> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Overholt [mailto:overh...@redhat.com] > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 3:23 PM > To: Marc Khouzam > Cc: 'Linux Tools developer discussions' > Subject: Re: [linuxtools-dev] Changing the PATH for execution > of linuxtools commands > > * Marc Khouzam <marc.khou...@ericsson.com> [2011-09-30 15:10]: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: linuxtools-dev-boun...@eclipse.org > > > [mailto:linuxtools-dev-boun...@eclipse.org] On Behalf Of > > > Andrew Overholt > > > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 3:03 PM > > > To: Linux Tools developer discussions > > > Subject: Re: [linuxtools-dev] Changing the PATH for execution > > > of linuxtools commands > > > > > > * Marc Khouzam <marc.khou...@ericsson.com> [2011-09-30 14:44]: > > > > [...] we have a UI box in the launch configuration dialog that > > > > defaults to 'gdb' but that the user can change to the location > > > > she needs e.g., /home/user/bin/myOlderGDB > > > > > > > > I'm curious to know if this is something you considered? > > > > > > I'm not particularly involved in this PATH effort so take > my comments > > > with a grain of salt but I personally dislike this type > of unnecessary > > > UI cruft. I would much prefer to support this case of vendor > > > tool SDKs > > > through an extension point or some other non-UI mechanism > if possible. > > > > Yes, for vendor it makes sense to hide it under the hood, > but I believe > > this issue was a user problem, where the user herself > wanted to choose > > different versions at different times. > > Is this that common?
I'll let Otavio or Corey answer this one, as they brought up the issue. > I can see how it would be for gdb where there is > lots of progress and people have multiple versions installed. But for > relatively standard tools where the plugin integration isn't changing > too much, I'd rather take minimalist approach. The Eclipse > preferences situation is out of hand and so is the CDT project settings UI > (IMHO). Yes, I have to agree :-( I just thought a project preference may be a bit obscure. But I was asking out of curiousity more than anything else. Marc _______________________________________________ linuxtools-dev mailing list linuxtools-dev@eclipse.org https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxtools-dev
