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Clear "Problems" - how? [message #65355]

Tue, 17 May 2005 14:39

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: ed.batutis.com

After some configuration "adventures" I have over 68,000 "Problems" in my
Problems window. In reality I have zero problems - I've fixed my build
configuration and everything is fine. But, I can't figure out how to clear
out the unwanted "Problems"! I can highlight the problems but 'Delete' is
greyed out on the context menu (which doesn't seem logical at the moment).

Thanks for any help.

Re: Clear "Problems" - how? [message #65398 is a reply to message #65355]

Tue, 17 May 2005 14:56

Eclipse User

Click the double "X" symbol on the Problems view.

"ed batutis" <ed@batutis.com> wrote in message
news:a3ecc747aaa4351901203624730e5ba6$1@www.eclipse.org...
> After some configuration "adventures" I have over 68,000 "Problems" in my
> Problems window. In reality I have zero problems - I've fixed my build
> configuration and everything is fine. But, I can't figure out how to clear
> out the unwanted "Problems"! I can highlight the problems but 'Delete' is
> greyed out on the context menu (which doesn't seem logical at the moment).
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>

Re: Clear "Problems" - how? [message #65420 is a reply to message #65398]

Tue, 17 May 2005 15:18

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: ed.batutis.com

There isn't one. This is eclipse 3.0.2 in case that matters.

There's a double-x icon on the "progress" tab, but there's only a single-x
icon on the "problems" tab. And that is greyed out.

Thanks for any help.

Re: Clear "Problems" - how? [message #65461 is a reply to message #65420]

Tue, 17 May 2005 16:55

Eclipse User

In my copy of 3.0 (3.0.1) the problems clear when they are resolved and the
project is rebuilt (on "save" when Autobuild is on). If you double-click
the problem in the list, does it take you to a line of code?

"ed batutis" <ed@batutis.com> wrote in message
news:5a9aec2b1ff2d11452ba595325999e2c$1@www.eclipse.org...
> There isn't one. This is eclipse 3.0.2 in case that matters.
>
> There's a double-x icon on the "progress" tab, but there's only a single-x
> icon on the "problems" tab. And that is greyed out.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>

Re: Clear "Problems" - how? [message #65480 is a reply to message #65461]

Tue, 17 May 2005 17:11

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: ed.batutis.com

Yes, it takes me to a line of code. And there is no problem there any more
now that my environment is set up OK. The problem doesn't automatically
disappear because the Problems were created by the "Java Builder" but I
turned it off - I couldn't get it to work for this particular project.
Instead I'm using an ant builder. The issue is that I can't seem to get
rid of all the bogus Problems created by the now-disabled Java Builder.

Thanks for any advice.

Re: Clear "Problems" - how? [message #65522 is a reply to message #65480]

Tue, 17 May 2005 17:28

Eclipse User

Have you tried Project/Clean?
HTH - Kevin

ed batutis wrote:

> Yes, it takes me to a line of code. And there is no problem there any
> more now that my environment is set up OK. The problem doesn't
> automatically disappear because the Problems were created by the "Java
> Builder" but I turned it off - I couldn't get it to work for this
> particular project. Instead I'm using an ant builder. The issue is that
> I can't seem to get rid of all the bogus Problems created by the
> now-disabled Java Builder.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
>

Re: Clear "Problems" - how? [message #65585 is a reply to message #65461]

Tue, 17 May 2005 18:44

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: adlaiff6.gmail.com

Waldyn Benbenek wrote:
> In my copy of 3.0 (3.0.1) the problems clear when they are resolved and the
> project is rebuilt (on "save" when Autobuild is on). If you double-click
> the problem in the list, does it take you to a line of code?
>
> "ed batutis" <ed@batutis.com> wrote in message
> news:5a9aec2b1ff2d11452ba595325999e2c$1@www.eclipse.org...
>
>>There isn't one. This is eclipse 3.0.2 in case that matters.
>>
>>There's a double-x icon on the "progress" tab, but there's only a single-x
>>icon on the "problems" tab. And that is greyed out.
>>
>>Thanks for any help.
>>
>>
>
>
>
I just save the project and it rebuilds and checks it as well.

Re: Clear "Problems" - how? [message #65894 is a reply to message #65522]

Wed, 18 May 2005 11:27

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: ed.batutis.com

Your comment triggered an idea which fixed the issue. I was doing 'clean'
but the Problems from the "java builder" were not going away. But that was
because I'd already disabled the java builder (since I couldn't get it to
work). The trick was to re-enable the java builder, do project/clean, then
disable it.

It would be nice to manually delete the Problems. I don't get the
reasoning behind preventing me from doing this manually.

Re: Clear "Problems" - how? [message #66144 is a reply to message #65894]

Wed, 18 May 2005 16:10

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse.rizzoweb.com

ed batutis wrote:
> It would be nice to manually delete the Problems. I don't get the
> reasoning behind preventing me from doing this manually.
>

Think about how Eclipse was designed to be used most of the time, with
its Java builder enabled. In that context, the items in the Problems
view are a result of the operation of the builder, "generated artifacts"
you might say. Furthermore, the Problems view is intended to operate in
conjunction with the builder to give real-time up-to-date feedback on
the status of builds (usually compiling, but possibly other things).
What would happen if you did some coding (with Java builder enabled),
saved (producing some Problems), manually removed a Problem, then did
some more coding and saving. Should the problem(s) you manually removed
be replaced by the builder/compiler? If not, how do you get back that
convenient real-time up-to-date list of build problems? See, it wouldn't
work nearly as well that way.

HTH,
Eric

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