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Mon, 13 August 2007 16:56  |
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Greetings all,
I've run into an odd behavior with my Eclipse/Mylyn setup: Europa
with Mylyn 2.0
If I touch or modify a file, it appears correctly as highlighted in my
context (with the usual color variations to indicate importance).
However, if I then close the file in the editor (even one I have
worked on a lot), it disappears from my context, so that in order to
reopen it, I have to remove the context filter, scroll through the
various packages, and find the find that I closed.
Oddly enough, a file which was originally marked in bold will suddenly
turn light grey in the unfiltered package tree, just because I closed
its editor.
Any ideas as to why Mylyn is eliminating closed files from my context?
I would like to be able to close files I am not currently interested
in, in order to avoid having 20 tabs open in my editor (not to mention
keeping memory use low).
Thanks for any help you can offer!
Erik Norvelle
TextCite Project
http://sourceforge.net/projects/textcite
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| Re: Closed files disappear from context !?! [message #21846 is a reply to message #21709] |
Tue, 14 August 2007 03:02  |
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Hi Erik,
sorry for my short answer: Actually, this is a FAQ:
If you close a file, you tell Mylyn that you lost any interest in this file. It is designed in this
way. Please search this newsgroup or the wiki for more background.
Cheers, Jörg
On 08/13/07 22:56, Erik Norvelle wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I've run into an odd behavior with my Eclipse/Mylyn setup: Europa
> with Mylyn 2.0
>
> If I touch or modify a file, it appears correctly as highlighted in my
> context (with the usual color variations to indicate importance).
> However, if I then close the file in the editor (even one I have
> worked on a lot), it disappears from my context, so that in order to
> reopen it, I have to remove the context filter, scroll through the
> various packages, and find the find that I closed.
>
> Oddly enough, a file which was originally marked in bold will suddenly
> turn light grey in the unfiltered package tree, just because I closed
> its editor.
>
> Any ideas as to why Mylyn is eliminating closed files from my context?
> I would like to be able to close files I am not currently interested
> in, in order to avoid having 20 tabs open in my editor (not to mention
> keeping memory use low).
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer!
> Erik Norvelle
> TextCite Project
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/textcite
>
>
>
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| Re: Closed files disappear from context !?! [message #22069 is a reply to message #21891] |
Wed, 15 August 2007 14:05 |
| Eclipse User |
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Greetings, all,
Sorry to have posted a FAQ, I had browsed this mailing list prior to asking this
question, but had not seen the FAQ till now. Many thanks for directing me to
the information!
-Erik
"Gail Murphy" <murphy@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Here is a pointer to the FAQ entry:
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/
Mylyn_FAQ#Why_do_files_disappear_from_Focused_views_when_I_c lose_them.3F
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> Note that there is also a way to disable this behavior if it doesn't match
> your working style. Although it can take some time to get used to, in my
> experience, letting Mylyn manage the editors open eases task switching
> substantially.
>
> Gail.
>
> "Jörg Thönnes" <Joerg.Thoennes@macd.com> wrote in message
> news:46C1536A.2000308@macd.com...
>> Hi Erik,
>>
>> sorry for my short answer: Actually, this is a FAQ:
>>
>> If you close a file, you tell Mylyn that you lost any interest in this
>> file. It is designed in this
>> way. Please search this newsgroup or the wiki for more background.
>>
>> Cheers, Jörg
>>
>> On 08/13/07 22:56, Erik Norvelle wrote:
>>> Greetings all,
>>>
>>> I've run into an odd behavior with my Eclipse/Mylyn setup: Europa
>>> with Mylyn 2.0
>>>
>>> If I touch or modify a file, it appears correctly as highlighted in my
>>> context (with the usual color variations to indicate importance).
>>> However, if I then close the file in the editor (even one I have
>>> worked on a lot), it disappears from my context, so that in order to
>>> reopen it, I have to remove the context filter, scroll through the
>>> various packages, and find the find that I closed.
>>>
>>> Oddly enough, a file which was originally marked in bold will suddenly
>>> turn light grey in the unfiltered package tree, just because I closed
>>> its editor.
>>>
>>> Any ideas as to why Mylyn is eliminating closed files from my context?
>>> I would like to be able to close files I am not currently interested
>>> in, in order to avoid having 20 tabs open in my editor (not to mention
>>> keeping memory use low).
