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I already talked with Mikhail S. on this issue. Enhancement 1 It would be nice for CDT to provide means (probably a tool attribute) to tool-integrators to specify whether a tool should be displayed in the "Available tools" list. Currently no such exist and we have a problem with invalid tools (for example, "Intel Linker" which, simply being the superclass of Intel linkers, does not represent any real tool). Enhancement 2 It would be nice if "Available tools" list was alphabetized. Problem (Related to 1) CDT also displays "Intel C Linker", which is not a real tool. (We have "Intel C Linker" specified in our xml and CDT attaches version numbers at the end to represent real tools (ex. "Intel C Linker (v9.1.0)", "Intel C Linker (v10.0.0)") "Available tools" has these real tools, and the "fake tool" listed in addition.)
Regarding problem 1: would it be acceptable for you to set "isAbstract" or "isSystem" attribute for tools which should be hidden ? Currently, system and/or abstract tools are not displayed. Regarding problem 2: Optional alphabetical sorting will be added ASAP.
(In reply to comment #0) Hi Miwako, > I already talked with Mikhail S. on this issue. > > Enhancement 1 > It would be nice for CDT to provide means (probably a tool attribute) to > tool-integrators to specify whether a tool should be displayed in the > "Available tools" list. Currently no such exist and we have a problem with > invalid tools (for example, "Intel Linker" which, simply being the superclass > of Intel linkers, does not represent any real tool). As Oleg says, the "system" and "abstract" tools should never be displayed in the tool-chain modification UI. You'd better use the "abstract" property rather than the "isSystem" one since the latter is used to define Build System-internal/specific objects. Do you see the "isAbstract" tools being displayed in the tool-chain modification UI? > Enhancement 2 > It would be nice if "Available tools" list was alphabetized. The "select tools" dialog contains two panes: one displaying the list of available tools and the other displaying the tool-chain tools. I agree with having the former list presented in the alphabetical order, however the latter should remain unsorted since the tool order in the tool-chain may determine the tool-chain behavior and should be preserved and kept unmodified in UI. E.g. suppose a tool-chain has two tools that accept the .c files. In this case if the first tool in the list would be used for building the .c files, while the second one will be ignored. I guess this information should not be hidden from the user, thus the I think that the "Used tools" list should remain unsorted. Mikhail
Done with tools list sorting. Leaving this bug open until "isAbstract()" discussion continues.
It seems like there will be no additional changes. Closing bug as fixed.
