RE: [mylar-dev] Trouble with latest Mylar

["David Orme" <djo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aaah... So it's more sophisticated than I thought.  I had just noticed
that it had made things I was editing landmarks and didn't realize that
there were some heuristics going on there too...

Cool.  Thanks!


Best,

Dave

> There was no change in the rate at which elements become landmarks between
> 0.4.1 and 0.4.2 (it actually hasn't changed since 0.3.1).  In order to
> prevent overpopulation of landmarks, an element needs to be edited and/or
> selected a fair amount before becoming a landmark, and do so more quickly
> than interest decays.
>
> With the current scaling factors currently 50 consecutive selections or
> edits will do it.  These scaling factors are roughly tuned now, but they
> will need to be improved and potentially exposed in the UI.  Especially
> the
> rate of decay, which can determine whether your Package Explorer ends up
> with a scrollbar or not.  But I'm still trying to figure out whether a
> better way to prevent scrollbars is to have the threshold for the interest
> level filter adjustable (either manually or automatically, e.g. by having
> it
> check the height of the Package Explorer).
>
> Mik
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mylar-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:mylar-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of David Orme
>> Sent: November 16, 2005 9:38 AM
>> To: Mylar developer discussions
>> Subject: RE: [mylar-dev] Trouble with latest Mylar
>>
>> > Wow, that ranks Mylar above content assist!  ;)  I remember when I
>> first
>> > moved to from Emacs to Visual J++ 6.  I was blow away at how much
>> easier
>> > tool support could make programming...
>>
>> Well, I meant to say that it's the best thing since background
>> compilation
>> and all the things that enables, which includes content assist. :-)  But
>> I'd put it definitely on a similar level of usefulness as content
>> assist.
>>
>> In the latest build, I notice that Mylar isn't automatically marking
>> things I edit as landmarks.  Is there any way to switch that feature
>> back
>> on?  It was really useful to not have to think too much about marking
>> things as landmarks...
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Dave Orme
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