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+.classpath
+.project
+*.jardesc
+bin/
+build/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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-# RSyntaxTextArea for Icy
+RSyntaxTextArea is a customizable, syntax highlighting text component for Java Swing applications. Out of the box, it supports syntax highlighting for over 30 programming languages, code folding, search and replace, and has add-on libraries for code completion and spell checking. Syntax highlighting for additional languages [can be added](http://fifesoft.com/rsyntaxtextarea/doc/) via tools such as [JFlex](http://jflex.de).
+
+RSyntaxTextArea is available under a [modified BSD license](https://github.com/bobbylight/RSyntaxTextArea/blob/master/distfiles/RSyntaxTextArea.License.txt). For more information, visit [http://fifesoft.com/rsyntaxtextarea](http://fifesoft.com/rsyntaxtextarea).
+
+# Example Usage
+
+RSyntaxTextArea is simply a subclass of JTextComponent, so it can be dropped into any Swing application with ease.
+
+```java
+import javax.swing.*;
+import org.fife.ui.rtextarea.*;
+import org.fife.ui.rsyntaxtextarea.*;
+
+public class TextEditorDemo extends JFrame {
+
+ public TextEditorDemo() {
+
+ JPanel cp = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
+
+ RSyntaxTextArea textArea = new RSyntaxTextArea(20, 60);
+ textArea.setSyntaxEditingStyle(SyntaxConstants.SYNTAX_STYLE_JAVA);
+ textArea.setCodeFoldingEnabled(true);
+ RTextScrollPane sp = new RTextScrollPane(textArea);
+ cp.add(sp);
+
+ setContentPane(cp);
+ setTitle("Text Editor Demo");
+ setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
+ pack();
+ setLocationRelativeTo(null);
+
+ }
+
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+ // Start all Swing applications on the EDT.
+ SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
+ public void run() {
+ new TextEditorDemo().setVisible(true);
+ }
+ });
+ }
+
+}
+```
+# Sister Projects
+
+RSyntaxTextArea provides syntax highlighting, code folding, and many other features out-of-the-box, but when building a code editor you often want to go further. Below is a list of small add-on libraries that add more complex functionality:
+
+* [AutoComplete](https://github.com/bobbylight/AutoComplete) - Adds code completion to RSyntaxTextArea (or any other JTextComponent).
+* [RSTALanguageSupport](https://github.com/bobbylight/RSTALanguageSupport) - Code completion for RSTA for the following languages: Java, JavaScript, HTML, PHP, JSP, Perl, C, Unix Shell. Built on both RSTA and AutoComplete.
+* [SpellChecker](https://github.com/bobbylight/SpellChecker) - Adds squiggle-underline spell checking to RSyntaxTextArea.
+* [RSTAUI](https://github.com/bobbylight/RSTAUI) - Common dialogs needed by text editing applications: Find, Replace, Go to Line, File Properties.
+
+# Getting Help
+
+* Add an issue on GitHub
+* Ask in the [project forum](http://fifesoft.com/forum/)
+* Check the project's [home page](http://fifesoft.com/rsyntaxtextarea)
-RSyntaxTextArea library for Icy.
-Badically it provides a TextArea component with syntax highlight for different languages.
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+ xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+ <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+ <parent>
+ <artifactId>pom-icy</artifactId>
+ <groupId>org.bioimageanalysis.icy</groupId>
+ <version>1.0.4</version>
+ </parent>
+
+ <artifactId>icy-rsyntaxtextarea</artifactId>
+ <version>2.5.0</version>
+
+ <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+ <name>RSyntaxTextArea for Icy</name>
+ <description>
+ RSyntaxTextArea library for Icy: provides a TextArea component with syntax highlight for different languages.
+ </description>
+
+ <properties>
+ <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+ <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
+
+ <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+ <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+ </properties>
+
+
+ <build>
+ <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
+ <directory>build</directory>
+ <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+
+ <plugins>
+ <plugin>
+ <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+ <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+ <version>3.1.1</version>
+ <executions>
+ <execution>
+ <id>${project.artifactId}-fetch</id>
+ <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+ <goals>
+ <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
+ </goals>
+ <configuration>
+ <includeArtifactIds>rsyntaxtextarea</includeArtifactIds>
+ <outputDirectory>${project.build.outputDirectory}</outputDirectory>
+ <stripVersion>true</stripVersion>
+ <excludeTransitive>true</excludeTransitive>
+ </configuration>
+ </execution>
+ </executions>
+ </plugin>
+
+ <plugin>
+ <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+ <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+ <configuration>
+ <outputDirectory>${outputJar}</outputDirectory>
+ <archive>
+ <addMavenDescriptor>false</addMavenDescriptor>
+ </archive>
+ </configuration>
+ </plugin>
+
+ </plugins>
+ </build>
+
+ <dependencies>
+ <dependency>
+ <groupId>org.bioimageanalysis.icy</groupId>
+ <artifactId>icy-kernel</artifactId>
+ </dependency>
+ <dependency>
+ <groupId>com.fifesoft</groupId>
+ <artifactId>rsyntaxtextarea</artifactId>
+ <version>2.5.0</version>
+ </dependency>
+ </dependencies>
+
+ <repositories>
+ <repository>
+ <id>icy</id>
+ <url>https://icy-nexus.pasteur.fr/repository/Icy/</url>
+ </repository>
+ </repositories>
+</project>
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diff --git a/src/main/java/plugins/tprovoost/rsyntaxtextarea/RSyntaxTextAreaPlugin.java b/src/main/java/plugins/tprovoost/rsyntaxtextarea/RSyntaxTextAreaPlugin.java
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ddfeeea596b2c8585ca7762184591b985990d1c7
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+++ b/src/main/java/plugins/tprovoost/rsyntaxtextarea/RSyntaxTextAreaPlugin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package plugins.tprovoost.rsyntaxtextarea;
+
+import icy.plugin.abstract_.Plugin;
+import icy.plugin.interface_.PluginLibrary;
+
+public class RSyntaxTextAreaPlugin extends Plugin implements PluginLibrary {
+
+}