Note: The help system is still under development and can be expected to change somewhat before reaching stability. It is being made available at this stage to solicit feedback from early adopters, on the understanding that the details of the contribution mechanisms might change in breaking ways.

Search Engine

Identifier: org.eclipse.help.searchEngine

Description: For defining the search engine to be used with the help system UI implementation.
This extension point is an internal extension point utilized only by the current implementation of the Eclipse Help System, and is not intended to be used outside that scope. It defines the search engine that will be used when online documentation is being searched. If a plugin in a given Eclipse installation contributes to this extension point, the Help System will automatically display an additional "search" view to each information set displayed. This search view uses the contributed search engine as it's underlying search mechanism.
 

Configuration Markup: for internal use only.

API Information: for internal use only.

Supplied Implementation: The current implementation of the help system UI supplied with the Eclipse platform fully supports this extension point. An implementation of this extension point will be provided as a separate, optional, plug-in (com.ibm.help.search) that can be installed on top of the base Eclipse platform.
 
 

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