Tasks User Guide
How-tos
Connect to a Repository
Create Tasks with Style
Track Tasks with Queries, Not Email
Task-Focused Programming
Track Time, Without Wasting Your Time
Rescue Your Inbox From Bugmail Overload
Don't Break the Build: A Developer's Guide to Care-Free Commits
Tutorials
Task Management
Task Focused Programming
Feature Reference
Support
Getting Started
Web Browser
Outlook Integration
Google Integration
Agenda
Navigator
Time Reports
Task Associations
Tasktop Live
Task List Printing
Imap Integration
Task List
Task List Presentation
Icon Legend and Color Coding
Creating new Tasks
Local Tasks
Repository Tasks
Creating new Queries
Scheduling
Synchronization
Incoming Changes
Reviewing Tasks
Task Progress Indicators
Task List Settings and Operations
Task Repositories
Task Editor
Repository Task Details
Context
Planning
Task-Focused Interface
Focusing Navigator Views
Alt+Click Navigation
Focusing Editors
Task-focused Ordering
Working Set Integration
Open Task dialog
Task Hyperlinking
Reporting Bugs from the Error Log
Team Support
Task-focused Change Sets
Automatic Commit Messages
Working with Patches
Shortcuts
Preferences
Tasks
Context
Resources
Team
Shortcuts
Task Repository Connectors
Bugzilla Connector
Trac Connector
Generic Web Templates Connector
XPlanner Connector
Updating This Document
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Mylyn?
Installation
Install Method 1 - Eclipse 3.4
Install Method 2 - Eclipse 3.3 and older
What is the release schedule?
What versions of Eclipse are supported?
What version of Java is required?
What version of Mylyn is distributed with the Eclipse downloads?
What happened to the Mylyn JIRA Connector?
My tasks or queries disappeared, what do I do?
General Installation Troubleshooting
Installation Troubleshooting on Eclipse 3.4 and later
Why does the installation fail with ''No repository found''?
Why does update fail with ''Cannot complete the request''?
Installation Troubleshooting on Eclipse 3.3 and earlier
Why can't I update Mylyn 3.0 to a newer release?
Installing on Linux
How can I get the SWT internal browser to work under Linux?
I’m getting a “Could not create Browser page: No more handles” error
I’m having unstable performance on Linux with a Sun JVM are there options?
Memory consumption problem with internal browser on Linux-GTK
Error: No more handles error
Recommended Settings for GTK
Recommended GTK Setup for KDE
Solving issues with KDE environment variable settings
Known UI issues with KDE
Installing on MacOS
Configuration Troubleshooting
The default Key Mappings aren’t working correctly, what can I do?
Linux key mappings a problem?
How do I enable spell checking in Eclipse 3.2 and older?
How can I change the number of editors left open before Mylyn starts closing editors?
Do I need the Outline View when running Mylyn?
What does the message “content assist proposals no longer appear” mean?
Why do I get errors like “HTTP Response Code 407” or “Proxy Authentication Error” when accessing repositories through a proxy server?
I can’t use <code"Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arrow Up</code" for'' Mark as Landmark''. What do I do?
How do I turn on spell checking?
Why do I get an error when accessing secured web sites?
Uninstall troubleshooting
Why am seeing <code"java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space</code" errors?
What is Mylyn’s performance profile?
Task List
How do I restore my tasks from backup?
How do I clear outgoing changes on a task?
Why do my tasks not appear in the Task List?
Why do tasks appear in the ''Unmatched'' container?
How do I change the Task List colors?
The Unmatched category contains many irrelevant tasks, how do I clean it up?
How does Mylyn count the active time for a task?
How do I prevent long-running tasks from adding to the progress bar?
Does the Task List replace the Eclipse Tasks view?
What if I use multiple workspaces?
How do I export my task and repository data?
Why does Mylyn use the term “task”?
Why are closed tasks not greyed out on Linux?
Why is starring tasks not supported?
Task Editor
When I submit a new bug to eclipse.org the priority isn’t updated?
Why am I seeing strange boxes where I expect to see proper characters?
How can I view images or screenshots that are attached to an image?
Task Repositories
What if I’m not using a Task Repository?
What if Mylyn doesn’t support my task/bug/issue/ticket repository?
Why were my repository credentials reset?
Why are my updated repository attributes not showing up?
Authentication Troubleshooting
Certificate authentication
Creating a keystore
NTLM authentication
Network Troubleshooting
Performance Problems with HTTPS
Why are task hyperlinks not working?
Bugzilla Connector
What versions are supported?
Tips for server administrators
Why are queries failing?
Why do I see my old username?
Why do tasks fail to open?
Why do tasks fail to submit?
What time zone is used in the task editor?
Known limitations
JIRA Connector
Trac Connector
What are the server requirements?
