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Diagram actions
10.8 Developing a Diagram
This section explores how to construct a diagram from scratch using the runtime
functionality, without the generator. We build a mindmap diagram so that we can
more easily compare with the code generated when using the tooling side of
GMF, as outlined in Section 4.3, “Developing the Mindmap Diagram.” The first
step is to create the minimal working editor, to which we'll add properties sup-
port, diagram preferences, action bars, and so on.
10.8.1 Essential Diagram Elements
To begin, we create a new Plug-in Project in our workspace named
org.eclipse.mindmap.diagram.pure , or a similar but necessarily different
 
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