Re: [cdt-dev] Question about the "GDB" preference page

[Andy Jin <AJin@xxxxxxx>]

You are right, John. Our product is built on top of the bare platform so
we don't have the Capabilities page. I have to enable it alternatively.


On 12-02-23 4:29 PM, "Cortell John-RAT042" <RAT042@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>The Capabilities page is part of the platform SDK, if my memory serves me
>right. Products that ship just the bare platform don't get the page.
>
>John
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>>On
>> Behalf Of Marc Khouzam
>> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:28 PM
>> To: 'CDT General developers list.'
>> Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] Question about the "GDB" preference page
>> 
>> 
>> I don't know much about either Capabilities or product_customization.
>> I know there is a preference page for capabilities.  Maybe you can force
>> it on?
>> 
>> Anyone else?
>> 
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> > [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Jin
>> > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:25 PM
>> > To: CDT General developers list.
>> > Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] Question about the "GDB" preference page
>> >
>> > Thanks for the quick response, Marc. That make senses now.
>> >
>> > Is there a way I can "force" to show this page in our product? Maybe
>> > through product_customization.ini file? It's quite confusing if we
>> > mention this in our doc but not presenting to users.
>> >
>> > On 12-02-23 3:14 PM, "Marc Khouzam" <marc.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > >We use Capabilities to prevent showing preference pages that are not
>> > >relevant.
>> > >Sadly, we can't know what the user will need in debug until
>> > they launch
>> > >the
>> > >first time.
>> > >
>> > >http://wiki.eclipse.org/CDT/User/FAQ#I_don.27t_see_the_debug_
>> > preferences_p
>> > >ages
>> > >
>> > >> -----Original Message-----
>> > >> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> > >> [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Jin
>> > >> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:06 PM
>> > >> To: cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> > >> Subject: [cdt-dev] Question about the "GDB" preference page
>> > >>
>> > >> I am working on incorporating Pretty Printing in QNX Momentics. We
>> > >> bundle CDT 8.0.1.
>> > >>
>> > >> From looking at the code, org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.ui plugins
>> > >> contribute the "GDB" preference page which includes settings for
>> > >> Pretty Printing.
>> > >>
>> > >> To try it out, I download the Eclipse CPP package for Indigo SR1.
>> > >>
>> > >> However I don't see this preference page under "C/C++ -> Debug".
>> > >> Only after I run debug once using DSF, this page shows up.
>> > >>
>> > >> This is a surprised behaviour. This preference page is contributed
>> > >> statically from the plugin.xml so it should show up whenever the
>> > >> preferences dialog is open, it should not depend on the lazy
>> > >> loading of the plugins.
>> > >>
>> > >> Maybe I miss something?
>> > >>
>> > >> Thanks,
>> > >> Andy
>> > >>
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