+1 from me to integrate it into the e4 tools (obviously) I think we need a few more +1 from e4 committers to start the migration process from Github to the e4 spies. Am 09.01.2015 15:27 schrieb "Ed Merks" <[email protected]>:
> Wim, > > Yes, there are cases where the changes to the preference are assumed to > happen directly via the UI (preference page) rather than by listening to > the preference itself change. That's unfortunate... > > Cheers, > Ed > > > On 09/01/2015 2:51 PM, Wim Jongman wrote: > > Just an FYI as well... > > What often is overlooked in preference managers is that there can be > additional things done besides just changing a preference value. > > For example, when changing the preference "Plug-in Development/Include > all plug-ins from target in Java search" a job is activated that updates > the java search scope. You can see this for yourself when you open the > progress view and flip the value. When this preference is set directly > through the preference store then this job is not activated which obviously > is very confusing. > > In other words, preferences like this cannot be managed correctly by > Oomph, the Workspace Mechanic and now the Preference spy. > > Since the preference pages are all manually coded UI panels, there is no > way in knowing what things are managed beside the actual preference. > > Cheers, > > Wim > > > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Ed Merks <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Simon, >> >> Just an FYI... The Oomph project has an EMF model that wrap Eclipse's >> preferences. This allows all preferences to be inspected (and even >> changed), including secure preferences. When the model is opened in an >> editor, that editor will select any preference that changes. This aspect >> is very crude compared to what's in the blog, but we often use it like a >> "spy" to figure out where preferences changed via the UI are actually >> stored in the preference store. The primary purpose of this preference >> model is for use in other Oomph models... >> >> Cheers, >> Ed >> >> >> On 09/01/2015 1:45 PM, Simon Scholz wrote: >> >>> Dear e4 developers, >>> >>> I like to contribute the Preference Spy, which I introduced in the >>> http://blog.vogella.com/2014/12/28/preferences-spy-for-eclipse-ide-and-rcp/ >>> blog entry , to the E4 tools, so that it becomes an official spy, like the >>> Model Spy and others. >>> >>> We at the vogella GmbH already use this Preference Spy a lot, especially >>> for the saneclipse project. >>> Olivier Prouvost already gave the Preference Spy a try and explained how >>> to embed the Preference Spy as official E4 SpyPart. >>> >>> All necessary information can be obtained from the blog entry >>> http://blog.vogella.com/2014/12/28/preferences-spy-for-eclipse-ide-and-rcp/, >>> like an introduction for it, the github repository ( >>> https://github.com/vogellacompany/PreferencesSpy) or the p2 updatesite ( >>> http://dl.bintray.com/vogellacompany/eclipse-preference-spy/). >>> >>> What do you think about the plan to integrate the Preference Spy as >>> official SpyPart? >>> >>> Comments or Github issues are welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance. >>> >>> best regards, >>> >>> Simon Scholz >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> e4-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe >> from this list, visit >> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/e4-dev >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > e4-dev mailing [email protected] > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe from > this list, visithttps://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/e4-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > e4-dev mailing list > [email protected] > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe > from this list, visit > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/e4-dev >
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