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Project-specific preferences [message #217729] Mon, 25 June 2007 05:12 Go to next message
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I noticed that not all preferences in Window -> Preferences have an option
for "Project-specific settings". When trying to standardize all developers
on a common set of preferences across multiple types of preferences, how can
I get around the limitation of only a few preference groups having this
option?

For example, the Java -> Compiler settings have this option, but Java ->
Editor -> Mark Occurrences and Content Assist do not.

How do you get around this issue?

Unfortunately, many plugins also don't have this function built into their
plugins. Will I have to dig through the generated metadata files and extract
the relevant settings into another file manually?
Re: Project-specific preferences [message #217741 is a reply to message #217729] Mon, 25 June 2007 05:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mark Dexter is currently offline Mark DexterFriend
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VK wrote:
> I noticed that not all preferences in Window -> Preferences have an option
> for "Project-specific settings". When trying to standardize all developers
> on a common set of preferences across multiple types of preferences, how can
> I get around the limitation of only a few preference groups having this
> option?
>
> For example, the Java -> Compiler settings have this option, but Java ->
> Editor -> Mark Occurrences and Content Assist do not.
>
> How do you get around this issue?
>
> Unfortunately, many plugins also don't have this function built into their
> plugins. Will I have to dig through the generated metadata files and extract
> the relevant settings into another file manually?
>
>
Hi. I'm not sure I understand the second part of the question. On the
first issue, I believe that all of the preferences are stored at the
workspace level. So, if you want all developers to have standardized
preferences, they could have a workspace dedicated to the project.

Also, you can export and import preferences from one workspace to
another. Hope this helps. Mark Dexter
Re: Project-specific preferences [message #217857 is a reply to message #217729] Mon, 25 June 2007 15:04 Go to previous message
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Originally posted by: wegener.cboenospam.com

"VK" <veerukrishnan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:f5nis7$hvq$1@build.eclipse.org...
> I noticed that not all preferences in Window -> Preferences have an option
> for "Project-specific settings". When trying to standardize all developers
> on a common set of preferences across multiple types of preferences, how
can
> I get around the limitation of only a few preference groups having this
> option?
>
> For example, the Java -> Compiler settings have this option, but Java ->
> Editor -> Mark Occurrences and Content Assist do not.
>
Do you really feel the need to force all developers to have the same Mark
Occurences and Content assist preference settings. These are settings that
only effect how a given developer interacts with the IDE. They don't result
in changes to source code or project related files that affect how others
see a given project.

Compiler settings make sense at a project level since they determine how an
application is built and how the source code is formatted/organized. This
allows the resulting .settings directory to be checked into your source
control system.

> How do you get around this issue?
>
> Unfortunately, many plugins also don't have this function built into their
> plugins. Will I have to dig through the generated metadata files and
extract
> the relevant settings into another file manually?
>
>
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