| The Antview which is included in the Eclipse Project (M3) is a total MESS !!!!!! [message #35674] |
Fri, 22 November 2002 17:23  |
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Originally posted by: greencap.hotmail.com
Antview is in a total Mess.. for example..
What I am doing right now is that if I want to view a certain ant file using
antview, I am going to Preferences -> External Tools -> Ant View: and then
entering the name of the "Ant Build File Name" Now suppose I have 4 build
files in my project with names build1.xml, build2.xml, build3.xml &
build4.xml,
how am I going to display all of them in Ant view. There is no facility to
do
that, cause antview can only display the targets of just ONE build file
based
on the file name entered. This is wrong!! There should a interface where the
user can select the name of multiple ant build xml files present in the
current
project. This is a little tricky on how u will implement it.
Another major drawback is, setting the name of the build file under
Preferences
is not at all appropiate place. Just for example, suppose I am working on 3
different projects, and 3 of those projects have used different names for
their
build file. In that case, everytime when I am switching from one project to
another, I have to go to Preference and change build file name, cause
currently
it stores the name of the last build file entered by the user and doesn't
change based on the project. Preference is a place to set setting for
Eclipse, it
is not a place to set settings for individual projects!! By default Antview
assumes
that all projects will only have one build file and that build file will be
named
"build.xml" which is just totally ridiculous.
Finally when I close a project, the file name is still present in the
Antview.
The file name should automatically be removed. This is the same case with
deleting a project where the antview still displays the file name even after
having the the project deleted.
Executing a target in Antview is extremely ODD. First I have to select a
target, then once my target is highlight I need to press "return" on my
keyboard, and then I right click on it and select "RUN". Now this wrong
cause
intially i wasn't aware of this procedure, and so I was just directly right
clicking on a target that I want to execute (without selecting the target
and
pressing "return" on my keyboard), and selecting RUN. And each time I was
getting a message on the Log console "No targets selected". After struggling
for two hours I figure the procedure to execute a target. Why not make
things
simplier and allow the user to select the target the user wants and execute
it
directly. !!
Then there is this popular Out Of Memory error message appearing while
using Antview providing the following message...
"An out of memory error has occurred.
It is recommended to exit the workbench.
Subsequent errors may happen and may terminate the workbench without
warning.
See error log for more details.
Exit workspace?"
And there seems to be some really great memory leak too. After using Antview
and recieving
the out of memory error, I shutdown Eclipse, but even after shutting down
Eclipse, my
computer memory keeps shows that it is consuming HIGH memory.
The worst thing is that there is no proper editor to type my ant file.
Currently Eclipse expects
that I type my ant file in a plain text editor I guess.
I have reported all this in the bug report, but I wanted to mention it over
here to hear
what all your opinion are !!
Honestly, I really think Antview has to to be REVAMPED !!!!
Please post your comments.
Saumendra
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| Re: The Antview which is included in the Eclipse Project (M3) is a total MESS !!!!!! [message #35743 is a reply to message #35709] |
Fri, 22 November 2002 18:22  |
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Originally posted by: nick.RJC.com
Saumendra,
Currently Antview gives me nothing productive but memory exceptions, memory
leaks, making my computer freeze. Oh yess, Antview sure has some shocking
memory leaks. I can prove it left, right and center !!!
I totally agree on every point that you have mentioned too. I really feel
that the developers who are behind Ant module should address your complain
with the highest priority. And exactly, where the hell do I type my ant
build file? If I have to use Eclipse plain text editor to type my ant build
script, then I why not use Microsoft Notepad to type my java files.
Inshort, Antview Sucks. I am sorry to bad mouth, but I Antview has just
screwed up Eclipse M3. Nothing makes sense about Antview, nothing at all.
Nick Holster
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| Re: The Antview which is included in the Eclipse Project (M3) is a total MESS !!!!!! [message #586601 is a reply to message #35709] |
Fri, 22 November 2002 18:22 |
 Nick
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Registered: July 2009 |
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Saumendra,
Currently Antview gives me nothing productive but memory exceptions, memory
leaks, making my computer freeze. Oh yess, Antview sure has some shocking
memory leaks. I can prove it left, right and center !!!
I totally agree on every point that you have mentioned too. I really feel
that the developers who are behind Ant module should address your complain
with the highest priority. And exactly, where the hell do I type my ant
build file? If I have to use Eclipse plain text editor to type my ant build
script, then I why not use Microsoft Notepad to type my java files.
Inshort, Antview Sucks. I am sorry to bad mouth, but I Antview has just
screwed up Eclipse M3. Nothing makes sense about Antview, nothing at all.
Nick Holster
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