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[news.eclipse.tools] Randy's UI patch (hack) for 2.1 stream (0820 tested)

After checking and comparing the patch with the 0820 sources and guesing what change Randy did
i think i solved it. At least it works again on my 0820 build :))
 
Johan
 
P.S.
It is seams so simple to let users choose what they want: Colors or No Colors!!!
Preference->Workbench->Use always HotImages ..... (not in this release but looking at the code it looks very easy to do)
The same for the taskview options: These can easely become a preference.
       
 
"Randy Hudson" <hudsonr@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ak06dr$6db$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
This is not an official patch and does not fix any bugs.  The improvements are aesthetic, IMHO.
 
I couldn't find my old posts, was the newsgroup "purged".  Basically, the changes are the same as before, with the addition of improved look of the TabFolders in Eclipse.  Maybe you've noticed, but it's really difficult to see which Tab is active.
 
INSTALL NOTES:
 
place uipatch.jar in the UI plugin's folder.  Edit the UI's plugin.xml to include this library *before* the original library, (workbench.jar).
place swtpatch.jar in the fragment org.eclipse.swt.win32/ws/win32/ (next to the current swt.jar).  Edit the plugin.xml (found in the main SWT plugin, to include swtpatch.jar before the original library (swt.jar).
 
SWT changes are to the emulated widgets CTabFolder and CTabItem, and should work on any platform.
 
DETAILS:
1) shortcut bar is moved from left side to top, next to ToolBar.
2) Color Icons everywhere, with the addition now of the EditorPane's background tabs.
3) CTabFolder look&feel changes.
4) Narrower line number ruler, no commas in line numbers.
5) All dirty Editor's are pinned, you will never be prompted to save an Editor that you are working with.  (Let's you lower auto-close threshold)
6) Tasks View has been changed to sort on priority of Task by default, and have a narrower default scope.
 
 

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