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Bug 16623

Summary:	Confusion about external tool config dialog
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	John Arthorne <john.arthorne>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Ryan Cooper <ryan_cooper>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	critical
Priority:	P1	CC:	rodrigo, simon_arsenault
Version:	2.0	Keywords:	usability
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 2000
Whiteboard:

Description John Arthorne

2002-05-21 13:08:13 EDT

Build 20020521

A couple of people on the newsgroup found the new external tool configuration 
dialog a bit confusing.  They didn't realize that in the box marked "Tool 
Location" they could give the location of an Ant script file. Perhaps the label 
could be changed to something like:

"Location of Tool or Script File"

or

"Tool or Script File Location"

Maybe the description at the top of the dialog could even mention Ant scripts 
specifically, so that Ant users can link the concept of "External Tool" with the 
Eclipse Ant integration (which isn't so obvious).

Comment 1 Nick Edgar

2002-05-23 11:24:24 EDT

Important to get the labeling right here.

Comment 2 Simon Arsenault

2002-05-29 10:36:33 EDT

I do not see changing the label as a viable solution... The word "script" by 
itself has a specific "domain" meaning which is why we changed to using 
External Tools. If we add the word ant, then people will want other words too 
(like makefile, etc).

We need to come up with another way so users will understand this External Tool 
concept and what is applies to. Maybe a short 1-2 line description at the top 
of the configure dialog is our best option for release 2.0

Comment 3 Simon Arsenault

2002-05-29 16:18:02 EDT

Update the description for both the configure and new/edit dialogs to be more 
specific and refer to Ant build files. Also, in the new/edit dialog, when an 
XML file is specified, the message changes to indicate how to choose the ant 
targets. In build > 2002-05-29