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Tip of the Day/Startup Options

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Revision as of 16:36, 17 May 2018 by Wim.jongman.remainsoftware.com (Talk | contribs) (Startup Options)

Startup Options

These are the options to control the Tips framework.

Property Description Values
org.eclipse.tips.startup.default This is the default tips startup option if the user has not set the startup preference.
  • "dialog" - The dialog is shown at startup
  • "background" - Tip providers may do background work but no dialog is shown
  • "manual"- The framework only operates on explicit request of the user
org.eclipse.tips.statelocation The location where the tips framework will save its state. If not specified then ${user.home}/.eclipse/org.eclipse.tips.state a location of the filesystem e.g. /home/user/mystate
org.eclipse.tips.debug Puts the framework in debug mode, all messages will be placed in the error log.
  • "false" - Debug mode is off
  • other value - Debug mode is on
org.eclipse.tips.consolelog Prints all messages in the console
  • "false" or not specified - Console log mode is off
  • other value - Console log mode is on

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