| [platform-core-dev] AutoRefresh attempt #2 |
(See attached file: com.example.autorefresh_2.0.0_20020919.zip) The attached zip contains our second attempt at adding auto-refresh support to the workbench. Enclosed in the zip are five more zips, each containing a plugin. To install, you will need to unzip the first zip, and then unzip the plugin zips you want into a plugins directory. This support requires an Eclipse 2.0 build or later. At a minimum you need to install: com.example.autorefresh_2.0.0.zip com.example.autorefresh.ui_2.0.0.zip If you want to try out the native support you can install one of the following fragments (pick your poison): com.example.autorefresh.linux_2.0.0.zip com.example.autorefresh.win32_2.0.0.zip I have also included our test suite for completeness. :) (and so you can run it hint, hint) This support is very different from the original auto-refresh support. Many of the APIs have changed, please investigate. Unlike the previous version, the new AutoRefreshPlugin starts when the workbench comes up. Also, the buttons no longer appear automatically, because the default preferences are set up such that monitoring occurs by default and refreshing happens automatically. If you change the preferences, you will have to bring up the buttons using the customize perspective menu item in the window menu. Speaking of preferences, they have been exposed in a preference page located under the General preferences. The native linux/gtk code should work reasonably. It requires that you have fam running on your machine. Let's everybody (at least all of the gtk users) thank Seth Nickell for his great work here! The windows natives needs some work. I'm not a C hacker, and Seth doesn't play well with Windows, so if there is anybody out there who has the refresh itch, and knows Windows natives, please jump in. Specifically, the first problem is that the basic Win32 support doesn't handle paths with spaces in them. Please see the todo.txt that is shipped in the win32 fragment. I want to thank Rodrigo for his work getting us started before he was assigned to a new project. Obviously, this is experimental code, likely to change, don't bet your kitchen sink on it, yada, yada, yada. Please report bugs against platform core, but assign me (Jed_Anderson@xxxxxxx) as the owner. Feedback welcome/requested. jkca
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