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  <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Eclipse help processing</h1>
  
  
  <div class="body conbody"><p class="shortdesc">The <span class="keyword option">eclipsehelp</span> transformation generates XHTML-based output and files that are needed to
    create an Eclipse Help system plug-in. Once the normal XHTML process has run, the <code class="ph codeph">dita.map.eclipse</code>
    target is used to create a set of control files and navigation files.</p>
    <section class="section">
      <p class="p">Eclipse uses multiple files to control the plug-in behavior. Some of these control files are generated by the
        build, while others might be created manually. The following Ant targets control the Eclipse help
        processing:</p>
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        <dl class="dl">
          
            <dt class="dt dlterm"><code class="ph codeph">dita.map.eclipse.init</code></dt>
            <dd class="dd">Sets up various default properties</dd>
          
          
            <dt class="dt dlterm"><code class="ph codeph">dita.map.eclipse.toc</code></dt>
            <dd class="dd">Creates the XML file that defines an Eclipse table of contents</dd>
          
          
            <dt class="dt dlterm"><code class="ph codeph">dita.map.eclipse.index</code></dt>
            <dd class="dd">Creates the sorted XML file that defines an Eclipse index</dd>
          
          
            <dt class="dt dlterm"><code class="ph codeph">dita.map.eclipse.plugin</code></dt>
            <dd class="dd">Creates the <span class="ph filepath">plugin.xml</span> file that controls the behavior of an Eclipse plug-in</dd>
          
          
            <dt class="dt dlterm"><code class="ph codeph">dita.map.eclipse.plugin.properties</code></dt>
            <dd class="dd">Creates a Java properties file that sets properties for the plug-in, such as name and version
              information</dd>
          
          
            <dt class="dt dlterm"><code class="ph codeph">dita.map.eclipse.manifest.file</code></dt>
            <dd class="dd">Creates a <span class="ph filepath">MANIFEST.MF</span> file that contains additional information used by
              Eclipse</dd>
          
          
            <dt class="dt dlterm"><code class="ph codeph">copy-plugin-files</code></dt>
            <dd class="dd">Checks for the presence of certain control files in the source directory, and copies those found to the
              output directory</dd>
          
          
            <dt class="dt dlterm"><code class="ph codeph">dita.map.eclipse.fragment.language.init</code></dt>
            <dd class="dd">Works in conjunction with the <code class="ph codeph">dita.map.eclipse.fragment.language.country.init</code> and
                <code class="ph codeph">dita.map.eclipse.fragment.error</code> targets to control Eclipse fragment files, which are
              used for versions of a plug-in created for a new language or locale</dd>
          
        </dl>
      </div>
      <p class="p">Several of the targets listed above have matching templates for processing content that is located outside of
        the scope of the map directory, such as <code class="ph codeph">dita.out.map.eclipse.toc</code>.</p>
    </section>
  </div>
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