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I am a newbie to eclipse and eclipse plugins. I want to use zest project, with making some specific extentions . So I downloaded eclipse zest plugin source codes from the link below , I am trying to build this project under eclipse 3.7 . But manifest.mf gives error in this lines 

    org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot,
    org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.impl,
    org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.util,

    org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.parseTreeConstruction,
    org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.parser.antlr,
    org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.parser.antlr.internal,

When i open the packages above, there are some missing files. For example , i see that there is no source of the classes below. 

    import org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.AList;
    import org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.AttrList;
    import org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.AttrStmt;
    import org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.Attribute;
    import org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.AttributeType;
    import org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.EdgeRhsNode;
    import org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.EdgeStmtNode;
    import org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.GraphType;
    import org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.MainGraph;
    import org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.NodeId;
    import org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.NodeStmt;
    import org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.Stmt;
    import org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.Subgraph;
    import org.eclipse.zest.internal.dot.parser.dot.util.DotSwitch;

I am not able to build from source ,-I think- since there are some missing source codes in git link.

do you have any solutions thank you .

Zoltán Ujhelyi
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The dot parser is an Xtext project that needs source code generated. At this point, it needs two manual steps:

    1. Create a src-gen folder in the root folder of org.eclipse.zest.dot.core - this will become a source folder. Git does not upload empty folders in git.
    2. Similarly create a src-gen folder in org.eclipse.zest.dot.ui.
  2. Execute the org.eclipse.zest.dot.core/src/org/eclipse/zest/internal/dot/parser/GenerateDot.mwe2 workflow file (Run as/MWE2 workflow). This will generate all necessary code. If you did not create the source folders, this step would fail with a really cryptic error message.
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