#5 Manually select build files

[Jason Boutwell]

While the automatic detection of build files is
certainly a nice feature, it would be equally as nice
(more so, in my case ;-) to be able to manually specify
the build files that AntView will render.

In my case (and many others I'm sure), I have a
motherload of build files under my Eclipse directory,
and that makes for quite a clutter in the AntView.

This is the mechanism that IntelliJ IDEA Ant
integration uses, and it is quite intuitive. Just a
thought.

Great job on the plugin! Its an excellent and very
important tool!

-- Jason

[Roscoe Rush]

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There are currently two filtering mechanisms in AntView;
1) specify custom build file name
2) display targets with description attribute only.

At this time, I'd rather not track projects individually. If you
have a suggestion for a filter, I'll take a shot at that.
Currently, we have the project name, default target and
basedir to work with in the project tag.

Thanks for the input.
Roscoe

[Jason Boutwell]

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Filtering by project name would be great. It would be really
great if there were a "Filter By" drop down menu on the view
that allowed the user to switch filters on the fly.

-- Jason

[Jason Boutwell]

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To be more clear, I mean a menu similar, albeit simpler, to
the filter menu in the Eclipse Tasks view, where a user
could change what he is filtering by without having to go
into the Eclipse preferences. Having a regexp <contains>
(like Tasks) for project name and description would be
really peachy, and give much more flexiblity to reduce the
clutter.

[Roscoe Rush]

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Ok, I think I got it. Currently, my working feature priority list
is:

1) user properties
2) open build file in editor view
3) build file (project tag) filter

this list is flexible depending on user feedback.