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= Introduction =
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For '''tutorials and articles on using Mylyn''' refer to the '''[http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/start/ Get Started]''' page.  The role of this document is to document the key Mylyn features and is not intended as a tutorial.
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Mylyn is a task-focused interface for Eclipse that makes working with very large workspaces as easy as working with small ones.  Mylyn extends Eclipse with mechanisms for keeping track of the tasks that you work on. A task is defined as any unit of work that you want to recall or share with others, such as a bug reported by a user or a note to yourself about improving a feature. You can store tasks locally in your workspace, or they can come from one or more task repositories. To connect to a task repository, you must have a connector that supports that repository. (A task repository is a bug/ticket/issue tracker such as Bugzilla, Trac, JIRA, and [http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Mylyn/Extensions others]).
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Once your tasks are integrated, Mylyn monitors your work activity on those tasks to identify information relevant to the task-at-hand.  Mylyn monitors Eclipse and captures your interaction in a task context. System artifacts such as files, types, methods, and fields get assigned a degree-of-interest based on how recently and frequently you interact with them.  This results in uninteresting elements being filtered from view within Eclipse, allowing you to focus in on what is important.  From this, Mylyn creates a task context, which is the set of all artifacts related to your task. These can include methods you have edited, APIs you have referred to, and documents you have browsed. Mylyn uses this task context to focus the Eclipse UI on interesting information, hide what's uninteresting, and automatically find what's related. Having the information you need to get your work done at your fingertips improves your productivity by reducing the time you spend searching, scrolling, and navigating. By making task context explicit, Mylyn also facilitates multitasking, planning, reusing past efforts, and sharing expertise.
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== Shortcuts ==
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<b>&nbsp;Task List view</b>
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<ul>
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<li><code>Ctrl+C</code>: copy taks/query URL and description</li>
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<li><code>Ctrl+F</code>: find</li>
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<li><code>Insert</code>: new personal task</li>
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<li><code>F5</code>: synchronize selected</li>
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<li>When dragging URLs to the Task List: in Mozilla/Firefox just drag, in Internet Explorer <code>Ctrl+drag</code></li>
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</ul>
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<b>&nbsp;General</b>
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<li><code>Alt+click</code> or <code>Alt+RightArrow</code>: show all children of an element in a focused view, then click to select. Hold down alt to keep drilling in, click on whitespace in view to show all root elements.</li>
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<li><code>Ctrl+Shift+Alt+RightArrow</code> Quick Context View</li>
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<li><code>Ctrl+F9</code>: activate task dialog</li>
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<li><code>Ctrl+Shift+F9</code>: deactivate task</li>
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<li><code>Ctrl+F12</code>: open task dialog</li>
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<li><code>Ctrl+Shift+F12</code>: open repository task dialog</li>
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<b>&nbsp;Interest manipulation</b>
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<li><code>Ctrl+Shift+Up</code>: mark as landmark</li>
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<li><code>Ctrl+Shift+Down</code>: mark less interesting</li>
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<b>&nbsp;Useful Eclipse shortcuts</b>
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<li><code>Alt+Shift+Q, K</code>: show ''Task List'' view</li>
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<li><code>Ctrl+F10</code>: invoke view menu or ruler menu in editor</li>
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== UI Legend ==
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Open the live ''UI Legend'' via ''Task List -> view menu -> Show UI Legend''
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[[Image:mylyn-ui-legend.gif]]
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= Installation =
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* [http://eclipse.org/mylyn/dl.php Mylyn download page]
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* [[Mylyn/FAQ#Installation | Installation FAQ]]
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The recommended way to install Mylyn is from inside Eclipse (These instructions are for the old Update Manager Eclipse 3.3):
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# Select ''Help->Software Updates->Find and Install''.
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# Select ''Search for new features to install'' and select ''Next''.
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# Select ''New Remote Site''.
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# Enter "Mylyn" for the name and insert the download site given on the [http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/dl.php Mylyn downloads page].  The URL should end up as something similar to <code>http://download.eclipse.org/tools/mylyn/update/eX.Y.</code> where X.Y is the Eclipse release number.
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## Eclipse 3.2: <code>http://download.eclipse.org/tools/mylyn/update/e3.2</code>
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## Eclipse 3.3: <code>http://download.eclipse.org/tools/mylyn/update/e3.3</code>
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## Eclipse 3.4: <code>http://download.eclipse.org/tools/mylyn/update/e3.4</code> (probably)
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# Select ''OK''.
