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saving eclipse perspective layout and other things

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every time I throw away my .metadata (due to some corruption or something) and start with a new one, first thing I do is:

  1. Import my saved preferences
  2. Load existing projects from disk

BUT there are still some things I must configure manually in order to have my setup as I have before, specially in my case (there are probably other things):

  1. I have to add the Perspectives I use and remove the ones I don't
  2. I have to configure the layout of those Perspectives (specially java one, to use properly two monitors).
  3. Add a bugzilla task repostiry for mylyn, and configure a couple of queries

Is there a way to save those thigns so I can load them back when I need? I wish they were stored in preferences...

I am on latest 3.6.

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Persimmonium Avatar asked May 13 '11 11:05

Persimmonium

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2 Answers

Two solutions :

  1. MENU -> File -> Switch workspace -> Other -> Copy Settings of
    • Workbench Layout
    • Working Sets
  2. Copy/backup and replace following folder to new created Workspace.
    • [workspace]/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/
    • [workspace]/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/

Personally I prefer (2).

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lschin Avatar answered Sep 18 '22 15:09

lschin

As of Eclipse Neon (and possibly Mars, as well), you can copy the following two directories, to share your workbench and settings/preferences amongst your different workspaces:

    [workspace]/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings     [workspace]/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.e4.workbench

(Side Note: The Copy Settings dialog would not work for me, as it wouldn't permit me to select either checkbox.)

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Antonio Malcolm Avatar answered Sep 18 '22 15:09

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