Bug 468698

Summary: Help on "Re-launching a program" doesn't reflect changes from bug 176841
Product: [Eclipse Project] JDT Reporter: Stephan Herrmann <stephan.herrmann>
Component: DocAssignee: Sarika Sinha <sarika.sinha>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: daniel_megert
Version: 4.5Keywords: Documentation
Target Milestone: 4.5 RC4   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   
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Description Stephan Herrmann CLA 2015-05-28 14:38:55 EDT 
On page org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/tasks/task-running_and_debugging.htm it the paragraph starting with 

   To relaunch the most recent launch, do one of the following:

does not reflect the changes introduced via bug 176841, notably: relaunching the previously launched application is no longer the default and needs to be configured explicitly in the general Run/Debug > Launching preferences.


Also: While searching for this help content, I was confused to find "Launching Preferences" in "Java development user guide" although the preference page is not a child of the "Java" top-level node. o.e.debug.* doesn't seem to have a section of its own in the help?
Maybe it's just my insider knowledge that made me notice this. Not sure where regular users would search...
Comment 1 Dani Megert CLA 2015-05-29 03:39:31 EDT 
(In reply to Stephan Herrmann from comment #0)
> On page org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/tasks/task-running_and_debugging.htm it the
> paragraph starting with 
> 
>    To relaunch the most recent launch, do one of the following:
> 
> does not reflect the changes introduced via bug 176841, notably: relaunching
> the previously launched application is no longer the default and needs to be
> configured explicitly in the general Run/Debug > Launching preferences.

Note that the default slightly changed again with bug 423767.

Sarika, please update the doc.
 
 
> Also: While searching for this help content, I was confused to find
> "Launching Preferences" in "Java development user guide" although the
> preference page is not a child of the "Java" top-level node. o.e.debug.*
> doesn't seem to have a section of its own in the help?
> Maybe it's just my insider knowledge that made me notice this. Not sure
> where regular users would search...

See bug 278879.