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# Make sure there is a check in the ''Mylyn'' box, and select ''Finish''.
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# Put a check in the box next to ''Mylyn''.  If you don't mind downloading some stuff you don't need, go ahead and select ''Next''.  Otherwise, expand the ''Mylyn'' line (by clicking on the disclosure triangle) and select what you want.  We recommend downloading the ''Task List'', the ''Focused UI'', and connectors appropriate to the bug repository that you use -- Bugzilla, Trac, or Jira.  (Note that to download Jira, you need both the core and the connector.)  You can download Mylyn without a bug repository, but it won't be as interesting an experience. If you download the Focused UI you will want to also choose the Bridge appropraite to the content you work with. Most developers will want to include all bridges provided.
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# Read the license agreements, accept or decline as appropriate, and either select ''Next'' (if you accept) or ''Cancel'' (if you do not accept). 
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# You will see a list of features and where to install them.  If the default installation directory is fine, select ''Finish''.
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'''Optional Extras'''
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There are optional Mylyn extras available at a separate update site: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/mylyn/update/extras. This update site includes projects still in incubation. As of writing this update site includes the JIRA Connector, the Generic Issue Tracker Connector, and UI Usage Reporting facility.
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= Task List =
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== Icon Legend ==
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Open the UI Legend via the Task List view menu button located next to minimize button in top right corner of Task List view)
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== Task Creation ==
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There are several ways to create new tasks:
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* ''Task List'' toolbar item
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* ''Task List'' context menu, which contains a new ''Local Task'' action that will create local tasks without briging up repository selection.  Shortcut is the Ins key, if available.
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* ''File -> New'' or Alt+Shift+N, T (note that you may need to reset your perspective to have ''Task'' and ''Query'' automatically appear in the Alt+Shift+N menu).
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== Incoming Changes ==
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A blue arrow indicates that a task has changed in the repository. To quickly review the differences since the task was last read hover over the task or press F4 to display a tooltip.
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To filter the task list to incoming changes and tasks scheduled for this week use the Focus on Workweek button in the toolbar. Another way to quickly find tasks with incoming changes is to use Alt+down in the Task List which jumps to the next task with an incoming change.
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In addition the UI Experiments feature that is part of the Mylyn incubator contributes a task list presentation that only shows tasks with incoming changes.
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== Scheduling ==
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* A soft date intended for personal scheduling and can be easily deferred as priorities change.  Intended to be the date that you plan to start working on the task.
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* Once a task hits its start date it will turn red, indicating that the task should be activated and worked on.
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* If you schedule a task for ''Today'' it will turn blue instead of red and be scheduled for the end of your workday, as specified in ''Preferences -> Task List''.  This is to help avoid needing to reschedule tasks throughout the workday.  At the end of the workday tasks will turn red.
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* When you schedule a task for "today" it will be scheduled for the
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''Due Date''
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* A hard date he date that the task has to be completed by.  This is hard date and often related to external constraints such as deadlines.
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* If shared task repositories or calendaring tools are used due dates are synchronized in order to be visible to other team members.
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* A task with a due date has a small clock overlay that is blue before the date and red after.
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== Weekly Progress ==
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When in ''Focus on Workweek'' mode (right-most toolbar button), the Task List will show a JUnit-style progress bar which indicates progress on the tasks scheduled for that week.  Each task that is scheduled for the week but not yet completed adds to the bar.  A task completed by you adds to the green progress in the bar.  Deferring a task to a future week will also add to the apparent progress because it will remove the task from the current week.  Mousing over the bar will indicate details about your progress, such as the number of tasks and hours completed.  To avoid the need for manual estimation by default every task is estimated for 1 hour, but if you have longer or shorter running tasks that week you can adjust the estimate in the task editor's ''Planning'' page to ensure that the progress bar is accurate. 
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Note that when in ''Focus on Workweek'' mode the ''Task List'' will show each of the tasks scheduled for this week.  However, overdue tasks and those with incoming changes will also show, making the number of tasks visible not be a reliable indicator of progress on the tasks planned for the week.
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[[Image:Weekly-progress.gif]]
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== Progress for Categories ==
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Categories show progress for the number of completed tasks. 