XML-RPC (recommended)
Web
Recommended Trac version
Does Mylyn support Trac 0.11?
Why do I get an HTTP Error 500 Internal server error when creating a ticket that contains non-ASCII characters?
Known limitations
Why are tasks opened in a web browser and not in the rich editor?
Which URLs does Mylyn access in a Trac repository?
Problems opening the web editor on Linux
Which Trac Plugins are supported by Mylyn?
Web Templates Connector
Where can I find the Web Templates connector?
Why can’t I connect using one of the existing templates?
Known limitations
Where can I find additional templates?
Task-Focused UI
What is the Task-Focused UI?
Why do files disappear from Focused views when I close them?
Why did all my editor tabs disappear?
How do I get rid of an element if it is not interesting?
Which Focused UI features can I turn off?
Why can’t I Alt+Click to references libraries?
Why is the ''Link with Editor'' button disabled?
What happened to the Active Search and Active Hierarchy views?
Context and Timing data
How do I prevent code checked out from polluting my task context?
Why do I see strange elapsed times on my Planning tab?
Is the backwards compatibility and refactoring of task context handled?
Java Development
Content assist troubleshooting
Why do interesting elements not show in the Project Explorer?
How do I stop declarations from showing in the Package Explorer?
Why does nothing show up in the Active Search or Active Hierarchy?
Known limitations
Team Support
My change set is missing or doesn’t contain elements it should. Help!
Why does task change set not appear when I modify files?
Why do files disappear from the change set when I close them?
Why am I missing elements when I retrieve someone else’s context?
WikiText
What is WikiText?
Where can I get WikiText?
How does WikiText integrate with Mylyn?
How do I enable/disable WikiText extensions to Mylyn?
Where can I find WikiText documentation?
How do I run the WikiText Ant tasks?
Can I use WikiText without Eclipse?
What output can WikiText create?
What wiki markup languages does WikiText support?
Where can I find out more about WikiText?
Integration with other tools
Using Mylyn with WTP
External builders
Misc
Performance
Retrieval of repository configuration
Command Line
System Properties
How do I enable debugging output for network communications?
How do I enable debugging output for plug-ins?
Which usage monitoring framework should I use?
How does Mylyn relate to IBM’s Jazz?
Updating This Document
Administration
Install
Tasktop Plugins for Eclipse 3.5 Galileo
Tasktop Plugins for Eclipse 3.4 Ganymede
Tasktop for Windows
Update
Migrate
Uninstall
Legal
How-tos
Connect to a Repository
Create Tasks with Style
Track Tasks with Queries, Not Email
Task-Focused Programming
Track Time, Without Wasting Your Time
Rescue Your Inbox From Bugmail Overload
Don't Break the Build: A Developer's Guide to Care-Free Commits
Tutorials
Task Management
Task Focused Programming
Feature Reference
Support
Getting Started
Web Browser
Outlook Integration
Google Integration
Agenda
Navigator
Time Reports
Task Associations
Tasktop Live
Task List Printing
Imap Integration
Task List
Task List Presentation
Icon Legend and Color Coding
Creating new Tasks
Local Tasks
Repository Tasks
Creating new Queries
Scheduling
Synchronization
Incoming Changes
Reviewing Tasks
Task Progress Indicators
Task List Settings and Operations
Task Repositories
Task Editor
Repository Task Details
Context
Planning
Task-Focused Interface
Focusing Navigator Views
Alt+Click Navigation
Focusing Editors
Task-focused Ordering
Working Set Integration
Open Task dialog
Task Hyperlinking
Reporting Bugs from the Error Log
Team Support
Task-focused Change Sets
Automatic Commit Messages
Working with Patches
Shortcuts
Preferences
Tasks
Context
Resources
Team
Shortcuts
Task Repository Connectors
Bugzilla Connector
Trac Connector
Generic Web Templates Connector
XPlanner Connector
Updating This Document
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Mylyn?
Installation
Install Method 1 - Eclipse 3.4
Install Method 2 - Eclipse 3.3 and older
What is the release schedule?
What versions of Eclipse are supported?
What version of Java is required?
What version of Mylyn is distributed with the Eclipse downloads?
What happened to the Mylyn JIRA Connector?
My tasks or queries disappeared, what do I do?
General Installation Troubleshooting
Installation Troubleshooting on Eclipse 3.4 and later
Why does the installation fail with ''No repository found''?
Why does update fail with ''Cannot complete the request''?
Installation Troubleshooting on Eclipse 3.3 and earlier
Why can't I update Mylyn 3.0 to a newer release?
Installing on Linux
How can I get the SWT internal browser to work under Linux?
I’m getting a “Could not create Browser page: No more handles” error
I’m having unstable performance on Linux with a Sun JVM are there options?
