Re: [e4-dev] Wish to contribute the Preference-Spy as another spy compon

[Ed Merks <ed.merks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Simon,

Just an FYI...  The Oomph project has an EMF model that wrap Eclipse's 
preferences.  This allows all preferences to be inspected (and even 
changed), including secure preferences.  When the model is opened in an 
editor, that editor will select any preference that changes.  This 
aspect is very crude compared to what's in the blog, but we often use it 
like a "spy" to figure out where preferences changed via the UI are 
actually stored in the preference store.  The primary purpose of this 
preference model is for use in other Oomph models...

Cheers,
Ed


On 09/01/2015 1:45 PM, Simon Scholz wrote:
> Dear e4 developers,
>
> I like to contribute the Preference Spy, which I introduced in the 
> http://blog.vogella.com/2014/12/28/preferences-spy-for-eclipse-ide-and-rcp/ 
> blog entry , to the E4 tools, so that it becomes an official spy, like 
> the Model Spy and others.
>
> We at the vogella GmbH already use this Preference Spy a lot, 
> especially for the saneclipse project.
> Olivier Prouvost already gave the Preference Spy a try and explained 
> how to embed the Preference Spy as official E4 SpyPart.
>
> All necessary information can be obtained from the blog entry 
> http://blog.vogella.com/2014/12/28/preferences-spy-for-eclipse-ide-and-rcp/, 
> like an introduction for it, the github repository 
> (https://github.com/vogellacompany/PreferencesSpy) or the p2 
> updatesite 
> (http://dl.bintray.com/vogellacompany/eclipse-preference-spy/).
>
> What do you think about the plan to integrate the Preference Spy as 
> official SpyPart?
>
> Comments or Github issues are welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> best regards,
>
> Simon Scholz