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[[Image:Progress-categories.gif]]
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== Incoming Changes ==
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All comments added since your last reading of a repository task will be automatically expanded when a task with incoming changes is opened.  Incoming changes are retrieved with the background synchronization to avoid waiting for the server when opening.  Note that a background synchronization is still kicked off upon opening in case changes came in since the last scheduled synchronization.  Repository tasks can be explicitly marked as read or unread.
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[[Image:Incoming-changes.gif]]
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== Open Repository Task dialog ==
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For tasks not available on ''Task List'' view, there is a ''Open Repository Task'' dialog (<code>Ctrl+Shift+F12</code>). On this case, the task can be opened by informing its ID and repository. This way the task will be retrieved from repository without being added to task list.
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Optionally, you can add the remote task to task list, by checking the ''Add to Task List category'' option and informing the category where it will be inserted.
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== Task List backup and restore ==
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'''Where does Mylyn keep the task list?'''
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By default Mylyn keeps your task list in <workspace>/.mylyn/tasklist.xml.zip.  You can change this in the Mylyn Task List preferences (''Window -> Preferences -> Mylyn -> Task List -> Task Data'').
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'''Where does Mylyn keep the task list backups?'''
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By default, Mylyn keeps the task list backups in the <code><workspace>/.mylyn/backup</code> folder.
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The location of this file, as well as backup scheduling, can be changed in ''Preferences -> Mylyn -> Tasks'' in the ''Task Data -> Backup'' section.
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'''How do I restore my task list from a backup?'''
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Task and context data can be restored from a backup snapshot zip file via  ''File -> Import -> Mylyn Task Data''.  By default backup snapshots are taken daily and kept for 30 days.
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[[Image:Tasklist-restore.gif]]
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'''Can I create manual backups?'''
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Yes. Use ''File -> Import/Export ->  Mylyn Task Data''. 
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[[Image:mylar-tasklist-backup.gif]]
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'''Note:'''  uninstalling a connector will cause all of the queries and tasks of that kind to disappear from the Task List, but if you reinstall that connector they will reappear.
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'''If the Task List is blank''', either Mylyn failed to install or update, or there was a problem reading the Task List.  By default Mylyn keeps your Task List in <code><workspace>/.mylyn/tasklist.xml</code>.  If you move workspaces, and have not changed the Mylyn data directory via the ''Task List'' preference page, the new location will be used when Eclipse restarts (hit ''Restore Defaults'' on that page to copy tasks back to the default location).  If your tasks disappear due to to a bug you can check the <code>.mylyn</code> folder for a <code>tasklist-backup.xml</code> file, which will contain the previously-saved list.
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== Keybindings ==
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{|
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| F5 || synchronize
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| Alt + Down || go to next unread
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| Alt + Shift + R || mark as read
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| Alt + Shift + U || mark as unread
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== Reviewing Tasks ==
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The task list has been carefully designed to support reviewing tasks.  Task reviewing is best done by configuring a query to show the tasks that you want to review.  Once the tasks are displayed in the task list they can be reviewed one at a time by scrolling through them using the keyboard up/down arrows.  The task tooltip should provide enough detail to do a review and will display information relevant to the currently selected task. 
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To edit the selected task press the enter key, use Ctrl+Enter to open the task in the background. To quickly jump to the next unread task hold down the Alt-key when pressing up or down. To mark a task as read while navigating use Alt+shift+up/down.
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= Task Repositories and Editors =
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== Task Repository Integration ==
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Task repositories are easy to add, and can be named via the ''Task Repositories'' view.  An icon decoration indicates the repository type.  A task repository can be associated with a project, enabling it to be used for actions such as resolving bug hyperlinks.  '''Note:''' you do not need to associate all of your projects with repositories after updating, since you will be prompted to do this when the associate is needed.
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[[Image:Task-repository-integration.gif]]
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After the Task Repository has been setup and associated with a project, you need to create a new query against that repository to pull down the task list.
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See [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-mylyn1/#repositories Task-focused programming with Mylyn, Part 1], Querying a repository.
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== Opening a Repository Task ==
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The recommended way to access repository tasks is with ''Queries''.  For example, you can add a query for every task assigned to you and every task that you are CC'd on.  However, sometimes you may know a particular task key or ID, and want to access it without creating or modifying a query. 
