Update docs for newcomers to get it to compile inside Eclipse

[fabioz]

It'd be nice to provide instructions on where to find dependencies so that TM4E compiles cleanly after getting the sources.

I've gotten Joni, JCodings and GSON from http://download.eclipse.org/tools/orbit/R-builds/R20170516192513/repository/ but I'm still missing bundle 'org.eclipse.ui.tests.harness'.

I thought it was from Eclipse Test Framework (from http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.7milestones/) but I installed it and it's still not resolving... docs targeting devs on how to start developing would be nice.

Also, after getting a clean copy from github, I have 2 other errors saying that projects org.eclipse.tm4e.core.tests and org.eclipse.tm4e.ui.etsts are missing required source folder src/main/java.

[mickaelistria]

There is a .target definition exactly for this: https://github.com/eclipse/tm4e/blob/master/target-platform/tm4e-target.target . Just open it in the IDE and click "Set as Target Platform". But indeed, it could be documented to use it.

[angelozerr]

Any PR are welcome!

[fabioz]

Ok, I did that, but now tests are still not compiling. Initial error says that the projects org.eclipse.tm4e.core.tests and org.eclipse.tm4e.ui.etsts are missing required source folder src/main/java.

If I just remove those from the build path, I get other compile errors too (as shown in the screenshot below).

So, I guess there's some other step I'm missing after setting the target platform.

p.s.: I'll create a PR after I'm able to go through what's needed myself ;)

[amyers735]

Thanks for this - I was able to get it building by following it.

I've added a language to the samples project. How do I then build that as a plugin which I can install in another eclipse instance?

[fabioz]

As a note, I still don't know how to fix the initial compile error (so, although I created a commit on my branch I still haven't created a PR because it's still incomplete).

[amyers735]

That's interesting because I actually got all the compile errors resolved.  It was after I opened the .target file mentioned by @mickaelistria.  I actually am not sure what I did, but it didn't work immediately, I had to click around a few options before it happened and I can't recall now exactly which one made it work.  To follow up on my other question, I was able to build my plugin and save it to an archive file by creating a new "feature" project and just adding the .samples plugin to it, then exporting it.

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