I think Eclipse can offer a feature to synchronize kinds of configuration, like Chrome and Firefox Sync.
Developers can use their account of eclipse.org to synchronize their installation of plug-ins, preference configuration and even more. Kane On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Daniel Megert <daniel_meg...@ch.ibm.com>wrote: > We can definitely do better as mentioned in several comments already. Just > wanted to mention — though not very user-friendly — there is a mechanism > that allows to set most preferences (those that appear in the preference > dialog) per install(s): > > eclipse[c].exe -pluginCustomization <path to plugin_customization.ini > file> > > where the file contains the preferences [1]. See e.g. * > https://bugs.eclipse.org/287579* <https://bugs.eclipse.org/287579> for an > example on how to set the encoding and the line separator per install. > > Dani > > [1] * > http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.common.git/plain/bundles/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html > *<http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.common.git/plain/bundles/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html> > > > From: Henrik <h...@protos.de> > To: Cross project issues <cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org> > Date: 15.07.2013 18:45 > Subject: [cross-project-issues-dev] Preferences (topic was touched > in "Eclipse smells kind of dead" thread) > Sent by: cross-project-issues-dev-boun...@eclipse.org > ------------------------------ > > > > Hi all, > > I know that preferences can be imported/exported. > Yet I find it a bit cumbersome to care about that every time I create a > new workspace. > > Wouldn't it make sense to have preferences arranged in several layers > similar to git: system/user/workspace? > > Also I could imagine to offer a web page with collections of preference > settings. > They could be ordered in categories (maybe aligned to the packaged Eclipse > installations). > And we could offer a possibility for users to cast their vote to be able > to rank the settings. > > -Henrik > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev > >
_______________________________________________ cross-project-issues-dev mailing list cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev
