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How to disable Welcome view when running/debugging eclipse plug-in [message #331807]

Tue, 23 September 2008 10:21

Francis Gavino

Messages: 57
Registered: July 2009

Member

Hi,

When I run/debug an eclipse plug-in or when I run JUnit tests (JUnit
Plugin Test), the launched workbench starts really slow and oftentimes I
see timeout errors in the console. I was able to point the root cause to
the Welcome view that loads a lot of data including some data from the
internet!

I don't need this when debugging or running JUnit tests and I don't want
to have to create/save the runtime workspace just to make it run faster
(by removing the Welcome pages in the preferences of the runtime
workspace). I still want to be able to just debug or run the JUnit without
the need for an already configured runtime workspace.

The question is, is there a way to disable the Welcome view from loading
when I run/debug a plug-in or when I run JUnit plug-in tests?

BTW, I'm using Eclipse 3.3.3.

Thanks,
Francis

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Re: How to disable Welcome view when running/debugging eclipse plug-in [message #331809 is a reply to message #331807]

Tue, 23 September 2008 11:33

Bhasker

Messages: 10
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Hi,

You can remove the Welcome page appearing on the start-up of the Eclipse .

Import, org.eclipse.ui.intro.universal==>open the plugin.xml==>go to
extension section==>remove the extension named org.eclipse.ui.intro.

After Saving and Cleaning.

Replace the modified plugin into the Plugin directory of your eclipse.

The Welcome Page will Never Appear.

And if you want to remove this temporarily then simply keep this modified
plugin in your workspace .

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Re: How to disable Welcome view when running/debugging eclipse plug-in [message #331829 is a reply to message #331809]

Wed, 24 September 2008 11:12

Francis Gavino

Messages: 57
Registered: July 2009

Member

Thanks Bhasker. Your suggestion works. I'm just curious though, is there a
command line argument version of this (disabling the Welcome page)?

/Francis

Bhasker wrote:

> Hi,

> You can remove the Welcome page appearing on the start-up of the Eclipse .

> Import, org.eclipse.ui.intro.universal==>open the plugin.xml==>go to
> extension section==>remove the extension named org.eclipse.ui.intro.

> After Saving and Cleaning.

> Replace the modified plugin into the Plugin directory of your eclipse.

> The Welcome Page will Never Appear.

> And if you want to remove this temporarily then simply keep this modified
> plugin in your workspace .

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