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diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.help.ui/doc/new-0.3.html b/org.eclipse.mylyn.help.ui/doc/new-0.3.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..176123a24 --- /dev/null +++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.help.ui/doc/new-0.3.html @@ -0,0 +1,710 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> +<html> +<head> +<meta name="copyright" content="Copyright (c) IBM Corporation and others 2000, 2005. This page is made available under license. For full details see the LEGAL in the documentation book that contains this page." > +<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> +<link rel="STYLESHEET" href="../book.css" charset="ISO-8859-1" + type="text/css"> +<title>Mylar New & Noteworthy</title> +</head> +<body> +<h2>New and Noteworthy for Mylar 0.3</h2> +<p>Covers 0.3.1 (released July 11, 2005) to 0.3.12 (released October 14, 2005). Send questions to <a href="mailto:mylar-users@eclipse.org">mylar-users@eclipse.org</a>. +Submit feature requests to +<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=Mylar">Bugzilla</a>.</p> +<h3>Task context</h3> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table62"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>JUnit testing of task context</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + To automatically test every + element in your task context add one of the two Mylar JUnit launch + configurations visible below. This has the effect of + automatically creating a suite with every interesting test in your + context (those that you've selected and edited), as well as every + test that has a predicted interest (those whose test methods show up + in the Active Search view).<p> + <img border="0" src="images/test-context.gif" width="555" height="194"></td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table63"> + <tr> + <td> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table60"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Linked mode for Active Search</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + The Active Search view now + has a "Link with Editor" button.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/active-search-linked.gif" width="241" height="158"></td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table61"> + <tr> + <td> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table64"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Predicted interest of errors</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + The predicted interest of + errors can be turned and off in the Java preferences. When on, Java elements that have errors get a predicted + interest, which means that they show up in views such as a the + package explorer. Once the errors are fixed the predicted + interest goes away. Set this on the Java preference page. + Off by default.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/preference-error-interest.gif" width="488" height="131"><p> + <img border="0" src="images/interest-error.gif" width="233" height="189"></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table55"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Reduced context size</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + When a context is saved it + now gets collapsed to remove redundancy in how interaction events + contribute to interest. This results in an order of magnitude file + size reduction, and much faster activation/deactivation. </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table56"> + <tr> + <td> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table42"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Open Type integration</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + If a task context is active, the Open Type dialog will first types + that are in the task context, and then place those matches on top of + the list as you type. When no task is active the Open Type + dialog reverts to its standard behavior of showing types that you + have selected from within the dialog.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/open-type.gif" width="487" height="259"></td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table51"> + <tr> + <td> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table45"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Qualified names in Active Search</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + A toolbar button controls whether element names are qualified in the + Active Search view.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/active-search-qualify.gif" width="236" height="125"></td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table52"> + <tr> + <td> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table48"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Increased laziness</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + When no task is active, Mylar is inactive and Eclipse should behave + as if Mylar were not installed. Also, when the Active Search + view is closed, no background searches will be run.</td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table50"> + <tr> + <td> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table41"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Drag-and-drop Landmark creation</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + Elements such as methods and + types can be drag-and-dropped into the Active Search and Active + Hierarchy views. This will cause them to become landmarks, and + to populate those views with related elements. To get rid of + an element from an active view it needs to be made less interesting + than a landmark, which can be done by right-clicking it in any view + and selecting the "Make Less Interesting" action, or by hitting + Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Down Arrow when editing that element.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/active-search-manipulation.gif" width="509" height="219"></td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table49"> + <tr> + <td> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table26"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Active Search</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + As you work and elements become landmarks + (bold decoration), Active Search eagerly finds related elements. + To force an element to populate the Active Search view manually make + it a landmark by right-clicking or hitting Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up Arrow. + Use the pull-downs on the toolbar to alter the degree-of-separation + scope of the search. Note that elements with predicted + interest are gray.