The EPF installation includes a epf.ini file

-data
@user.home/EPF/workspace.150
-defaultlibrary
epf_practices

Seems like any EPF installation references/creates a folder 
$USER_HOME\EPF\workspace.150 (for data?) for its initial configuration and 
always creates a default library called /epf_practices.
What is the function of this data folder?

If I do a fresh install of EPF in a new place, it will still reference 
this folder (unless I clean the epf.ini file!). That was a bit confusing!

I tried to rename the folder it as $USER_HOME\EPF\xxx_workspace.150. Then 
when I open my new EPF installation it will create a new clean 
$USER_HOME\EPF\workspace.150 folder

I then import a project that I have checked out from CVS and work a bit. 
When I look in the /workspace.150 folder I have a /.metadata folder with a 
/.plugins folder underneath. Hows do these plugins relate to my 
installation(s)? I also have a /Configuration Import Project (7589dc01) 
folder with a single .project file !? Does this file relate to my imported 
libraries/plugins?

If I want to start up on a clean method library project with no use of the 
default EPF content, I first mark all the EPF_Practices folders to my 
.cvsignore file. 
Is this a good way to do it?

Important:
Sometimes when I paste a Word document into EPF rich editor with textual 
references to network drive locations (as part of documentation) my 
/resources folder gets filled up with all kinds of junk!
A full CygWin installation and such. One time I ended up with more than a 
Gigabyte of junk in my resources folder!!!
Any way to add a filter on what may get included in a resources folder 
(globally, individually)?
Would be nice with some filepattern inclusion/exclusion rules, perhaps 
defaulting to images and common document extensions:
Image: jpg,gif,bmp, png, tiff, ...
Document: doc, docx, odt, rtf, ppt, xls, pdf, txt, ...

_______________________________________________
epf-dev mailing list
[email protected]
https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/epf-dev

Reply via email to