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| <h1>Tracing</h1> |
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| <img src="../images/tracing_preferences.png" alt="Tracing preference page" border="0"> |
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| <p>The <a class="command-link" |
| href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.trace.tracingPage)")'> |
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| <strong>General > Tracing</strong></a> preference page allows you to modify the tracing options of plug-ins dynamically.</p> |
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| <p>Plug-ins may provide OSGi tracing options that write out additional logging information when the appropriate flag is set. You |
| can set tracing options using a <em>.options</em> file. However, any changes to the flags require a restart.</p> |
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| <p>If a plug-in supports changing tracing options dynamically (without restarting) they will be listed on this preference page. The |
| changes will be made once <strong>OK</strong> is pressed.</p> |
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| <p>The <strong>Tracing output</strong> settings allow more control over where tracing messages are put. A different output file |
| can be chosen. A new file will be created each time the plug-in is started. If the maximum number of trace files stored has been |
| reached, the oldest file will be deleted. Setting a maximum trace file size prevents excessively large log files from being created.</p> |
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| <p>Not all plug-ins will write their trace messages to the output file. Some plug-ins instead write to console output or |
| perform other tasks.</p> |
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