equinox
users guide

 

Summary
This document details how to run the new Equinox runtime. Information on migrating workspaces, code and general workspace setup can be found in the Adoption Guide.
Last Modified: 2300 November 25, 2003

Controlling the runtime

Most of the command line arguments supported by the standard Eclipse runtime are supported in the new runtime. Any exceptions are listed below:

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The runtime internals are have been reoriented somewhat to allow most aspects to be controlled via System properties (e.g., System.getProperties()). In general, any command line arguments are simply used to set the values of System properties. In fact, there are more System property settings than command line arguments. Users preferring to set properties rather than pass command line args can do so in the following ways:

The following System properties are observed by the runtime. Note that those starting with "osgi" are specific to the OSGi framework implementation while those starting with "eclipse" are particular to the Eclipse runtime layered on top of the OSGi framework.

 

Configurations

 

Configurations

configurators

Running out of jars

running out of jars

The Console

 

Feedback

Should you encounter any problems while using the Equinox runtime, you are encouraged to either log a bug report in the Equinox Bugzilla database or make a posting to the Core mailing list or the Platform newsgroup.