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Re: [eclipse-dev] Suggestion for Enhancement of Console View
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The list to discuss this on would be the platform-debug-dev list
I will cross post this there for discussion
> Hi List....
>
> I have a suggestion for the "console view" in Eclipse platform. I know
> that this should be entered as a bug report for enhancement, but wanted
> to discuss with the list first.
>
> The enhancement suggestion is like this...
>
> The console view is currently used to view the output of any program.
> It acts a pseudo input/output stream for the terminal, but that is too
> limited.
>
> There are some editors which provide a complete simulated command
> prompt. So to RUN an external tool / command the user types in the
> commands on the console view and the command is passed to the OS shell
> for execution. The output is shown in the console view.
>
> The only thing missing with Eclipse platform is that the user can not
> execute a command by typing in the console view. He has to configure
> the external tool in the Run menu and only from there s/he can execute
> the command.
>
> It would be really nice to type in the command in console view and
> execute it from there. So no one has to configure small, rarely used
> external tools.
>
> Any suggestions
>
> With Regards
>
> Sarvex Jatasra
>
> Software Engineer
> Acme Technologies
> +91-11-33030881
>
> P.S. This type of simulated command prompt is shown by "Scintilla Text
> Editor"
>
>
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