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| <h1>Eclipse Project 4.5 M1 - New and Noteworthy</h1> |
| <p>Here are some of the more noteworthy things available in milestone build M1 |
| (August 8, 2014) which is now available for <a href="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/" target="_top">download</a>. |
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| We also recommend to read the Tips and Tricks, either via <b>Help > Tips and Tricks...</b> or online for |
| <a href="http://help.eclipse.org/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tips/platform_tips.html">Platform</a>, |
| <a href="http://help.eclipse.org/topic/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/tips/jdt_tips.html">JDT</a>, and |
| <a href="http://help.eclipse.org/topic/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/tips/pde_tips.htm">PDE</a>. |
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| <li><a href="#Platform">Platform</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#PDE">PDE</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#Equinox">Equinox</a></li> |
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| <td colspan="2" class="section" id="Platform">Platform</td> |
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| <td colspan="2" class="section" id="PDE">PDE</td> |
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| <td class="title">Products can set default preference values</td> |
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| In the <b>Product Editor</b> you can now use an Eclipse Preferences File ("*.epf") to |
| generate the default preference settings in the product's customization file. |
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| <img src="images/product-preferences.png" alt=""/> |
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| A wizard allows you to |
| control which files to use for generating the preference defaults. |
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| <img src="images/product-convert-preferences.png" alt=""/> |
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| <td class="title">Category editor can specify additional update repositories</td> |
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| In the <b>Category Manifest Editor</b> you can now specify additional update repositories that should be |
| referenced by the generated update repository. These additional repositories will be searched for |
| content whenever the generated repository receives a request for content. |
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| <img src="images/category-repositories.png" alt=""/> |
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| <td class="title">Category editor can define download statistics</td> |
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| In the <b>Category Manifest Editor</b> you can now specify a download statistics server that should |
| be used to collect download statistics about your product. You can also specify which features and/or |
| bundles should be used to collect download information. |
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| <img src="images/category-download-statistics.png" alt=""/> |
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