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On Jan 10, 2015, 17:54, at 17:54, Lars Vogel <[email protected]> wrote: >+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 >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >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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