Add org.bndtools.help Eclipse help plugin with bnd and Bndtools UI documentation

[Copilot]

Adds a new org.bndtools.help OSGi bundle that integrates bnd/Bndtools documentation into the Eclipse Help infocenter system (Help > Help Contents) via the org.eclipse.help.toc extension point.

New plugin: org.bndtools.help

• bnd.bnd — resource-only bundle (-resourceonly: true), no Java code needed
• _plugin.xml — registers with org.eclipse.help.toc as primary TOC
• toc.xml — hierarchical TOC with ~490 entries across 6 sections

Documentation content

bnd reference docs (converted from docs/ markdown sources):

• 44 user guide chapters
• 153 instruction reference pages
• 55 manifest header pages
• 138 macro pages
• 77 CLI command pages

Bndtools UI manual (sourced from bndtools/bndtools.github.io/_manual/):

• Bndtools Explorer, Bnd Editor, JAR Viewer, Repositories View, Resolution View, Project Templates
• Images linked to live https://bndtools.org/images/... (keeps bundle small; no offline image copies)

TOC structure

<toc label="bnd Documentation" topic="docs/index.html">
   <topic label="Bndtools UI Manual" href="docs/manual/index.html">
      <topic label="Bndtools Explorer" href="docs/manual/packageexplorer.html"/>
      <topic label="Bnd Editor"        href="docs/manual/bndeditor.html"/>
      <topic label="Resolution View"   href="docs/manual/resolution-view.html"/>
      ...
   </topic>
   <topic label="User Guide">...</topic>
   <topic label="Instructions Reference">...</topic>
   ...
</toc>

Integration

• org.bndtools.p2/bnd.bnd — added to p2 site -dependson
• org.bndtools.p2/bndtools.main.feature.bndrun — added to feature -runbundles
• bndtools.core/bndtools.shared.bndrun and bndtools.shared.latest.bndrun — added to Eclipse dev launch configs

Warning

Firewall rules blocked me from connecting to one or more addresses (expand for details)

I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:

• bndtools.jfrog.io
  • Triggering command: /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.xml/javax.xml.namespace=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.time=ALL-UNNAMED -Xms1024m -Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Duser.country -Duser.language=en (dns block)
• scans-in.gradle.com
  • Triggering command: /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.xml/javax.xml.namespace=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.time=ALL-UNNAMED -Xms1024m -Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Duser.country -Duser.language=en (dns block)

If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either:

• Configure Actions setup steps to set up my environment, which run before the firewall is enabled
• Add the appropriate URLs or hosts to the custom allowlist in this repository's Copilot coding agent settings (admins only)

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