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<h1>Eclipse Project 4.4 M6 - New and Noteworthy</h1>
<p>Here are some of the more noteworthy things available in milestone build M6
(March 7, 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 &gt; 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="#JDT">JDT</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"><div align="left">[ <em>Not available yet</em> ]</div></td>
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<td colspan="2"> <div class="title">Resources</div>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="left">[ <em>Not available yet</em> ]</div></td>
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<td class="title">Experimental Support for WebKit2 added to the SWT Browser</td>
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The SWT Browser now has preliminary support for WebKit2. To try it out, create a browser
widget with style <code>SWT.WEBKIT</code>, and set the environment variable SWT_WEBKIT2
to 1. This is only supported with GTK+ 3.x; if GTK+ 3 is disabled the browser will
fallback to WebKit1.
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<td colspan="2"><div align="left">[ <em>Not available yet</em> ]</div></td>
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<td colspan="2"> <div class="title">Platform UI</div>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="left">[ <em>Not available yet</em> ]</div></td>
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<td colspan="2"> <div class="title">User Assistance</div>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="left">[ <em>Not available yet</em> ]</div></td>
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<td colspan="2"> <div class="title">Platform Text</div>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="left">[ <em>Not available yet</em> ]</div></td>
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<td colspan="2"> <div class="title">Team/CVS</div>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="left">[ <em>Not available yet</em> ]</div></td>
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<td colspan="2"> <div class="title">Compare</div>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="left">[ <em>Not available yet</em> ]</div></td>
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<td colspan="2"> <div class="title">Ant</div>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="left">[ <em>Not available yet</em> ]</div></td>
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<td colspan="2"> <div class="title">Debug</div>
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<td class="title">Updated launch options</td>
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The default preference for the fall-back behavior of context-sensitive launching has been changed to launch the previous application.
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Existing preferences are not affected by this
update, only new workspaces or using the <b>Restore Defaults</b> button on the <b>Run/Debug &gt; Launching</b> preference page are affected.
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<img src="images/launch-options.png" alt="The new default launch options"/>
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<td colspan="2" class="section" id="JDT">JDT</td>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="left">[ <em>Not available yet</em> ]</div></td>
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<td colspan="2" class="section" id="PDE">PDE</td>
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<td class="title">Print debug trace to the standard output stream</td>
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On the <b>Preferences > General > Tracing</b> preference page you can now choose to have the output of debug trace statements
sent to the standard output stream.
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<img src="images/trace-output.png" alt="The tracing preference page with output to standard output stream option"/>
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<td class="title">Products can specify OS/arch system properties</td>
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In the <b>Product Editor</b> you can now add system properties that will only apply to a single OS, a single architecture or a
an OS/architecture combination.
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<img src="images/osarch-systemprops.png" alt="The product editor showing os/arch system properties"/>
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<td class="title">Products can specify OS/arch launch arguments</td>
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In the <b>Product Editor</b> you can now add program and VM arguments to all platforms, a specific operating system or
a specific archicture/OS combination. A preview area shows the complete list of arguments that will apply to the selected
OS and architecture.
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<img src="images/osarch-args.png" alt="The product editor showing os/arch vm arguments"/>
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<td colspan="2" class="section" id="Equinox">Equinox</td>
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<td colspan="2"><div align="left">[ <em>Not available yet</em> ]</div></td>
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<p>The above features are just the ones that are new since the previous milestone
build. Summaries for earlier Luna milestone builds:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/S-4.4M5-201401231600/news/">New for Eclipse Luna milestone build M5 (January 24, 2014)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/S-4.4M4-201312121600/news/">New for Eclipse Luna milestone build M4 (December 13, 2013)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/S-4.4M3-201310302000/news/">New for Eclipse Luna milestone build M3 (November 1, 2013)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/S-4.4M2-201309182000/news/">New for Eclipse Luna milestone build M2 (September 20, 2013)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/S-4.4M1-201308072000/news/">New for Eclipse Luna milestone build M1 (August 9, 2013)</a></li>
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