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Bug 496173

Summary:	[Docs] command line option -perspective
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	py e4 <py.foucou>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Patrik Suzzi <psuzzi>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	P3	CC:	psuzzi
Version:	4.5.2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	All
See Also:	https://git.eclipse.org/r/75550 https://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.common.git/commit/?id=2a3c6f1849e162e9732fb62a7adbb7a699eae787
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Description py e4

2016-06-15 08:39:26 EDT

doesn't seem to work properly.

the only effect seems to switch to "Java (default)"
  eclipse -perspective xx

and for example the following don't switch to Debug perspective :(
  eclipse -perspective Debug
  eclipse -perspective debug

(no errr msg)
(tested on Luna or Mars linux 64b)

Comment 1 py e4

2016-06-20 04:55:45 EDT

after more tries, ended up to have it working with the proper ids,
thanks to https://imranfanaswala.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/getting-the-perspectiveid-for-perspectives-in-eclipse/

so, would suggest to add a note in the command line args documentation, and also an error/warning msg if the perspective id does not exist.

Comment 2 Patrik Suzzi

2016-06-20 05:56:50 EDT

Closing as worksforme, as this info is in API docs.

As example, If you search for "Eclipse API ID for the JDT perspective", 
in the first results, you'll find the API Page that shows the ID_PERSPECTIVE

http://help.eclipse.org/mars/topic/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/JavaUI.html

Please, re-open if you think this information can be conveniently summarized into a specific wiki page. 

Thanks for reporting

Comment 3 py e4

2016-06-20 06:58:33 EDT

thanks for the tips.

from a user pt of view, should be also explict there, no ?
http://help.eclipse.org/juno/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Freference%2Fmisc%2Fruntime-options.html

Comment 4 Patrik Suzzi

2016-06-20 09:19:43 EDT

Thanks, good point! Let me try to fix this.

Comment 5 Eclipse Genie

2016-06-20 09:21:18 EDT

New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/75550

Comment 6 Eclipse Genie

2016-06-28 10:48:33 EDT

Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/75550 was merged to [master].
Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.common.git/commit/?id=2a3c6f1849e162e9732fb62a7adbb7a699eae787