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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<!-- Simple Cheat Sheet -->

<cheatsheet title="Create a feature">

   <!-- Introduction -->

   <intro href="/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/reference/ref-cheatsheets.htm">
      <description>
         This cheat sheet will demonstrate how to create a feature for a plug-in using
         PDE. 
         <br/>
         <br/>
         To learn more about using cheat sheets, click the help button
         in the top right corner (?). 
      </description>
   </intro>


   <!-- Item -->

   <item title="Open the plug-in development perspective"
         href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/views/views.htm"
         dialog="false"
         skip="false">
      <description>
         To open the plug-in development perspective,
         select <b>Window->Open Perspective->Other... 
         and choose <b>Plug-in Development.
         <br/>
         <br/>
         Alternatively, click the following button to perform the task.
      </description>
      <command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.perspectives.showPerspective(org.eclipse.ui.perspectives.showPerspective.perspectiveId=org.eclipse.pde.ui.PDEPerspective)" required="false" translate="" />
   </item>

   <!-- Item -->

   <item title="Create the feature"
         href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/project_wizards/new_feature_project.htm"
         dialog="true"
         skip="false">
      <description>
         To create the feature, perform the following steps:
      </description>
      <subitem label="Select "File->New->Project...", and choose "Feature Project" under the "Plug-in Development" heading" 
               skip="false">
         <command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.newWizard(newWizardId=org.eclipse.pde.ui.NewFeatureProjectWizard)" required="false" translate="" />
      </subitem>
      <subitem label="Input "com.example.feature" into the "Project Name" text box on the "Feature Properties" page" 
               skip="false"/>
      <subitem label="Input "Hello World! Feature" into the "Feature Name" text box and click "Next >"" 
               skip="false"/>
      <subitem label="Select the "com.example.helloworld" checkbox on the "Refererenced Plug-ins and Fragements" page and click "Finish"" 
               skip="false"/>  
   </item>

   <!-- Item -->

   <item title="Add a feature description and license agreement"
         dialog="false"
         href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/feature_editor/information.htm"
         skip="false">
      <description>
         The <b>com.example.helloworld feature editor should be opened
         on the <b>Overview page.
         <br/>
         <br/>
         To add a feature description and license agreement, perform the following steps:
      </description>
      <subitem label="Select the "Information" tab" 
               skip="false"/>  
      <subitem label="Input "Hello, Eclipse world! feature description" into the "Text" dialog box" 
               skip="false"/>  
      <subitem label="Select the "Copyright Notice" tab within the "Information" page" 
               skip="false"/>  
      <subitem label="Input "(C) 2006" into the "Text" dialog box" 
               skip="false"/>
      <subitem label="Select the "License Agreement" tab within the "Information" page" 
               skip="false"/>  
      <subitem label="Input "Hello, Eclipse world! license agreement" into the "Text" dialog box" 
               skip="false"/>
      <subitem label="Select "File->Save" from the main menu" 
               skip="false"/>
   </item>

</cheatsheet>
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