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The quickest way to do this is to enter the task's key into the ''Find'' box in the ''Task List''.  You will immediately see whether this task is already in your ''Task List''.  If not, click the ''Search repository for key or or summary, and then simply hit <code>Enter</code> once the Search dialog comes up. 
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[[Image:MylynSearchById.png]]
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=== Synchronizing All Tasks ===
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The ''Search for Duplicates'' button on the ''New Repository Task'' editor encourages and facilitates finding similar bug reports before creating a new one.  Potential duplicates are displayed in the Search view which can be used to open a bug and comment or vote if a duplicate is found.  The current duplicate detection mechanism uses stack traces, either automatically inserted by the ''Report as Bug'' mechanism, or manually pasted into the ''Description'' area.  All descriptions and comments of bugs on the corresponding repository are included in the search.
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[[Image:Automatic-duplicate-detection.gif]]
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== Submitting Contexts ==
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[[Image:Submitting-contexts.gif]]
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== Repository task attachments ==
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[[Image:Repository-task-attachments.gif]]
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== Automatically toggle focus on navigator views ==
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[[Image:Auto-appy-mylar.gif]]
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== Working Set integration ==
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== Focus the Java Browsing Perspective views ==
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The leftmost toolbar button visible in the image below will toggle focus on the ''Packages'', ''Types'' and ''Members'' views of the ''Java Browsing Perspective''.
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[[Image:Mylar-java-browsing.gif]]
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== Open Task dialog ==
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[[Image:Open-task-dialog.gif]]
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[[Image:Report-bugs-error-log.gif]]
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= Team Support =
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== Configuring the Synchronize view for change sets ==
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[[Image:mylar-changesets-subclipse.gif]]
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* '''Note:''' if you have enabled the ''models'' mode, but do not see the overlay icon visible in the screenshot below, it is because you are using an old non-models based synchronization.  Old synchronizations are not updated automatically when you switch modes so you must create a new one.
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[[Image:mylar-changesets-model-based.gif]]
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== Automatic change sets ==
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== Automatic commit messages ==
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[[Image:mylar-commit-tempates.gif]]
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== Working with patches ==
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[[Image:synchronize-view-add.gif]]
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= Task Repository Connectors =
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Mylyn allows you to collaborate on tasks via a shared task repository, also known as bug tracking systems.  In order to collaborate, you need to have a '''Connector''' to your particular repository.
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Presently [[#Bugzilla_Connector|Bugzilla]], [[#JIRA_Connector|JIRA]], and [[#Trac_Connector|Trac]] are supported. To connect to unsupported repositories, see [[#Generic_Web_Repository_Connector| Generic Web Repository Connectors]]. '''Also''', be sure to  [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=anywordssubstr&short_desc=%5Bconnector%5D&product=Mylyn&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= vote for your favourite Connector] to see it supported earlier, or [http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/bugs.php create a new bug] if your issue tracker is not listed.
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== Bugzilla Connector ==
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Once Mylyn is installed there are a few steps involved to get up and running.
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* To access tasks (reports/issues) on a repository such as Bugzilla you must first set up a ''Task Repository''
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** Navigate to ''Window -> Show View -> Other -> Mylyn -> Task Repositories'' to open the ''Task Repositories'' view. Task Repositories view can also be launched via the Task List view menu.
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** Launch the add repository wizard by pressing the add repository button located in the view's toolbar [[Image:Mylar-add-repository.png]].
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** The first page of this wizard asks for the type of repository you wish to connect to (if you have installed multiple connectors). Select ''Bugzilla'' for example and press the ''Next'' button.
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** On the second page you can enter the repository's address and your login credentials. After filling in these details, press the ''Validate'' button to ensure the repository exists and your login credentials are valid. Once the settings validate you can finish the wizard. The repository you added will be shown in the ''Task Repositories'' view.
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[[Image:Mylar-repository-configuration.jpg|Repository Configuration]]
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* Once the repository has been created, you may add queries to the Task List.
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** In the ''Task List'' view right click anywhere in the list pane and select ''New Query'' from the context menu.
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** Choose the repository you added in the previous steps.
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** Enter query title and search criteria and then press ''Finish''.
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** A query with the title you gave will appear in the Task List and will synchronize with the remote repository. If the query has hits they will appear within the query folder you've created.
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** Double click to open a hit. Double click on the query to edit the query parameters.
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** Click on the lightly shaded button (left of task icon) in the Task List to activate the task. Click again to deactivate.
