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[eclipse-dev] Request for users' preference information

Some users have expressed concerns over the number and purpose of 
preferences in Eclipse.  In an effort to reduce the number of preferences 
and make them more useful, the UI team is seeking information from Eclipse 
users. 

We would appreciate it if users could export their Eclipse preferences and 
attach them to bugzilla bug #39569, which we have opened for this purpose 
(https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=39569).  All files received 
will be used in an analysis of current Eclipse plugin preferences.

To send us your preferences:
1. From Eclipse's menu, select Window -> Preferences, click "Export", and 
save the file in .epf format as prompted.
2. Attach the resulting file to the bug report noted above

Please note that once you attach your preferences to this report they will 
be publicly readable.

We are only interested in obtaining information about Eclipse's own plugin 
preferences.  If you are concerned about sharing preference information 
for  any other plugins you may have installed, we encourage you to remove 
this information before attaching the file.

Each line in the .epf file represents one preference and has the format: 
pluginName/preferenceName=preferenceValue

If you wish, you may delete any lines in the file that do not have plugin 
names starting with "eclipse.org"

Thank you for your help,
The Eclipse UI Team


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