[news.eclipse.tools.cdt] Re: strange CDT/GMF interaction

[Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxx>]

Franz Fehringer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I see a strange CDT/GMF (M6 each) interaction if i install both plugins 
> (including their prerequisites) on top of eclipse 3.3M6:
> In the properties dialog of the GMF components a new property "C/C++ 
> Toolchain edit" shows up.
> But between clicking on "Show Properties" and display of the properties 
> dialog an error box pops up saying
> "An error has occured. See error log for details."
> After clicking it away the dialog shows the additional property with a value 
> of
> "Unknown element selected"
> At this point then eclipse itself is in an infinite error loop; the 
> properties dialog cannot be closed anymore and i have to kill eclipse via 
> the task manager.
> In the error log i see
> Unhandled event loop exception (org.eclipse.ui)
> java.lang.NullPointerException: element not initialized ! 
> (org.eclipse.jface)
> and several others.
> Is this a known problem?
>
> Cheers
>
> Franz

Please raise a bug on this with the CDT. We've been mucking a lot with 
our UI components and I can see this being a bug.

Thanks,
Doug