Re: [platform-ant-dev] Proposed functional changes to the Ant View

["Darin Wright" <Darin_Wright@xxxxxxx>]

I would like to see an "Open Ant Script" (global) action, similar to the "Open Type" action in Java. The action would open a selection dialog on all ".xml" files in the workspace, and allow the user to type in a partial match (doing filtering as the user types). The selected file(s) would then be displayed in the ant view. We may be able to verify the selected files are actually ant files before adding to the view. 

Darin

Jared Burns <jared-eclipse@xxxxxxxxx> Sent by: platform-ant-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 10/31/2002 03:52 PM Please respond to platform-ant-dev

To:        platform-ant-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx         cc:                 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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