New File Creation Wizards

In addition to manifest files, several other types of files are needed in various aspects and at different stages of plug-in development:

To help you create these files, PDE provides specialized New File creation wizards available via File > New > Other... > Plug-in Development from the top level menu.

Plug-in Development Files

• Category Definitions - specify categories to apply to features during export
• Extension point schemas - specify the grammar of extension points
• Product configurations - manage all the data needed to define, brand and build an Eclipse product
• Target definitions - define all aspects of a target platform

User Assistance Files

• Cheat Sheet - Create a cheat sheet tutorial for an Eclipse product
• Context Help - Create a context help xml file to associate UI components to help documentation
• Help Table of Contents - Create a Table of Contents for help documentation