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+This plugin is a convenience for developers wanting to run all the junit3 tests 
+in CDT from within the IDE with a single click. It contains a container test 
+class and a launch configuration. If you're interested in running only a subset 
+of the tests, simply comment out lines in AllTests.java.
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+Keep in mind some of the tests require a toolchain to be in PATH. So Windows
+developers will need to have MinGW or Cygwin installed.
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