Hi Marshall, I should have said that I also included the other plugin jars. But I copied them manually, not using the Update site.
I have now installed the Eclipse tools via the update site and this has worked. I can see the Component descriptor editor again. Thanks a lot. Cheers, Martin > Am 18.08.2015 um 05:41 schrieb Marshall Schor <m...@schor.com>: > > Hi, > > THe editor depends on other Eclipse UIMA plugins - that's why just dropping it > in by itself isn't working. > > Can you try installing (into a new MARS unzip) the 2.8.1 Eclipse tools from > http://www.apache.org/dist/uima/eclipse-update-site? > > -Marshall > > > On 8/17/2015 3:20 PM, Martin Wunderlich wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Well, as the subject says, I am having issues with the current release >> version 2.8.1 and Eclipse Mars. When I try to open an existing type system >> description (XML file) with the Component Descriptor Editor, this is not >> possible, because the editor is not recognized. I have dropped the >> org.apache.uima.desceditor_2.8.1.jar into the Eclipse plugin directory, >> restarted Eclipse with the „-clean“ option and, AFAIK, this is all that >> should be necessary for installation. But the editor is not even showing up >> in the list of internal editors with which I could open the XML file. >> >> Anyone using the Component Descriptor Editor under Eclipse Mars >> successfully? Is there any special installation procedure? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Martin >> >> >> >
