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Build 20020521 A couple of people on the newsgroup found the new external tool configuration dialog a bit confusing. They didn't realize that in the box marked "Tool Location" they could give the location of an Ant script file. Perhaps the label could be changed to something like: "Location of Tool or Script File" or "Tool or Script File Location" Maybe the description at the top of the dialog could even mention Ant scripts specifically, so that Ant users can link the concept of "External Tool" with the Eclipse Ant integration (which isn't so obvious).
Important to get the labeling right here.
I do not see changing the label as a viable solution... The word "script" by itself has a specific "domain" meaning which is why we changed to using External Tools. If we add the word ant, then people will want other words too (like makefile, etc). We need to come up with another way so users will understand this External Tool concept and what is applies to. Maybe a short 1-2 line description at the top of the configure dialog is our best option for release 2.0
Update the description for both the configure and new/edit dialogs to be more specific and refer to Ant build files. Also, in the new/edit dialog, when an XML file is specified, the message changes to indicate how to choose the ant targets. In build > 2002-05-29
