| [tm-dev] Unifying the Eclipse Terminal |
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Dear all, Wind River is committed to providing a unified Terminal to Eclipse users that provides the best possible user experience for everyone rather than several point solutions. We acknowledge that while the TCF Terminals View is superior, its existing dependencies and APIs make it look unnecessarily complex. Having it live in the TCF Project made us take some services and infrastructure for granted since it was
just there, although many of them aren’t strictly necessary. We therefore propose removing any unnecessary / confusing dependencies,
updating APIs and documentation, and moving the TCF Terminals View to the TM Project for easier consumption. We are convinced that the TCF Terminals View is superior to anything else, for the following reasons among others: -
There is existing API to programmatically instantiate Terminals and manage/re-use them once they exist -
There is existing Local Terminal / PTY integration including Windows -
There is an existing solution for persisting previous Terminal sessions and easily restoring them (even without any target management on top of it – important for “plain local” or “plain SSH” use-cases) Our goal is to enable contributors to add features easily as they need them, and we’re willing to engage with all stakeholders. That said, we may need help from existing users (who have used or extended the legacy TM View) to collaborate on the new, unified solution. The plan is making the new view org.eclipse.tm.terminal.view_4.0 or similar and have it in EPP packages with Mars. We are ready to invest our committer’s time, and we hope we can collaborate on getting a great solution. If this is agreed as a general plan, we can come up with detailed next steps. Is everyone in ? Thanks, Martin -- Martin Oberhuber, SMTS / Product Owner – Development Tools,
Wind River direct +43.662.457915.85 fax +43.662.457915.6 |