RE: [mylar-dev] Mylar source code navigation.

["Mik Kersten" <beatmik@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Naveed,

The effort of the committers is focused on improving and refactoring the
code to make it more clear, and to make it look as much as possible like the
design.  We realize that additional documentation and conceptual overviews
are also helpful and encourage integrators to provide those while they are
in the process of understanding the code.  If you find visual depictions of
classes (e.g. UML static structure diagrams) helpful, we encourage you to
contribute this to the integrator reference:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Mylar_Integrator_Reference

But the best thing is to ask questions on this list, as you have done.  The
thing that won't be clear from any diagram is that we see the Task List
moving more towards a tree-view style interaction than a table viewer, in
order to keep it as simple and quick to work with as possible.  For this
reason we have been moving information that would normally go into columns
and putting it into our custom tooltips.  If you let us know what kind of
information you are trying to add, we can discuss the recommended way to
show it.  The common options are icons and decorators, summary text prefixes
and suffices, and custom tooltips.

Mik

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mylar-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mylar-dev-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Naveed Jauhar
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:04 PM
> To: Mylar developer discussions
> Subject: [mylar-dev] Mylar source code navigation.
> 
> Hey Guys,
> 
> I am trying to modify the task lisk for mylar and adding some extra
> fields in the summary information view ( where the Summary and priority
> labels are). The Source resides in org.eclipse.mylar.tasks.ui ->
> TaskListView.java File.
> 
> It's a fairly long file and in the past I have relied upon searching
> for function calls to isolate the code I am working on. Now, however, I
> need a little deeper understanding to manipulate the code. Any pointers
> to where I can find a visual depiction of classes and methods that
> effect the gui? I have tried searching through the Mylar website, but
> couldn't find anything helpful. I can always painstakingly trace the
> source, But I was hoping for a better developer guide that can make
> this task easier and faster. Thanks for your help guys.
> 
> Warm Regards,
> Naveed
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