Provides core support for the Eclipse platform online
help system.
Package Specification
There is a general mechanism (defined at the plug-in level) by which individual
plug-ins contribute online help and context-sensitive help for their component.
The help system UI is responsible for accessing this information and displaying
it to the user.
The actual help system UI implementation is an optional piece that plugs
in to the platform's standard org.eclipse.help.support extension
point. At most one such help system UI should be contributed in any given
configuration of the platform. In general terms, implementing a help system
UI involves:
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Implementing the IHelp interface to display help to the user.
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Declaring an extension of the org.eclipse.help.support extension
point that mentions the name of that class.
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Ensuring that the platform is not configured with any other plug-ins which
contribute to the org.eclipse.help.support extension point.
Note that the platform declares a plug-in (org.eclipse.help.workbench)
which implements the help system UI. This plug-in would need to be omitted
from the platform configuration when using a replacement.