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See also [[Mylyn/FAQ#Bugzilla_Connector| Bugzilla Connector Troubleshooting]].
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=== Bugzilla Tasks ===
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* If the Bugzilla task's severity is "major", "blocker", or "critical", the task icon in the Task List will be decorated with a red dot.
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* If the Bugzilla task's severity is "enhancement" the task icon in the Task List will be decorated with a green triangle.
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* Tasks will be colored green in the task list if they were resolved today and are owned by you. Unfortuantely Bugzilla does not have a notion of a completion date so we simply check the last comment timestamp and assume it to be the completion date (see {{bug|215342}}).
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=== Tips for server administrators ===
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Mylyn periodically checks config.cgi to retrieve the repository configuration.
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On Eclipse.org this resulted in heavy CPU Load for the regeneration and a big surge in band width use.
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* This configuration seldom changes so can be cached and served from a file instead of being regenerated every time.  While the size of this file tends to be small when hosting less than a dozen projects, it can be large on repositories holding large numbers of projects, e.g. 900K on bugs.eclipse.org.
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* Generated bugzilla output contains a lot of unnecessary whitespace which can be trimmed before caching. For bugs.eclipse.org this reduces the file to about <em>660K</em>.
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* The remaining file contains a lot of redundancy so can be gzipped for further reduction.  On bugs.eclipse.org this leaves about ''28K'', a considerable saving.
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Mylyn has been modified to accept gzip encoding on all requests, and will do content negotiation. See [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=205708 bug 205708].
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'''To add caching for your Bugzilla repository:'''
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* Change the name of config.cgi to config-stock.cgi and get the caching code in a new config.cgi.
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* The current version of this caching config.cgi script is hosted at:
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  via CVS: :pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/technology/org.eclipse.phoenix/infra-scripts/bugzilla/
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  or: http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/org.eclipse.phoenix/infra-scripts/bugzilla/?root=Technology_Project
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* Modifications on this script are followed on [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=205416 bug 205416]
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== Trac Connector ==
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The Trac connector offers two access methods:
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* '''Trac 0.9 and later''': In this mode the standard Trac web interface is used for repository access. Tickets may be created and edited through a web browser.
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* '''XML-RPC Plugin''' (Trac trunk): This requires the latest revision (1175) of the [http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/XmlRpcPlugin XmlRpcPlugin] for Trac to be enabled for the accessed repository. The XmlRpcPlugin provides a remote interface to the Trac repository and is distributed separately from Trac (see [http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/217 #217]). Currently, Trac and the XmlRpcPlugin need to be installed from source. See these [http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/XmlRpcPlugin#Installation install instructions] for requirements and documentation. See [http://nil.checksite.co.uk/post.cfm/trac-0-11-and-mylyn here for additional instructions].
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The Trac connector integrates Trac queries into the Task List. If you do not know your Trac repository version use the ''Automatic'' setting and click ''Validate Settings''.
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'''New Task Editor'''
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A rich editor for creating new Trac tasks is available for repositories that use XML-RPC (see the  [http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Mylyn_FAQ FAQ] for XML-RPC configuration instructions).
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[[Image:Trac-editor-new.gif]]
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'''Rich Editor, Attachments and Offline support'''
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The Trac connector supports the rich task editor.  Attributes and comments can be viewed and edited offline, synchronization is done in the background, and attachments can be posted and retrieved. 
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Task Context attachments are supported via the context menu actions in the Task List.  This support requires the Trac XML-RPC plug-in to be enabled and the integration will fall back to the web mode if it is not, (see:  [http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Mylyn_FAQ#Trac_Connector_troubleshooting Trac Connector troubleshooting]).
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[[Image:Trac-editor.gif]]
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== JIRA Connector ==
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See [http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRAEXT/Mylyn this page] for install instructions and additional screen shots. Note that the Mylyn JIRA connector requires at least JIRA version 3.3.3 and SOAP/RPC services have to be enabled on the server.
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<b>Rich Editor</b>
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The JIRA connector provides a rich editor, offline editing, and change notifications.
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[[Image:Jira-editor.gif]]
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<b>Search Integration</b>
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Searching through JIRA repositories is integrated with the ''Search'' dialog.
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[[Image:Jira-search.gif]]
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<b>Query</b>
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The JIRA query dialog has been streamlined into a single page.  Date range queries are now supported.
