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Bug 319423 - [Help] org.eclipse.help/HELP_DATA hidden will not remove non-top-level contents
Summary: [Help] org.eclipse.help/HELP_DATA hidden will not remove non-top-level contents
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: User Assistance (show other bugs)
Version: 3.6   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 major with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: platform-ua-inbox CLA
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Whiteboard: stalebug
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Reported: 2010-07-09 14:34 EDT by Jeff Nevicosi CLA
Modified: 2019-11-14 03:16 EST (History)
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Description Jeff Nevicosi CLA 2010-07-09 14:34:33 EDT 
Build ID:  I20100608-0911

1) Create root-level help contents with a format like:

 <toc label="Eclipse documentation">

 <topic label="Workbench basics">
	  <link toc="../org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/toc.xml" /> 
 	<enablement>
 	<with variable="platform">
  	<test property="org.eclipse.core.runtime.isBundleInstalled" args="org.eclipse.platform.doc.user" /> 
  	</with>
  	</enablement>
  </topic>
  
	<topic label="JDT plug-in developer guide">
		<link toc="../org.eclipse.jdt.doc.isv/toc.xml" /> 
	</topic>

</toc>

2) In product plugin's help data, try to remove some of the sublevel contents:

<extensions>
	<tocOrder>
		<toc id="/my.product.plugin/eclipse_doc.xml"/>
	</tocOrder>
	<hidden>
	    <toc id="/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.isv/toc.xml"/>
	</hidden>

</extensions>

"Eclipse Documentation" book still contains the 2 declared subtopics.

Expected result:

"/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.isv/toc.xml" is removed, even though it is not a top-level object.
Comment 1 Ben Margolis CLA 2012-06-02 21:53:55 EDT 
the solution might be to ensure that the top of the helpData.xml file has this entry, including utf-8:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

am not yet sure; but here is the source of the idea:


http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/tree/244546/#page_top
Comment 2 Ben Margolis CLA 2012-06-06 11:08:31 EDT 
did not work.  bummer.
Comment 3 Lars Vogel CLA 2019-11-14 03:16:50 EST 
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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