Composer is not officially supported on the Mac, but since I develop on a Mac I make sure it works. However, there is no installation prebuilt, so you have to set it up manually.
Here is my recommendation for how to do this…
- Download Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers from the Eclipse 3.4 site (Ganymede – not SR1)
- Go to Help/Software Updates, go to the Ganymede update site and install Enabling Features/EMF Validation Framework
- Unzip your Windows zip of Composer
- Copy all com.emc.* jars and folders from its plugins folder into your Eclipse’s dropins folder (not plugins)
- You are now ready to configure your instance as if it were a regular installation (except that the plugins are in the dropins folder)
Note that there is restricted functionality because no command line executables work (like dmbasic), but you can do all design time activities just fine. Also note that the Core Project won’t be read only, but you should treat it as such. You are not allowed to modify it – there be dragons.
Incidentally, these instructions work for integration of Composer plugins into any Eclipse 3.4 platform – not just the Mac.