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/active-search.gif" width="340" height="309"></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table27"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Active Hierarchy</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + Similar to Active Search, this view actively + finds and presents the type hierarchy of the current set of + landmarks.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/active-hierarchy.gif" width="364" height="145"></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table29"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Filter declarations in Package Explorer </b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + 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> + <img border="0" src="images/filtering-declarations.gif" width="441" height="211"></p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table23"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Interest filter exclusions</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + Resources that are always + considered interesting can be configured to always show when the + interest filter is on, via the root Mylar preference page. + Note that the parent of the resource, e.g. the project or folder, + needs to be interesting for it's children to show. + <p> + <img border="0" src="images/filtering-exclusion.gif" width="420" height="240"></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table16"> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%"> + <p align="right"><b>Context highlighters</b></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" width="70%"> + You can associate a task with a highlighter. This can be useful if + you are using Mylar without the filtering support. It also + allows you to distinguish between task contexts if you have multiple + tasks active. <p><img + src="images/highlight.gif"></p> + + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Ant editing</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + Interest-based filtering is now supported in the Ant editor's + Outline view by toggling the glasses.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/filtering-ant.gif" width="464" height="113"></p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table8"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Interest-based content assist</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + The top of the content assist menu will put the items that are in + your task context on top of the list, to enable quick selection via + arrow keys. Once you start typing the menu will work as usual. Note + that the Mylar Java Editor needs to be set as default for ".java" + files (this is the only new functionality that comes from the Mylar + Java editor).<p> + <img border="0" src="images/interest-content-assist.gif" width="432" height="131"></p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table40"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Navigator interest filtering</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + Interest filtering works in the navigator, similarly to the Package + Explorer. To temporarily un filter a node Alt+click it<p> + <img border="0" src="images/filtering-navigator.gif" width="353" height="195"></p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table9"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Toggle auto folding</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + Pressing the editor toolbar button with the Mylar glasses on it will + enable/disable Mylar's automatic folding. This can be useful + when needing to browse through the code, or copy/paste code around + (since Eclipse's folding support can cause odd expansions when + copying folded regions, + <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=104648">bug + 104648</a>). The + keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/folding-toggle.gif" width="276" height="127"></p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table4"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Show all filtered children</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + When you are using filtering in a Mylar view you have the option of + temporarily showing all children of a filtered node by Alt+clicking + a node that is not currently selected. For example, you can + Alt+click a source folder, keep the Alt+key down, and continue + drilling down until you find a method of interest. + To navigate using the + keyboard alone use the Right Arrow key instead of Alt+clicking, and + the Down Arrow key to select elements. <p><img src="images/alt-click.gif" alt="Alt Click" + title="New Java Project Wizard"></p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table5"> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%"> + <p align="right"><b>Search within task context</b></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" width="70%">The automatically updated Mylar Task + Context working set can be searched as any other working set, either + via the popup menus or using the search dialog. For example, + to find all System.out/err calls before checking in, search for + "System." within the task context. To quickly search all references + click Alt+Shift+G.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/search-context.gif" width="470" height="133"></p> + + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table6"> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%"> + <p align="right"><b>Directly manipulate interest</b></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" width="70%">Directly manually manipulate the + interest level of one or more elements by right clicking them and using the two + Mylar actions in the popup menu. Keyboard shortcuts for these + are Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up Arrow for Make Landmark, and + Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Down Arrow for Make Less Interesting. This now supports disjoint + selections.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/interest-manipulate.gif" width="262" height="65"></p> + + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table7"> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%"> + <p align="right"><b>Interest filtering for the Java Browsing + perspective</b></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" width="70%">Interest filtering can be toggled for + the Packages, Types, and Members views simultaneously by clicking + the leftmost toolbar button visible below.