Project Zero information center plug-ins
Using information center plug-ins
The build process now creates Eclipse help system plug-ins from the same documentation pages that are used for creating the documentation Web site.
These plug-ins are standard Eclipse Help system plug-ins, that are actually the same format used for IBM's information center's published on the Web.
The plug-ins are available as a result of the build process, and are located in the /doc directory.
Here is the latest.
You can use the plug-ins in 2 different ways.
Install in local Eclipse installation
You can install the plug-ins in your local Eclipse. Just point your the Eclipse update / install tool at the following update site to install the Information Center plugins
http://aeneis.raleigh.ibm.com/zero/silverstone/latest/update/zero.infocenter/
Use with the IBM Eclipse Help System
IEHS is a standalone Eclipse environment created by IBM for hosting information centers. You can download IEHS
here.
To use the plug-ins as an information center, download the IEHS environment, and drop the plug-ins into the plugins directory. Then start the information center using the help_start script.
Automatic IBM Eclipse Help System
As an even easier alternative to creating an IBM Eclipse Help System with the sMash Information Center plugins installed, you can instead update the IEHS install to point to the Information Center update site. Then, the the latest plugins can be available via an Update process similar to Eclipse Update.
- Extract the IEHS standalone environment found here
- Copy the bookmark.xml file attached to this page into the {IEHS Home}/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.help.webapp_3.1.0 directory
- Start the IEHS information center. After it starts, and the front page is brought up, presss the "Update" button along the top right toolbar to install the latest sMash Information Center plugins.
The bookmark.xml file attached to this page is very simple, just consisting of the following XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<bookmarks>
<site name="WebSphere sMash Information Center Update Site" url="http://aeneis.raleigh.ibm.com/zero/sebring/latest/update/zero.infocenter/" />
</bookmarks>
- bookmarks.xml: bookmarks.xml for auto update of information center