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[[Image:Jira-query.gif]]
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See also [[Mylyn_FAQ#JIRA_Connector_troubleshooting|JIRA Connector Troubleshooting]].
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==  Generic Web Repository Connector ==
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The generic web repository connector is NOT part of the default Mylyn install. You can install it from a separate extras update site. See [http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/downloads/ Mylyn download page] for more details.
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The web connector allow to retrieve tasks from repositories that don't have rich connectors, but can show list of tasks on the web UI. Out of the box connector provides configuration templates for the following issue tracking systems:
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* Google Code Hosting (<code>code.google.com</code>)
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* IssueZilla (<code>java.net, dev2dev, tigris.org</code>)
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* GForge (<code>objectweb.org</code>)
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* SourceForge (<code>sf.net</code>), see [[Using Sourceforge with Mylyn]]
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* Mantis (<code>www.futureware.biz/mantis</code>)
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* ChangeLogic (<code>changelogic.araneaframework.org</code>)
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* OTRS (<code>otrs.org</code>)
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* phpBB
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* vBulletin
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Lists of issues can be extracted from existing web pages using simple parsing configuration. Configuration can be also parametrized to make it easier to customize it for a specific project.
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The parameters used for configuring project properties are typically substituted into the URLs used to access the repository. Substitution and matching rules can be edited under the ''Advanced Configuration'' section on both the ''Repository Settings'' page and the ''Edit Query'' page.
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See [[Mylyn/FAQ#Generic_Web_Repository_Connector|FAQ]] for the troubleshooting tips.
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'''For example''', consider the configuration steps for GlassFish project at <code>java.net</code>:
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'''1.''' Create new Generic web-based repository (in the Task Repository view). GlassFish is using IssueZilla and has a preconfigured template that can be selected by server url ''https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues''. You can also specify all fields manually in the ''Advanced Configuration'' section. For GlassFish the following settings are required:
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* Task URL: <code>${serverUrl}/show_bug.cgi?id=</code>
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* New Task URL: <code>${serverUrl}/enter_bug.cgi?issue_type=DEFECT</code>
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* Query URL: <code>${serverUrl}/buglist.cgi?component=glassfish&issue_status=NEW&issue_status=STARTED&issue_status=REOPENED&order=Issue+Number</code>
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* Query Pattern: <code><nowiki><a href="show_bug.cgi\?id\=(.+?)">.+?<span class="summary">(.+?)</span></nowiki></code>
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:'''Note:''' ''Query Pattern'' field should be a <code>regexp</code> with 1st matching group on ''Issue ID'' and 2nd on ''Issue Description''. Alternatively, you could use named matching groups: ({Id}.+?), ({Description}.+?), ({Status}.+?), ({Owner}.+?) and ({Type}.+?), then they can appear in query <code>regexp</code> in an arbitrary order. The second option requires build 2.0.0v20070717 or later.
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:'''Note:''' the above fields are using parameter substitution <code>${..}</code>. Variables <code>serverUrl, userId</code> and <code>password</code> are substituted from the values of corresponding fields of the repository preference page. In addition you can specify any arbitrary parameters and their values that will be also substituted into the template fields.
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:'''Note:''' the SourceForge template included with connector assume that ''single repository is used for all projects''. User should create multiple queries, and set project parameters at the query level. Because web connector don't support actions like "open repository task" there is really no need to create separate repositories per project and if you think about it that is how it work for connectors for Bugzilla and JIRA. However, it is still possible to setup separate repository per project using repository url like <nowiki>http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=172199</nowiki> and accordingly updating derived urls is the advanced repository settings.
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'''For the web repository that require user to login, use advanced configuration in following way.'''
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<i>This configuration is for GForge, you might need to change it for other repositories</i>:
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* Login Request URL - an address that form is using to submit login request: <code>${serverUrl}/account/login.php?return_to=&form_loginname=${userId}&form_pw=${password}&login=Login '''(POST)'''</code>
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* Login Form URL - an address where login form is located ''(only needed if server need a login token in the parameters of the Login Request URL)'': <code>${serverUrl}/account/login.php</code>
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* Login Token Pattern - pattern to extract value of the <code>loginToken</code> parameter from the form page ''(only needed if server need a login token in the parameters of the Login Request URL and Login Form URL is specified)'': <code>session_ser=(.+?)</code>
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'''2.''' Create a new query for the GlassFish task repository created above (either from popup context menu in the Task List view or using a "New..." wizard from File -> New... -> Other... menu).
