LOUI development is best done in with the eclipse IDE. Java 7 and eclipse 3.5 are the minimum acceptable versions for development. Errors may occur on 4.x versions of eclipse. Using Java 8 and eclipse 3.8.2 is highly recommended. It is required to download the full Eclipse SDK (e.g. eclipse-SDK-3.58.2-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.tar.gz) from the eclipse download site. If one wants to create products for multiple platforms, downloading the eclipse Delta Pack (eclipse-3.8.2-delta-pack.zip) and setting up a "Target Platform" would also be required. In addition to these download files, one should also use the Eclipse update mechanism to install two more packages:
- GEF SDK from the standard download site already available in eclipse
- PGroup widget from Nebula project at http://download.eclipse.org/technology/nebula/snapshot
Each required plugin which is not part of the standard eclipse SDK is in the source repository as its own project. Current list of required projects for the LOUI build project set are as follows:
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