How to write to "Console" view from an Eclipse plugin

Ranjan Kumar (11●2●4●4) | asked Feb 13 '15, 11:28 p.m.

I have written an Eclipse popupMenus plugin and the only way to display any message, I found in examples so far, are by using org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.MessageDialog (openWarning, openInformation, etc. methods).

When I use System.out.println() or System.err.println() the message does not get logged anywhere. How can I write to the "Console" view of the Eclipse?

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Ralph Schoon (63.5k●3●36●46) | answered Feb 14 '15, 9:05 a.m.
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I would suggest to ask in the Eclipse Forums: http://eclipse.org/forums/

I also found this in my second attempt (using a search engine): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1836981/eclipse-write-to-console

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Ranjan Kumar commented Feb 15 '15, 1:22 a.m.

Thanks Ralph.
Using these two examples, I was able to write to console.

How do I write to the console from a plug-in?
https://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_write_to_the_console_from_a_plug-in%3F
How do I find the active workbench page?
https://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_find_the_active_workbench_page%3F

Thanks for the pointers.

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