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*''Query URL'' and ''Query Pattern'' in the ''Repository Preferences'' are used as default query parameters and can be overwritten in ''Advanced Configuration'' section in ''Query Preferences''. Custom parameter values can also be overridden here as well as new parameters for substitution into the specific query.
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*In the ''Advanced Configuration'' section of the "New Query" dialog, there is a "Preview" button. You can use it to test your query pattern.
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[[Image:Generic-web-repository-settings.gif]]
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== XPlanner Connector ==
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The XPlanner connector is currently in the Experimental state.  It supports XPlanner version .7.
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'''Query'''
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XPlanner Connector supports creating queries from your XPlanner repository.  You can select to create a query for your own in progress tasks (the default), or select projects or iterations or user stories from a list.  You can also select ones assigned to you, or all.  Currently you can choose to group the results by tasks or user stories.  If you group the results by tasks, this will result in a single query with the applicable tasks underneath it.  If you choose to group the results by user stories, this will result in multiple queries added to the task list, each one corresponding to a user story, with the applicable tasks underneath it:
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[[Image:XPlannerQuery.jpg]]
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'''Task Editor'''
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A rich editor for editing XPlanner tasks is available.  It currently doesn't support all of the attributes you can change in XPlanner itself, but allows you to modify the basic ones necessary for XP development -- e.g. summary, description, estimated time. The attributes section of the editor displays an XPlanner-like view of the meaningful attributes, some of which are not editable.
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[[Image:XPlannerTaskEditor.gif]]
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'''User Story Editor'''
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If you open an XPlanner element by id, using the "Open Repository Task by Key/ID" dialog, and that id is a user story id, you will see the read-only user story editor.  This editor is just useful for seeing the major details of a user story -- no items in it can be changed, since there is no really good mapping between a user story and a Mylyn task.
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[[Image:XPlannerUserStoryEditor.gif]]
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= Integration with other tools =
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See the '''[[Mylyn/Extensions|Mylyn Extensions]]''' page for a listing of integration downloads.
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Mylyn relies on [[Mylyn/Architecture|Bridges]] to integrate the context model with the structure and UI features of domain-specific tools. To create a Bridge, see [[Mylyn/Integrator_Reference#Creating_Bridges| Creating Bridges]].
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The core set of Bridges supports the Eclipse SDK (i.e. has bridges for Java, JUnit, PDE, Ant and Resources).  The Resources Bridge enables a basic level of interoperability with other tools that use files (e.g. <code>.php, .cpp</code>), and enables Mylyn filtering to work for generic views that show those files (i.e. the ''Project Explorer'', ''Navigator'') and any corresponding markers (i.e. the ''Problems'' and ''Tasks'' views).  This is only the most basic context model integration, and does not offer the benefits of a specialized structure bridge, such as making declarations part of the context and providing ''Active Search'' facilities.  Without a Bridge Mylyn cannot be applied to tool-specific views. 
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'''If you would like to see support for a particular tool''', first do a search of the open bridge requests and [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=anywordssubstr&short_desc=%5Bbridge%5D&product=Mylyn&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= vote for the corresponding bug] if your tool is there, or [http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/bugs.php create a new bug].  Also consider adding your experiences to the [[Mylyn/FAQ#Integration_with_other_tools | "Integration..."]] section of the Mylyn FAQ.
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== Using Mylyn with WTP ==
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Context modeling works at the file level, noting the limitation of [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=144882 bug 144882: interest filter fails on WTP Dynamic Web Project]
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== External builders ==
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If an external builder (e.g. Maven, pydev, or other Ant-based builders) is producing output files that are being automatically added to your context because they are not being marked "derived" as with Eclipse-based builders.  You may note that such files are always show as interesting when they are generated or updated and can not be filtered away, since Mylyn expects all files that have changed as part of the task context to have interest.
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In this case you can explicitly exclude these files from being added to the task context the ''Preferences -> Mylyn -> Resources'' page.  For example, if the output folder of the builder is "target", you could set this the following way.  Similarly, you could add a filter for "*.pyc" to exclude all files generated with that extension.
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[[Image:mylar-resource-exclusion.gif]]
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