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help you can offer!
>>> Erik Norvelle
>>> TextCite Project
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/textcite
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Erik Norvelle
TextCite Project
http://sourceforge.net/projects/textcite
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| Re: Closed files disappear from context !?! [message #23821 is a reply to message #22069] |
Mon, 27 August 2007 01:35 |
| Eclipse User |
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Originally posted by: beatmik.acm.org
While this option is indeed useful once you get used to it, it does seem
to be too surprising the first time that it happens. To address this
we're considering adding a dialog that says what the effect will be the
first time that you close a file with a task active:
195727: warn user about close being mapped to "remove from context" on
first editor close
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=195727
Occasionally I question the fact that "Close all" removes all the files
from the task context. While having Ctrl+F4 mapped to removing from
context can be quite useful, I'm not convinced about the utility of
Ctrl+Shift+F4 when you have a task active, and have never used that
command since Mylyn is already keeping the number of editors from
bloating. So perhaps we could re-consider the effect it should have.
However, this would come at the price of lack of consistency of what it
means to close a file with a task active, which is one of the main
reasons that we have not done this to date.
Mik
Erik Norvelle wrote:
> Greetings, all,
>
> Sorry to have posted a FAQ, I had browsed this mailing list prior to asking this
> question, but had not seen the FAQ till now. Many thanks for directing me to
> the information!
>
> -Erik
>
> "Gail Murphy" <murphy@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
>> Here is a pointer to the FAQ entry:
>> http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/
> Mylyn_FAQ#Why_do_files_disappear_from_Focused_views_when_I_c lose_them.3F
>> Note that there is also a way to disable this behavior if it doesn't match
>> your working style. Although it can take some time to get used to, in my
>> experience, letting Mylyn manage the editors open eases task switching
>> substantially.
>>
>> Gail.
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| Re: Closed files disappear from context !?! [message #25022 is a reply to message #24742] |
Wed, 29 August 2007 16:01 |
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Originally posted by: rob.elves.eclipse.org
Kim,
This is currently hard coded based on interest of the resource so
consider submitting an enhancement request to bugzilla. Adding some form
of threshold level to the preference page may be the solution.
-Rob
Kim Sullivan wrote:
>> command since Mylyn is already keeping the number of editors from
>> bloating. So perhaps we could re-consider the effect it should have.
>
> I often have about 40 editors open, even with mylyn... which seems quite
> a lot. How do I configure mylyn to remove items from the context quicker?
>
> Kim
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| Re: Closed files disappear from context !?! [message #577071 is a reply to message #21709] |
Tue, 14 August 2007 03:02 |
| Eclipse User |
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Hi Erik,
sorry for my short answer: Actually, this is a FAQ:
If you close a file, you tell Mylyn that you lost any interest in this file. It is designed in this
way. Please search this newsgroup or the wiki for more background.
Cheers, Jörg
On 08/13/07 22:56, Erik Norvelle wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I've run into an odd behavior with my Eclipse/Mylyn setup: Europa
> with Mylyn 2.0
>
> If I touch or modify a file, it appears correctly as highlighted in my
> context (with the usual color variations to indicate importance).
> However, if I then close the file in the editor (even one I have
> worked on a lot), it disappears from my context, so that in order to
> reopen it, I have to remove the context filter, scroll through the
> various packages, and find the find that I closed.
>
> Oddly enough, a file which was originally marked in bold will suddenly
> turn light grey in the unfiltered package tree, just because I closed
> its editor.
>
> Any ideas as to why Mylyn is eliminating closed files from my context?
> I would like to be able to close files I am not currently interested
> in, in order to avoid having 20 tabs open in my editor (not to mention
> keeping memory use low).
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer!
> Erik Norvelle
> TextCite Project
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/textcite
>
>
>
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| Re: Closed files disappear from context !?! [message #577181 is a reply to message #21891] |
Wed, 15 August 2007 14:05 |
| Eclipse User |
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Greetings, all,
Sorry to have posted a FAQ, I had browsed this mailing list prior to asking this
question, but had not seen the FAQ till now. Many thanks for directing me to
the information!
-Erik
"Gail Murphy" <murphy@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Here is a pointer to the FAQ entry:
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/
Mylyn_FAQ#Why_do_files_disappear_from_Focused_views_when_I_c lose_them.3F
>
> Note that there is also a way to disable this behavior if it doesn't match
> your working style. Although it can take some time to get used to, in my
> experience, letting Mylyn manage the editors open eases task switching
> substantially.
