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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 |
| 4.5 M1 (August 8, 2014) |
| which is now available for <a href="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/" target="_top">download</a>. |
| <br/> |
| 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="#JDT">JDT</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#PDE">PDE</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#Platform">Platform</a></li> |
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| <td class="title">Improved rename & copy resource dialogs</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Rename Resource</b> dialog on resource files now pre-selects the file name without the extension. |
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| <img src="images/rename-resource.png" alt=""/> |
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| When you copy/paste (<b>Ctrl+C</b> / <b>Ctrl+V</b>) a file onto itself to create a duplicate, |
| the proposed new name is now just the old name followed by the digit 2 (or 3, etc., if that name is already taken). |
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| <img src="images/resource-paste-conflict.png" alt=""/> |
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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> |
| <td class="content"> |
| 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. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/product-preferences.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| A wizard allows you to |
| control which files to use for generating the preference defaults. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/product-convert-preferences.png" alt=""/> |
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| <td class="title">Category editor can specify additional update repositories</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| 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=""/> |
| </p> |
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| <tr id="category-download-statistics"> |
| <td class="title">Category editor can define download statistics</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| 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=""/> |
| </p> |
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| <td colspan="2" class="section" id="Platform">Platform</td> |
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| <td class="title">New Ant icons</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The icons in Ant have been updated with some very nice new <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=426306">PNG versions</a>. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/ant-icons.png" alt="Some of the new Ant images"/> |
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| <td class="title">New stepFilters extension point</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The new <b>stepFilters</b> extension point allows clients to provide new step filters for existing debug models without having to extend those models. |
| <p> |
| To use the new extension point, clients will require a dependency on <code>org.eclipse.debug.core</code>. Clients can then access any contributed step filters |
| using the new API: <code>org.eclipse.debug.core.DebugPlugin.getStepFilters(String)</code>. |
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| <p> |
| An example of the new extension point: |
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| <pre> |
| <extension point="org.eclipse.debug.core.stepFilters"> |
| <stepFilter |
| class="com.example.ExampleStepFilter" |
| modelIdentifier="com.example.debug.model"> |
| </stepFilter> |
| </extension> |
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| <td class="title">Word wrap in the Console</td> |
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| A new formatting option has been contributed to the <b>Console</b> view for all I/O consoles: <b>Word Wrap</b>. |
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| The new option is available on the Console view toolbar and in the content popup menu within the Console view. |
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| <img src="images/word-wrap.png" alt="The new word wrap toolbar and popup menu command"/> |
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