Re: Alternative UI of Project Explorer

Jan Becicka <[email protected]> Thu, 22 May 2003 13:18:49 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.netbeans.modules.projects.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Yes, I agree. The only thing I want to say is, that current UI of *java* 
and *non java* source roots is confusing.
See issues
http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=32968
http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=32854

Jan


Tomas Zezula wrote:
> Jan Becicka wrote:
> 
>>> Regarding the separation of Packages and Sources, I have a problem 
>>> understanding the role of the Sources node as such, so I can't comment.
>>>
>>> Petr
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>> I have the same problem. I thought, that packages node is just 
>> different view on sources. But it is not (probably) true. You can 
>> mount sources twice: as a *non java* source root and as a *java* 
>> source root. It is strange and confusing IMHO.
>>
>> Jan 
> 
> 
> Yes, this is true, but this is a bit strange usecase.  If you would have 
> clear logical and physical view over your sources, you don't have a 
> reason why to do this
> and it is a question if it should be even permited.
> Also in the current implementation mounting the source twice is not the 
> preferred way how to do things at least from my point of view.
> You may need to add the parent folder of your java sources, to see e.g. 
> manifest and build.xml, but in this case the java source roots
> are detected and added under the packages node, you don't need to add 
> them yourself.
> I don't see any reasonable usage of mounting something twice, but maybe 
> I overlooked something.
> 
> Tomas
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