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Recently downloaded Eclipse 2.1 M4. Very pleased with everything EXCEPT the new Ant wizard that appears after right clicking on a build.xml file. On the old one, one could choose the targets easily as well as their order. On the new one, to choose a target, or two, and arrange their order requires quite a whack of mouse clicks. We have a relatively complex set of interconnected projects, and our build files have (currently) eleven possible targets. Although the default target is most often used, we also make regular use of the other targets. Therefore, the ability to easily choose a specific target, or more than one and their order, is *very* important. Would it be possible to make this a simpler process? We really liked the old way. The new wizard is obviously better in other respects, but perhaps the following could be done: 1. Make "Target" the default tab when the wizard appears, since this is the one that may theoretically be viewed most often (by us at least!). Perhaps the wizard could at least remember which tab was viewed last, and show that one by default the next time it is opened. 2. Remove the add, up, down, remove buttons, and just list all the targets, like before, with checkboxes such that the order in which you check is the order in which they are run. Like before... Best wishes. We all thank you for a fantastic product. Peter.
Peter, thanks for the review. This area is rapidly changing so I would encourage you to check out the latest integration build (20030122). 1. This is implemented in 20030122. 2. It is unlikely we are going back to the old target selection mechanism (some loved it, some hated it :-), and was different than any similar mechanism within Eclipse). We are still working in this area but it is likely to stay with, by default, only the default target is displayed and then additional targets can be added as required. If you are using the same build file with multiple combinations of targets, I would recommend starting to make use of the external tools launch history and configurations. You can create all of the configurations for all of your combinations, organize them using the launch history preference page, and rapidly execute them using the external tools drop down history menu. You might also be a fan of the AntView? Have you given it a try? Again its functionality has been rapidly changing and improving.
[1] has been done [2] see bug 26683 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 26683 ***
