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I see that in Eclipse 3.1 the Import/Export functionality for Window>Preferences... dialog has been moved to the File>Import... and File>Export... dialogs. However the Import/Export functionality for User Libraries still remains in the Preferences dialog. This is inconsistent. IMO, the User Libraries Import/Export should be moved with the rest of the Preferences Import/Export stuff to be consistant.
User libraries are provided by JDT.
The general Import/Export functionality isn't good enough to allow us single/selected library import export. Library names are user chosen, we couldn't give a list of keys to export, and the wizards UI isn't really build for this (should better be a tree) We also have a problem that the global Import/Export couldn't read the previous file format (what would be required for compatibility) Moving back to platform.ui
Martin, this information is not really helpful. What needs to happen for you to get rid of you export on individual preference pages? "The general Import/Export functionality isn't good enough to allow us single/selected library import export." - You could add a single export that exports the parent node of all libraries, this seems like a reasonable thing to do. - Or we add something that allows for more fine grained export where you plug your own steps into the wizard "Library names are user chosen, we couldn't give a list of keys to export, and the wizards UI isn't really build for this (should better be a tree)" - Again if all are exported this is not an issue. Or if we allow you to plug-in to the current UI "We also have a problem that the global Import/Export couldn't read the previous file format (what would be required for compatibility)" - re compatibility, agree, not sure here
The problem are exports of single libraries or of a selected number of libraries. This is functionality we need and I don't see how I could do this with the current import/export wizard. Yes, a plug-in in the wizard would do the thing: Under a main node 'User Libraries' I can provide you with child entries. When asked to export selected entries, I can create the information to export.
"As per http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/Bug_Triage_Change_2009"
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