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Saturday Sep 28, 2002

Thanks Greg!

Comments[0] by Dave in Java
Greg Klebus gives me some schooling on Eclipse:
As cool as it gets, Eclipse (partially) has this really nifty feature! It's called "label decorations" and is a generic way to add custom information to labels associated with project resources. It has to be enabled in the preferences:
Window->Preferences->Workbench->Label Decorations->CVS
What's more, you can also heavily configure the format of CVS label decorations in:
Window->Preferences->Team->CVS->Label Decorations
You can see what's the status of your CVS controlled resources in the project tree. I'm not quite sure if you can see clearly who's doing what with files. [ Greg Klebus, Java To Go]

Thanks Greg, that is exactly what I wanted. Clearly, I need to spend a little more time RTFM'ing before I shoot off my mouth. And Greg, I've been meaning to tell you that your English is just fine - I would not have noticed that you were not a native speaker if you had not mentioned it.

Hey Perforce, are you reading too? If so, get to work on Eclipse integration. I'd like Eclipse to be as easy to use at work (where we use Perforce) as at home (where I use CVS for Roller). UPDATE: Turns out, there is a Perforce plugin for Eclipse, it is called P4Eclipse.

Eclipse and CVS usability

Comments[0] by Dave in Java

I'm still working with Eclipse and enjoying it. I do find that it gets sluggish at times, usually after I leave it alone for a while, but once it warms back up it is nice and snappy. Still, I have not totally weaned myself from VIM and I am not sure I ever will.

One thing that I find irritating with Eclipse is that it is difficult to figure out what files I have modified in my local work space. Sure, I can do a Syncronize With Repository and get a tree view that shows what files I have modified, but that is rather slow and cumbersome even for a fairly small CVS project like Roller. With WinCVS, I can easily see the files that have been modified as they show up with bright red icons. The WinCVS Flat-Mode is especially useful for this. It would be nice if the Eclipse Resource Perspective could use different icons for files that have been set writable, files have been locally modified, and files that are untouched.

My favorite source code management system Perforce uses change lists. When you check files out you must check them out into change lists. You can use these change lists to organize your work. I might have one change list for "Ekit editor integration" and one for "Admin UI security fixes." It is really easy to see what files you are working on in each change list and what change lists and files your coworkers are working on.

I know that CVS does not support change-lists, but it would be cool if Eclipse would make it easier to see what files you have modified in your local work space and what files your coworkers are editing.

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