Eclispe RCP SWT menus for Windows and Mac OS

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Published on 2010-03-19T21:42:35Z Indexed on 2010/03/20 22:01 UTC
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Hi,

how do I configure an Eclipse RCP command style menu to match the different menu structures on Windows and on Mac OS?

Mac OS X menu example http://images.apple.com/macosx/refinements/images/services_menu_20090902.jpg

Windows menu example http://www.flamingpear.com/images/psp8menu.gif

In the example you see, the differences in the menu structures. For example has the Mac in its application menu the preference command, the about command and the exit command. These are under Windows usally in the file menu and the about command is found in the help menu. Is there a "standard" way of doing it with RCP programs? It should somehow be possible because Eclipse itself does it. But I can not figure out how.

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