DITA to Eclipse helpThe transformation generates XHTML output, CSS files, and the control files
that are needed for Eclipse help.
In addition to the XHTML output and CSS files, this transformation returns the following files, where
mapname is the name of the master DITA map. File nameDescriptionplugin.xmlControl file for the Eclipse plug-inmapname.xmlTable of contentsindex.xmlIndex fileplugin.propertiesMETA-INF/MANIFEST.MF
RDA> The following paragraph correctly describes the Eclipse Help specialization, but I'm keeping it
out until we have more complete documentation. I'd like to get more complete docs on this into an upcoming milestone.
For more complex plug-ins, the plugins directory in the DITA-OT contains an "Eclipse Map"
specialization that gives more control over the generated plugin.xml file. The
specialization provides additional control over metadata, as well as the ability to reference multiple TOC
files, index files, and other Eclipse extensions.
To run the Eclipse help transformation, set the transtype parameter to
, or pass the option to the
dita command line.