	<td class="title">StyledText API to use multiple carets or selection ranges</td>
	<td class="content">
	StyledText widget now has a new <code>setSelectionRanges(int[] ranges)</code> API which allows to pass
	an arbitraty number of selection ranges. When multiple ranges are used, the text widget will display them
	as distinct carets and selection ranges and will allow simultaneous edits at those locations.
	</td>
	</tr>
	<tr id="swt-win-dark-themed-tooltips"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=574685 -->
	<td class="title">SWT Windows now supports dark-theme tool-tips</td>
	<td class="content">
	Table, Tree, CTabFolder, ToolBar and MenuItem widgets now support dark-theme tool-tips.
	Refer below screen-shots which show combined tool-tips for various widgets.
	<img src="images/swt-win-darkthemed-tooltips.png" alt=""/>
	</td>
	</tr>
	<!-- ********************* End of SWT ********************* -->

	<!-- ********************* p2 ********************* -->
	<tr>
	<td id="p2" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>p2 Changes</h2></td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="trust-PGP"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=572816 -->
	<td class="title">Trust signers of PGP-signed artifacts</td>
	<td class="content">
	When artifacts to be installed have the <code>pgp.signatures</code> property set, additionally to the integrity check that
	are responsible of verifying the signatures are valid for the given artifact, the public key of the signers will now be
	prompted to user in the same <b>Trust</b> dialog as unknown certificates, and user will have to declare the signer
	key as trusted for installation to complete. All PGP-signed artifacts need to have at least 1 trusted signer for installation
	to complete; an artifact that has no trusted signer will block the installation.
	<p>The behavior is similar to what's already in place for artifacts signed with jarsigner. However, some convenience
	behavior such as remembering what was already trusted is not implemented yet.</p>
	<p>For extenders or users of p2's API, beware that <code>org.eclipse.equinox.p2.core.UIServices</code> now has an
	extra <code>getTrustInfo(Certificate[][] unTrustedCertificateChains, Collection<PGPPublicKey> untrustedPGPKeys,
	String[] details)</code> method that should be used and implemented in place of legacy method with same name,
	but without the <code>PGPPublicKey</code> parameter.</p>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<!-- ****************** Equinox ******************** -->
	<tr>
	<td id="Equinox" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>Equinox Changes</h2></td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="splash-screen-image-formats"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=114567 -->
	<td class="title">Splash screen image format</td>
	<td class="content">
	Launcher splash screen image can be in any of the following formats: PNG, JPG, GIF and BMP.
	Transparency and animation are not supported yet.
	</td>
	</tr>
	<!-- ****************** End of Equinox ******************** -->

	</tbody>
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