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[edit] Release Notes for Maemo Eclipse Integration 2nd Edition Alpha 2 release

This Maemo Eclipse Integration 2nd Edition Alpha 2 release supports Maemo Diablo 4.1.2 development environment and N800, N810 and N810 Wimax Edition Internet Tablet devices.

Possible feedback can be sent to eclipse-integration@maemo.org.

[edit] Release Information

  • Project: Maemo Eclipse Integration 2nd Edition
  • Version: Alpha 2
  • Baseline: maemo 4.1.2 Diablo SDK
  • Date: 2009-02-27

[edit] General Information

High level documentation about Maemo Eclipse Integration (still on 1st Edition level) http://maemo.org/development/documentation/ide_integration

Maemo Eclipse Integration 2nd Edition includes the following parts:

  • Eclipse 3.4.1 IDE for C/C++ Developers (official release from eclipse.org)
  • Maemo PC Connectivity v0.4.1 (Diablo extras-devel repository version)
  • Maemo ESbox plugin for Eclipse v2.0.0M2 (Esbox Garage project version)
  • Maemo Pluthon plugin for Eclipse v2.0.0M2 (Pluthon Garage project version)
  • Maemo C/C++ and Python programming language support (Diablo extras repository versions)
  • Maemo Virtual SDK Images (to support other than Debian based Linuxes)

Detailed list of new features implemented to Maemo Eclipse Integration for Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 releases together with feature plan for next Alpha 3 release is here

Detailed description of functionality and installation instructions for all Alpha 2 components can be found from http://garage.maemo.org projects.

[edit] Eclipse 3.4.1 IDE for C/C++ Developers

Project main pages: http://www.eclipse.org/, http://www.eclipse.org/cdt

  • Eclipse CDT 5.0.x download if separate download wanted: http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/downloads.php
  • List of generic Eclipse components included:
    • Eclipse 3.4.1 (Ganymede SR1)
    • CDT 5.0.1
    • EMF 2.1.1
    • RSE 3.0
    • DSF 1.1 (+ local changes)
    •  !PyDev 1.3.24
    •  !RedHat Autotools for Eclipse plugin 1.0.0
    • VNC plugin from Tools for Mobile Linux project

[edit] Maemo PC Connectivity

Project main page: http://pc-connectivity.garage.maemo.org

[edit] Maemo ESbox plugin for Eclipse

Project main pages: http://esbox.garage.maemo.org, https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/wiki/index.php?id=192&type=g

[edit] Maemo Pluthon plugin for Eclipse

Project main pages: http://pluthon.garage.maemo.org/, https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/wiki/index.php?id=247&type=g

[edit] Maemo C/C++ and Python programming language support

Project main pages: http://pymaemo.garage.maemo.org/, http://maemomm.garage.maemo.org/

[edit] Maemo Virtual SDK Images for Eclipse Integration

Project main page: http://maemovmware.garage.maemo.org

Notice 1: All Eclipse components can be installed from ESbox or Pluthon garage projects, PC Connectivity from Diablo extras-devel repository and Virtual SDK Images from maemo development environment download page http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-dev-env-downloads.php

Notice 2: Eclipse 3.4.1 IDE for C/C++ Developers and all needed generic Eclipse plugins and ESbox and Pluthon plugins will be installed together with installation packages available from ESbox and Pluthon garage projects.

Notice 3: For USB Networking to work between Internet Tablet running Diablo platform and host PC running Microsoft Windows, Internet Tablet kernel needs to be fixed. Kernel patch (together with new kernel image) for Diablo is available from maemo development environment download page http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-dev-env-downloads.php

[edit] Operating System Support

Supported operating systems:

  • Maemo Eclipse Integration supports fully same latest Linux Ubuntu distributions that Maemo SDK releases support
  • Maemo Eclipse Integration has initial level support for Windows XP for PC Connectivity, ESbox and Pluthon plugins
    • ESbox Windows support is implemented using native installation for Eclipse environment and Maemo Virtual SDK Image to run Scratchbox and Maemo SDK
    • Pluthon has native Windows support because it does not require Scratchbox or Maemo SDK to be installed to the host PC
  • See instructions how to setup and configure Windows host PC from here: https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/wiki/index.php?ESboxOutsideLinuxWithVirtualMachine&id=192&type=g
  • Notice: USB Networking to work properly between Internet Tablet running Diablo platform and Windows host PC Internet Tablet kernel needs to be patched. Required patch and new Diablo kernel image are available from here http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-dev-env-downloads.php

[edit] Main Product Specific Features

[edit] Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers

Both ESbox and Pluthon installation packages from garage include all needed Eclipse components for the release, including all used generic Eclipse plugins and Eclipse 3.4.1 IDE itself.

Notice: If only Maemo Pluthon plugin for Eclipse is used it does not require Maemo SDK installation on host PC. For Maemo ESbox plugin for Eclipse you need to install Maemo Diablo SDK for your Linux system. See instructions from here http://maemo.org/development/sdks/maemo_4-1-2_diablo/

[edit] Maemo PC Connectivity

Main features:

  • Open ssh used as basic connectivity framework between Internet tablet and host PC
  • sshfs and User Mode NFS support for mounts between host PC and Tablet
  • sbrsh (Scratchbox Remote Shell) support to start applications on SDK to run on Internet Tablet
  • X11VNC support with native clients and Eclipse plugin
  • Easy installation using single click installation or apt-tool in Internet Tablet to install from maemo Diablo extras-devel repository
  • Easy configuration and usage with Network Manager and Connection Switcher applets installed to Internet Tablet
  • Support for all three USB networking, wlan and Bluetooth connectivity types (USB instructions here: http://pc-connectivity.garage.maemo.org/documentation_usbnet.html)
  • All PC Connectivity functionality is independent from Eclipse IDE e.g. usable also without installing Eclipse IDE

[edit] Maemo ESBox plugin for Eclipse

Main features:

  • Easy PC-Tablet connectivity with maemo PC Connectivity
  • C, C++ and Python programming language support
  • Templates for the most common type of maemo applications
  • Build application with x86 target
  • Launch and test application on x86 target
  • Debug application on x86 target
  • Search for memory leaks using Valgrind on x86 target
  • Cross-compile application with ARMEL target
  • Debug application on the Internet Tablet using GDB or GDB Server
  • Performance test on Internet Tablets using OProfile
  • Maemo installation package creation wizard
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