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The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) project provides technology to realize rich graphical editors and views for the Eclipse Workbench. It bundles three components:
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The [http://www.eclipse.org/gef/ Graphical Editing Framework (GEF)] provides Eclipse-integrated end-user tools in terms of a [http://www.graphviz.org Graphiz] authoring (DOT editor, DOT Graph view) and a word cloud rendering environment (Tag Cloud view), as well as framework components (Common, Geometry, FX, MVC, Graph, Layout, Zest, DOT, and Cloudio) to create rich graphical Java client applications, Eclipse-integrated or standalone.
  
* '''Draw2d''' (org.eclipse.draw2d) - A layout and rendering toolkit for displaying graphics on an SWT Canvas.
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The GEF-Legacy components [https://www.eclipse.org/gef/draw2d/index.php Draw2d 3.x], [https://www.eclipse.org/gef/gef_mvc/index.php GEF (MVC) 3.x], and [https://www.eclipse.org/gef/zest/index.php Zest 1.x] are still maintained but will not be developed further. As they are still an integral part of the Eclipse ecosystem we continue to provide service or minor releases if contributions are provided by the community but will not fix any issues that require to break its API.
* '''GEF''' (org.eclipse.gef) - An interactive MVC framework built on top of Draw2d, which fosters the implementation of rich graphical editors for the Eclipse Workbench.
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* '''[[GEF Zest Visualization | Zest]]''' (org.eclipse.zest) - A visualization toolkit based on Draw2d, which enables implementation of graphical views for the Eclipse Workbench.
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While the main GEF [http://eclipse.org/gef website] contains the bulk of information regarding the GEF project, the type of information more appropriately hosted on a wiki is (or will be) found here, such as: FAQs, tutorials, requirements, discussions, etc.
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=== General Information for [https://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/#2_3_3_Adopters Adopters] and [https://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/#2_3_1_Committers Contributors/Committers] ===
 
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* [https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/tools.gef GEF@projects.eclipse.org ]
== General Information ==
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* [https://github.com/eclipse/gef#eclipse-graphical-editing-framework-gef GEF@github.com]
* [news://news.eclipse.org/eclipse.tools.gef Newsgroup] and [http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=81 Forum]
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* [http://www.eclipse.org/gef/downloads/ Downloads]
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* Update-Sites: [http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/updates/releases/ Releases], [http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/updates/milestones/ Milestones & RCs], [http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/updates/interim/ Intergration & Maintenance Builds] (old update sites: <strike>[http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site-old.xml Releases]</strike>, <strike>[http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/milestones/site-old.xml Milestones]</strike>, <strike>[http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/integrations/site-old.xml Intergration Builds]</strike>)
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== Documentation ==  
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* New and Noteworthy: [[GEF/New and Noteworthy/3.6 | 3.6 (stable) ]], [[GEF/New and Noteworthy/3.7 |3.7 (development)]]
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* [[GEF Contributor Guide | GEF Project Contributor Guide]]
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* [https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/gef-dev GEF Project Contributor Mailing List]
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* [[GEF Team Meetings| GEF Project Team Meetings]]
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=== Draw2d/GEF ===
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* [http://help.eclipse.org/helios/index.jsp?nav=/28 GEF and Draw2d Plug-in Developer Guide (Ecipse Help)]
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* [[GEF Developer FAQ | Draw2d/GEF Developer FAQ]]
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* Draw2d/GEF Tutorial ([[GEF Description | Part 1]] & [[GEF Description2 | Part 2]]) by Régis Lemaigre
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* [[GEF Troubleshooting Guide | Draw2d/GEF Troubleshooting Guide]]
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=== Zest ===
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* [[GEF Zest Visualization | Zest Component Page]]
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* [[Tree_Views_for_Zest | Zest 2.0 Layout API]]
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* [[Graphviz DOT as a DSL for Zest]]
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== External Documentation (Tutorials, Articles, Slides) ==
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=== Tutorials ===
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* Lars Vogel (2009): [http://www.vogella.de/articles/EclipseZest/article.html Eclipse Zest - Tutorial]
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* Chris Aniszczyk, Randy Hudson (2007): [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-eclipse-gef11 Create an Eclipse-based application using the Graphical Editing Framework - How to get started with the GEF and other options for the graphically inclined Eclipse developer], IBM developerWorks article
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* William Moore, David Dean, Anna Gerber, Gunnar Wagenknecht, Philippe Vanderheyden (2004): [http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstracts/sg246302.html?Open Eclipse Development using the Graphical Editing Framework and the Eclipse Modeling Framework], IBM Redbook
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=== Eclipse Corner Articles ===
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* Chris Aniszczyk (2005): [http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-GEF-EMF/gef-emf.html Using GEF with EMF]
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* Bo Majewski (2004): [http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-GEF-diagram-editor/shape.html A shape diagram editor]
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* Phil Zoio (2004): [http://eclipse.org/articles/Article-GEF-editor/gef-schema-editor.html Building a database schema diagram editor]
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* Daniel Lee (2003): [http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-GEF-Draw2d/GEF-Draw2d.html Display a UML Diagram using Draw2D]
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* Eric Bordeau (2003): [http://eclipse.org/articles/Article-GEF-dnd/GEF-dnd.html Using Native Drag and Drop in GEF]
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=== Slides ===
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* Koen Aers (2008): [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2008/?page=sub/&id=102 Developing an Editor for Directed Graphs with the Eclipse Graphical Editing Framework], EclipseCon 2008 tutorial slides
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* Koen Aers (2007): [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2007/index.php?page=sub/&id=3597 Developing an Editor for Directed Graphs with the Eclipse Graphical Editing Framework], EclipseCon 2007 tutorial slides
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* Randy Hudson (2006): [http://eclipsezilla.eclipsecon.org/php/attachment.php?bugid=52 Graphical Editing Framework - Tutorial], EclipseCon 2006 tutorial slides
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* Koen Aers (2006) [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2006/Sub.do?id=71 A Gentle Introduction to GEF], EclipseCon 2006 session slides
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* Randy Hudson, Pratik Shah (2005): [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2005/presentations/EclipseCon2005_23_GEF_Tutorial_Final.ppt GEF in depth], EclipseCon 2005 tutorial slides
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* Randy Hudson, Pratik Shah (2005): [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2005/presentations/EclipseCon2005_6.1.pdf The Graphical Editing Framework], EclipseCon 2005 session slides
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* Randy Hudson (2004) [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2004/EclipseCon_2004_TechnicalTrackPresentations/47_Hudson.pdf Building Applications with Eclipse's Graphical Editing Framework], EclipseCon 2004 session slides
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Latest revision as of 09:54, 15 May 2017

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The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) provides Eclipse-integrated end-user tools in terms of a Graphiz authoring (DOT editor, DOT Graph view) and a word cloud rendering environment (Tag Cloud view), as well as framework components (Common, Geometry, FX, MVC, Graph, Layout, Zest, DOT, and Cloudio) to create rich graphical Java client applications, Eclipse-integrated or standalone.

The GEF-Legacy components Draw2d 3.x, GEF (MVC) 3.x, and Zest 1.x are still maintained but will not be developed further. As they are still an integral part of the Eclipse ecosystem we continue to provide service or minor releases if contributions are provided by the community but will not fix any issues that require to break its API.

General Information for Adopters and Contributors/Committers

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