>
> Gail.
>
> "Jörg Thönnes" <Joerg.Thoennes@macd.com> wrote in message
> news:46C1536A.2000308@macd.com...
>> Hi Erik,
>>
>> sorry for my short answer: Actually, this is a FAQ:
>>
>> If you close a file, you tell Mylyn that you lost any interest in this
>> file. It is designed in this
>> way. Please search this newsgroup or the wiki for more background.
>>
>> Cheers, Jörg
>>
>> On 08/13/07 22:56, Erik Norvelle wrote:
>>> Greetings all,
>>>
>>> I've run into an odd behavior with my Eclipse/Mylyn setup: Europa
>>> with Mylyn 2.0
>>>
>>> If I touch or modify a file, it appears correctly as highlighted in my
>>> context (with the usual color variations to indicate importance).
>>> However, if I then close the file in the editor (even one I have
>>> worked on a lot), it disappears from my context, so that in order to
>>> reopen it, I have to remove the context filter, scroll through the
>>> various packages, and find the find that I closed.
>>>
>>> Oddly enough, a file which was originally marked in bold will suddenly
>>> turn light grey in the unfiltered package tree, just because I closed
>>> its editor.
>>>
>>> Any ideas as to why Mylyn is eliminating closed files from my context?
>>> I would like to be able to close files I am not currently interested
>>> in, in order to avoid having 20 tabs open in my editor (not to mention
>>> keeping memory use low).
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help you can offer!
>>> Erik Norvelle
>>> TextCite Project
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/textcite
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Erik Norvelle
TextCite Project
http://sourceforge.net/projects/textcite
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| Re: Closed files disappear from context !?! [message #578326 is a reply to message #22069] |
Mon, 27 August 2007 01:35 |
| Eclipse User |
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While this option is indeed useful once you get used to it, it does seem
to be too surprising the first time that it happens. To address this
we're considering adding a dialog that says what the effect will be the
first time that you close a file with a task active:
195727: warn user about close being mapped to "remove from context" on
first editor close
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=195727
Occasionally I question the fact that "Close all" removes all the files
from the task context. While having Ctrl+F4 mapped to removing from
context can be quite useful, I'm not convinced about the utility of
Ctrl+Shift+F4 when you have a task active, and have never used that
command since Mylyn is already keeping the number of editors from
bloating. So perhaps we could re-consider the effect it should have.
However, this would come at the price of lack of consistency of what it
means to close a file with a task active, which is one of the main
reasons that we have not done this to date.
Mik
Erik Norvelle wrote:
> Greetings, all,
>
> Sorry to have posted a FAQ, I had browsed this mailing list prior to asking this
> question, but had not seen the FAQ till now. Many thanks for directing me to
> the information!
>
> -Erik
>
> "Gail Murphy" <murphy@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
>> Here is a pointer to the FAQ entry:
>> http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/
> Mylyn_FAQ#Why_do_files_disappear_from_Focused_views_when_I_c lose_them.3F
>> Note that there is also a way to disable this behavior if it doesn't match
>> your working style. Although it can take some time to get used to, in my
>> experience, letting Mylyn manage the editors open eases task switching
>> substantially.
>>
>> Gail.
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| Re: Closed files disappear from context !?! [message #578998 is a reply to message #23821] |
Wed, 29 August 2007 05:09 |
| Eclipse User |
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> command since Mylyn is already keeping the number of editors from
> bloating. So perhaps we could re-consider the effect it should have.
I often have about 40 editors open, even with mylyn... which seems quite
a lot. How do I configure mylyn to remove items from the context quicker?
Kim
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| Re: Closed files disappear from context !?! [message #579302 is a reply to message #24742] |
Wed, 29 August 2007 16:01 |
| Eclipse User |
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Kim,
This is currently hard coded based on interest of the resource so
consider submitting an enhancement request to bugzilla. Adding some form
of threshold level to the preference page may be the solution.
-Rob
Kim Sullivan wrote:
>> command since Mylyn is already keeping the number of editors from
>> bloating. So perhaps we could re-consider the effect it should have.
>
> I often have about 40 editors open, even with mylyn... which seems quite
> a lot. How do I configure mylyn to remove items from the context quicker?
>
> Kim
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