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List:       ivy-user
Subject:    Re: IvyDE and ivysettings.xml files
From:       "Xavier Hanin" <xavier.hanin () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-05-20 15:02:11
Message-ID: 635a05060805200802i14515680l7bb9027c0e2f942a () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Nicolas Lalevée <nicolas.lalevee@hibnet.org>
wrote:

> Le mardi 20 mai 2008, Xavier Hanin a écrit :
> > On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Nicolas Lalevée
> > <nicolas.lalevee@joost.com>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > Le mardi 20 mai 2008, John O'Grady a écrit :
> > > > Forgive me if this is the wrong list for these questions.
> > >
> > > This is the good place ! :)
> > >
> > > > I was wondering if there is some reason that the Eclipse plugin
> (IvyDE)
> > > > will not look for an ivysettings.xml file on a per-project basis, and
> > > > then why the path the plugin is looking for for the ivysettings.xml
> > > > file is not project-rooted?
> > >
> > > There is some usecase where you have a lot of different projects, but
> one
> > > configuration. Then you want to specify absolute path.
> > >
> > > > On that last point, at work we have project-specific ivysettings.xml
> > > > files, and because the plugin looks for that file on a file-system
> > > > basis rather than a project basis, it makes using the plugin with our
> > > > projects impossible, since if we share the Eclipse settings files,
> the
> > > > path for the locations of the ivysettings.xml file may differ per
> > > > developer
> > >
> > > machine.
> > >
> > > First, which version of IvyDE are you using ?
> > >
> > > Then the feature you are talking about should work since the version
> > > 1.1.0.
> > > (IVYDE-25). If it doesn't please open a Jira issue.
> >
> > I use project specific settings every day, and it works like a charm. The
> > syntax is awkward (file://./ivysettings.xml as URL), but you don't see
> this
> > too often. Easing this configuration would be a nice improvement though.
>
> yep, I thought of new scheme, project:, which also should allow to point to
> other project.
> projet://mymasterproject/ivysettings.xml
> projet:///ivysettings.xml => point to "current" project
>
> I think that would be cool if we can also make the UI support that,
> special "browse by project button" and so on.
> I should probably put it into a Jira issue!

Very good ideas! I like 'em!

Xavier


>
> Nicolas
>



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