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It would be really great to have the ability to export/import detail formatters as well as logical structures. I think this would help to spread these things over a team in a softer way then bug 75428. I think this could be a nice thing for a Bug Day.
Created attachment 209281 [details] Patch to jdt.debug.ui to add preference transfer for detail_formatters The detail formatters aren't available for import as we're missing a preference transfer for the corresponding entry.
(In reply to comment #1) > Created attachment 209281 [details] > Patch to jdt.debug.ui to add preference transfer for detail formatters Very cool! Are you planning on working on the importer as well? I tested the patch and the export is working nicely.
(In reply to comment #2) > Very cool! Are you planning on working on the importer as well? Hmm, from what I understood, the exporter has always worked. At least my .epf files (created long before this patch) have an item for "/instance/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui.detail_formatters". With my change, I can now *import* the detail formatters from this .epf file and they show up in my preferences.
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > Very cool! Are you planning on working on the importer as well? > > Hmm, from what I understood, the exporter has always worked. At least my .epf > files (created long before this patch) have an item for > "/instance/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui.detail_formatters". You are correct - the gotcha is that if you do not have the 'Export All' option checked, you do not get them. The transfer extension gives you the ability to select the group 'Detail formatters' when exporting. > With my change, I can now *import* the detail formatters from this .epf file > and they show up in my preferences. This also worked before, as long as you had the 'Import all' option selected. I see that with your patch we have the option to import just detail formatters. I also noticed that our transfer group for logical structures is not showing up.
(In reply to comment #4) > I also noticed that our transfer group for logical structures is not showing > up. That would be because I don't have any custom logical structures to export. Once I added some it shows up as expected.
Pushed the patch to master with a minor edit to update the date in the messages file: http://git.eclipse.org/c/jdt/eclipse.jdt.debug.git/commit/?id=fb2b6facfe43adfdf11e2182ad7d1f0a4e460335 I also updated the test script with a new blurb about import/export: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Debug/Test_Script#Detail_Formatters Thanks for the patch Brian!
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