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Launch configs feature request? [message #159542] Wed, 19 May 2004 21:17 Go to next message
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Originally posted by: eclipse.rizzoweb.com

I'm not sure if there is already a way to do this or if there is an
existing Bugzilla entry for it, so I'm asking here before creating an
RFE in Bugzilla.

I have found that I sometimes want the ability to parameterize a Launch
Configuration and specify the value(s) for the parameter(s) at the time
I invoke (Run/Debug). Perhaps a dialog comes up when I Run/Debug a
Launch Config, asking me to provide values for the params [of course it
would remember my previous entry(ies)]. This would require the "Program
Arguments" and "VM Arguments" sections of the Launch Configuration form
to accept some kind of syntax for parameters - I would imagine the Ant
property standard ${param-name} would do just fine.

So, can I accomplish this currently (I use 2.x, but I'd be interested in
hearing about anything in 3.0)? Is there an existing RFE that is similar?

TIA,
Eric
Re: Launch configs feature request? [message #159567 is a reply to message #159542] Wed, 19 May 2004 22:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Darin Swanson is currently offline Darin SwansonFriend
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In 3.0 you can specify variables for both program arguments and VM arguments
for any launch config.
There is a standard set of variables (including some that prompt for input
from the user) or you can define your own.
Try it out and let us know what you think...better late than never :-)

HTH
Darins

"Eric Rizzo" <eclipse@rizzoweb.com> wrote in message
news:c8gif1$j2n$1@eclipse.org...
> I'm not sure if there is already a way to do this or if there is an
> existing Bugzilla entry for it, so I'm asking here before creating an
> RFE in Bugzilla.
>
> I have found that I sometimes want the ability to parameterize a Launch
> Configuration and specify the value(s) for the parameter(s) at the time
> I invoke (Run/Debug). Perhaps a dialog comes up when I Run/Debug a
> Launch Config, asking me to provide values for the params [of course it
> would remember my previous entry(ies)]. This would require the "Program
> Arguments" and "VM Arguments" sections of the Launch Configuration form
> to accept some kind of syntax for parameters - I would imagine the Ant
> property standard ${param-name} would do just fine.
>
> So, can I accomplish this currently (I use 2.x, but I'd be interested in
> hearing about anything in 3.0)? Is there an existing RFE that is similar?
>
> TIA,
> Eric
Re: Launch configs feature request? [message #159648 is a reply to message #159567] Thu, 20 May 2004 13:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: eclipse.rizzoweb.com

Darin Swanson wrote:

> In 3.0 you can specify variables for both program arguments and VM arguments
> for any launch config.
> There is a standard set of variables (including some that prompt for input
> from the user) or you can define your own.
> Try it out and let us know what you think...better late than never :-)

Cool, I'm glad it's been thought of already.
Unfortunately, I simply can't stand the 3.0M8 UI changes, and I'm not
willing to be a guinea pig on an Integration build just to get the
pseudo-2.x UI. So I'll have to wait until a milestone comes with the 2.1
UI before evaluating new features like this one.

Thanks anyway,
Eric
Re: Launch configs feature request? [message #159698 is a reply to message #159648] Thu, 20 May 2004 18:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: smesh.openrules.com

Eric Rizzo wrote:
> Unfortunately, I simply can't stand the 3.0M8 UI changes, and I'm not
> willing to be a guinea pig on an Integration build just to get the
> pseudo-2.x UI.

Why do you call it *pseudo*?

Are you OK with XP or still use 95? :)

--
Sam Mesh - http://openrules.com
Re: Launch configs feature request? [message #159814 is a reply to message #159698] Fri, 21 May 2004 14:17 Go to previous message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: eclipse.rizzoweb.com

Sam Mesh wrote:

> Eric Rizzo wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, I simply can't stand the 3.0M8 UI changes, and I'm not
>> willing to be a guinea pig on an Integration build just to get the
>> pseudo-2.x UI.
>
>
> Why do you call it *pseudo*?

Because that is what it is - a (close?) approximation of what 2.1 looks
and feels like. It still has problems, not the least of which is the
trouble it is to get installed. Alas, that is another thread...

[OK, as I was writing this I got the Bugzilla update for bug 52780 and
it appears that M9 provides an easy switch to get the 2.1 L&F, and that
they've moved the perspective bar back to where it belongs and generally
made more progress since I last looked at it. So I'll reserve my
judgment of applying "pseudo" moniker to it until I've had a chance to
use M9 for a while]


> Are you OK with XP or still use 95? :)

Yes, I'm a big fan of eXtreme Programming. Oh wait, did you mean the OS
whose name Micro$oft ripped off? ;-)
Actually, I despise WinXP for various reasons, probably the biggest
being its default Fisher-Price "skin." Win2k is my desktop OS of choice,
and I revert all the UI options to Win2k style when I am forced to use XP.
That is all irrelevant, I admit - but since you brought it up...

Eric
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