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author | mkersten | 2005-12-09 18:13:31 +0000 |
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committer | mkersten | 2005-12-09 18:13:31 +0000 |
commit | e9f793662887e5d8c22618a950ff09446fab83ef (patch) | |
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diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.help.ui/doc/faq.html b/org.eclipse.mylyn.help.ui/doc/faq.html index 9a26307e9..447556a8f 100644 --- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.help.ui/doc/faq.html +++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.help.ui/doc/faq.html @@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ <a href="http://eclipse.org/mylar/dl.php">http://eclipse.org/mylar/dl.php</a> </p> <p><b>Contents</b></p> <ul> + <li><a href="#tasklist-blank">Why did my tasks disappear?</a></li> <li><a href="#install-failure">Why does Mylar fail to install?</a></li> + <li><a href="#performance-summary">What are the effects of Mylar on Eclipse performance?</a></li> <li><a href="#filtering-declarations">How do I stop declarations from showing up in the Package Explorer?</a></li> <li><a href="#active-search-empty">Why does nothing show up in the Active Search or Active Hierarchy?</a></li> </ul> -<h3><a name="install-failure">Why does Mylar fail to install, update, or show my -tasks?</a></h3> +<h3> </h3> + <h3><a name="install-failure">Why does Mylar fail to install or update?</a></h3> <p>The most likely reason is that you are using an <b>incompatible VM </b>(e.g. JDK 1.4), in which case you'll errors like the following in your log file. To check JDK version that Eclipse was launched with to to Help -> About Eclipse SDK @@ -65,17 +67,53 @@ and after that automatically or manually updating will install the correct version.</p> <p> <img border="0" src="images/faq/eclipse-manage-configuration.gif" width="679" height="335"></p> + <p> + </p> +<h3><a name="tasklist-blank">Why did my tasks disappear?</a></h3> +<p>Either because Mylar failed to <a href="#install-failure">install or update</a>, +or because there was a problem reading the task list. By default Mylar +keeps your task list in <workspace>/.mylar/tasklist.xml. If you move +workspaces, and have not changed the Mylar data directory via the Task List +preference page, the new location will be used when Eclipse restarts. If +your tasks ever disappear due to a bug, first check the .mylar folder for a +tasklist-backup.xml file, which will contain the previous state task list. +Make sure to grab it before adding any tasks or queries or restarting Eclipse +because it will get overwritten on any modification.</p> + <p>If your workspace folder is not backed up it is a good idea to backup the + task list periodically via File -> Import/Export -> Other -> Mylar Task + Data. Before overwriting the tasklist.xml file you should first close + Eclipse.</p> + <p> + <img border="0" src="images/faq/tasklist-backup.gif" width="525" height="310"></p> <h3> </h3> -<h3><a name="filtering-declarations0">What is the effect of Mylar on Eclipse +<h3><a name="performance-summary">What are the effects of Mylar on Eclipse performance?</a></h3> -<p>...</p> +<p>The goal is for Mylar to have no noticeable effect on Eclipse's speed or +memory usage, and any performance issue should be +<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=Mylar">reported as +a bug</a>. The current performance profile is:</p> +<ol> + <li>Mylar only runs if a task is active, and has no impact on Eclipse if no + task is active.</li> + <li>Task context models have negligible memory overhead. </li> + <li>The time to activate a task context is dominated by the time it takes + Eclipse to open the editors in the context. You can set the preference + for how many editors to open in the Mylar preference page (e.g. setting to 1 + will dramatically reduce activation time). You can also turn off + editor management entirely in the Mylar Tasks view pull-down.</li> + <li>Eclipse startup is slowed down by (3) if a task is active when Eclipse + is shut down.</li> +</ol> <h3> </h3> - <h3><a name="filtering-declarations">How do I stop declarations from showing up in the Package Explorer?</a></h3> +<h3><a name="filtering-declarations">How do I stop declarations from showing up in the Package Explorer?</a></h3> <p>If you don't like Mylar's constant showing of Java members in the Package Explorer, select the drop-down menu, then "Filters..." and enable the "Mylar Java Declarations Filter". It will then - stick in the menu in case you want to toggle between modes.</p> + stick in the menu in case you want to toggle between modes. +Note that this will hide interest information about members that aren't in your +current file (e.g. showing you which methods are landmarks) so this mode is not +recommended, but can be useful for 1024x768 screen resolutions.</p> <p> <img border="0" src="images/filtering-declarations.gif" width="441" height="211"></p> <p> |