Re: [linuxtools-dev] TMF, RCP and workspace

[Bernd Hufmann <bernd.hufmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Xavier

there are 2 possibilities to change the default workspace of the RCP:

1) change the traceViewer.ini file
In there replace @noDefault with an absolute path to the new workspace 
directory.

2) use the environment variable TRACING_RCP_ROOT
Setting the environment variable before launching the RCP will change 
the default root directory (= user.home) to the one specified by the 
environment variable. This can be done easily using a start-up script.

/Bernd

On 04/02/2014 01:25 PM, Alexandre Montplaisir wrote:
> (note to self: read emails completely before answering!)
>
> Regarding multiple instances of the RCP running at the same time, I 
> guess we didn't really think about it... I just tried doing it, it 
> opens a separate instance, but the shared workspace makes it work 
> weirdly. If I open a trace in one, refreshing the other will show the 
> newly added trace, but the trace type won't be set in the second 
> instance. There's probably other bugs, that wasn't really tested.
>
> Is it even worth supporting it? Could we just prevent a second 
> instance from launching if the worskpace is already in use? (which 
> normal Eclipse does if you try to open a workspace already in use. I 
> wonder why the RCP doesn't do that).
>
> Cheers,
> Alex
>
>
> On 04/02/2014 01:16 PM, Alexandre Montplaisir wrote:
> > Hi Xavier,
> >
> > Yes, we put the workspace in ~/.traceviewer.
> >
> > We also added a --open command line option, to do exactly what you 
> > describe ;)  But I didn't know about the Open File feature you 
> > mentioned. I guess we could have saved some code!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Alex
> >
> >
> > On 04/02/2014 06:01 AM, Xavier Raynaud wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've a question about TMF RCP:
> > >
> > > How do you manage the workspace?
> > >
> > > Do you let the user to choose it? Or do you provide a default 
> > > location (something like $HOME/.tmf_workspace/) ?
> > > What's the expected behavior when user opens more that one instance 
> > > of this RCP?
> > > What about a feature like this one 
> > > (http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse/OpenFileFeature) for traces?
> > >
> > > Xavier
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