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/interest-java-browsing.gif" width="404" height="100"></p> + + </td> + </tr> + </table> + +<h3>Task List</h3> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table46"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Task history</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + The task list now has a + back/forward navigation history with drop-downs of previously + activated tasks.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/tasks-history.gif" width="495" height="169"></td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table47"> + <tr> + <td> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table31"> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%"> + <p align="right"><b>Synchronization state</b></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" width="70%"> + If a bug report has information on it that has not been viewed, such + as new comments, the blue "incoming" overlay is displayed. If + a bug has changes on it that have been saved but have not been + committed to Bugzilla, the gray "outgoing" overlay is displayed. + A red overlay appears if there is a conflict.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/bugzilla-synch.gif" width="323" height="186"></p> + + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table30"> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%"> + <p align="right"><b>Offline mode</b></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" width="70%"> + You can now explicitly state + whether you want to work with cached copies of Bugzilla reports and + avoid refresh with the server. In offline mode the cached bug + copy is always used. In online mode the Bugzilla server is + always checked for the latest report.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/tasks-offline.gif" width="326" height="207"></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table32"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Task history navigation</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + Navigate between previously + activate tasks using the Task List view's pull down menu (upper + right-hand corner of the toolbar).<p> + <img border="0" src="images/tasks-history.gif"></p> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table33"> + <tr> + <td> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table17"> + <colgroup> + <col width="20%" valign="top" align="right"> + <col width="80%" valign="top" align="left"> + </colgroup> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Focus on a single task category</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + To see only the tasks for a single category + select the "Go Into Category" action from the context menu. To + go back to viewing all tasks and categories under the root use the + "Go Up To Root" action in the Task List's toolbar pull down menu + (visible above).<p> + <img border="0" src="images/tasks-go-navigation.gif" width="284" height="74"></p> + </td> + </tr> + </tbody> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table13"> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Quick filter</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + To filter task by name or + regexp type the filter text into the field and all matched tasks + will display. Note that this will temporarily suppress all + other filters. To clear the query press the "x" button to the + right of the text field.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/tasks-quick-filter.gif" width="315" height="173"></p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table14"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Reminders</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + Set a reminder for a task when creating it, or by selecting the + "Summary" tab of the Task Editor. When you start using Eclipse + on the given day the reminders will come up.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/tasks-reminders.gif" width="452" height="154"></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table10"> + <colgroup> + <col width="20%" valign="top" align="right"> + <col width="80%" valign="top" align="left"> + </colgroup> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Open reports in web browser</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + Bug reports can be opened with either the Bug Editor or the Internal + Web Browser. This can be set as a Task List preferences. + When the Bug Editor is open you can click the hyperlink to show the + report in the browser (e.g. to use a feature not yet available in + the editor, such as voting). <p> + <img border="0" src="images/bugzilla-internal-browser.gif" width="344" height="157"></p> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> + </tbody> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table57"> + <colgroup> + <col width="20%" valign="top" align="right"> + <col width="80%" valign="top" align="left"> + </colgroup> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Move tasks directory</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + Bug reports can be opened with either the Bug Editor or the Internal + Web Browser. This can be set as a Task List preferences. + When the Bug Editor is open you can click the hyperlink to show the + report in the browser (e.g. to use a feature not yet available in + the editor, such as voting). + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> + </tbody> +</table> + +<h3>Bugzilla Client</h3> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table36"> + <tr> + <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left"> + <p align="right"><b>Support Ctrl+click in Java Editor to navigate to + bug</b></p> + </td> + <td width="70%" valign="top"> + Ctrl+click on a comment that + contains one of the following forms will open the bug with the given + id: bug# 123, bug 123, + Bug #123, + Bug#123. (Note that all of these are + case insensitive and can be followed by a colon or whitespace).<p> + <img border="0" src="images/bugzilla-hyperlink.gif" width="381" height="102"></p> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table37"> + <tr> + <td> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="table38"> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%"> + <p align="right"><b>Custom queries</b></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" width="70%"> + To create a custom Bugzilla + query paste the query URL into the New Bugzilla Query dialog. This + enables support of queries that can not be configured via the + dialog, and as such some query hits may not open or format properly.<p> + <img border="0" src="images/bugzilla-query-custom.gif" width="483" height="106"></p> + + </td> + </tr> + </table> + +</body> +</html> |