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RE: [platform-ant-dev] Proposed functional changes to the Ant View
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Actually the 'refresh' button is redundant at this point
and can probably be removed, since AntView updates on build
file change (Resource). If you want to select build files
manually, then you have to also update the resource change
listener.
My own opinion is that you should support both behaviors;
auto search workbench projects and manual select. It seems to
me that the manual select is focused on developers of very large
projects, while developers with small or medium projects just
want the view to open and work. Myself, I get frustrated with the
plugins that after I open or install them, I have to hunt around to
figure out how get them to work.
It would be interesting to see a survey of eclipse users to see
What types of projects (size,etc) they are using it for.
Roscoe
-----Original Message-----
From: Jared Burns [mailto:jared-eclipse@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:52 PM
To: platform-ant-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [platform-ant-dev] Proposed functional changes to the Ant View
Currently, when the Ant View is created it searches the entire workspace
for
build files (user-configurable, but "build.xml" by default). The view
also
has a "refresh" button which clears the view and performs the search
again.
This approach works fine for small workspaces but it doesn't scale well.
I
propose the following:
1. Remove the workbench search at startup.
2. Remove the "Refresh" button.
3. Add a "Search" button which pops up a workspace selection dialog that
prompts the user to choose where to search. The dialog allows the user
to
multi-select resources from a tree view or choose a working set. 4. Add
an "Add" button that allows the user to explicitly add an XML file of
their choice (again, with a workspace selection dialog).
5. Add a "Remove" button that allows the user to remove an XML file from
the
view.
6. Persist the contents of the view at shutdown.
Questions, comments, or volunteers? ;-)
- Jared
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