Memory consumption problem with internal browser on Linux-GTK
Error: No more handles error
Recommended Settings for GTK
Recommended GTK Setup for KDE
Solving issues with KDE environment variable settings
Known UI issues with KDE
Installing on MacOS
Configuration Troubleshooting
The default Key Mappings aren’t working correctly, what can I do?
Linux key mappings a problem?
How do I enable spell checking in Eclipse 3.2 and older?
How can I change the number of editors left open before Mylyn starts closing editors?
Do I need the Outline View when running Mylyn?
What does the message “content assist proposals no longer appear” mean?
Why do I get errors like “HTTP Response Code 407” or “Proxy Authentication Error” when accessing repositories through a proxy server?
I can’t use <code"Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arrow Up</code" for'' Mark as Landmark''. What do I do?
How do I turn on spell checking?
Why do I get an error when accessing secured web sites?
Uninstall troubleshooting
Why am seeing <code"java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space</code" errors?
What is Mylyn’s performance profile?
Task List
How do I restore my tasks from backup?
How do I clear outgoing changes on a task?
Why do my tasks not appear in the Task List?
Why do tasks appear in the ''Unmatched'' container?
How do I change the Task List colors?
The Unmatched category contains many irrelevant tasks, how do I clean it up?
How does Mylyn count the active time for a task?
How do I prevent long-running tasks from adding to the progress bar?
Does the Task List replace the Eclipse Tasks view?
What if I use multiple workspaces?
How do I export my task and repository data?
Why does Mylyn use the term “task”?
Why are closed tasks not greyed out on Linux?
Why is starring tasks not supported?
Task Editor
When I submit a new bug to eclipse.org the priority isn’t updated?
Why am I seeing strange boxes where I expect to see proper characters?
How can I view images or screenshots that are attached to an image?
Task Repositories
What if I’m not using a Task Repository?
What if Mylyn doesn’t support my task/bug/issue/ticket repository?
Why were my repository credentials reset?
Why are my updated repository attributes not showing up?
Authentication Troubleshooting
Certificate authentication
Creating a keystore
NTLM authentication
Network Troubleshooting
Performance Problems with HTTPS
Why are task hyperlinks not working?
Bugzilla Connector
What versions are supported?
Tips for server administrators
Why are queries failing?
Why do I see my old username?
Why do tasks fail to open?
Why do tasks fail to submit?
What time zone is used in the task editor?
Known limitations
JIRA Connector
Trac Connector
What are the server requirements?
XML-RPC (recommended)
Web
Recommended Trac version
Does Mylyn support Trac 0.11?
Why do I get an HTTP Error 500 Internal server error when creating a ticket that contains non-ASCII characters?
Known limitations
Why are tasks opened in a web browser and not in the rich editor?
Which URLs does Mylyn access in a Trac repository?
Problems opening the web editor on Linux
Which Trac Plugins are supported by Mylyn?
Web Templates Connector
Where can I find the Web Templates connector?
Why can’t I connect using one of the existing templates?
Known limitations
Where can I find additional templates?
Task-Focused UI
What is the Task-Focused UI?
Why do files disappear from Focused views when I close them?
Why did all my editor tabs disappear?
How do I get rid of an element if it is not interesting?
Which Focused UI features can I turn off?
Why can’t I Alt+Click to references libraries?
Why is the ''Link with Editor'' button disabled?
What happened to the Active Search and Active Hierarchy views?
Context and Timing data
How do I prevent code checked out from polluting my task context?
Why do I see strange elapsed times on my Planning tab?
Is the backwards compatibility and refactoring of task context handled?
Java Development
Content assist troubleshooting
Why do interesting elements not show in the Project Explorer?
How do I stop declarations from showing in the Package Explorer?
Why does nothing show up in the Active Search or Active Hierarchy?
Known limitations
Team Support
My change set is missing or doesn’t contain elements it should. Help!
Why does task change set not appear when I modify files?
Why do files disappear from the change set when I close them?
Why am I missing elements when I retrieve someone else’s context?
WikiText
What is WikiText?
Where can I get WikiText?
How does WikiText integrate with Mylyn?
How do I enable/disable WikiText extensions to Mylyn?
Where can I find WikiText documentation?
How do I run the WikiText Ant tasks?
Can I use WikiText without Eclipse?
What output can WikiText create?
What wiki markup languages does WikiText support?
Where can I find out more about WikiText?
Integration with other tools
Using Mylyn with WTP
External builders
Misc
Performance
Retrieval of repository configuration
Command Line
System Properties
How do I enable debugging output for network communications?
How do I enable debugging output for plug-ins?
Which usage monitoring framework should I use?
How does Mylyn relate to IBM’s Jazz?
Updating This Document
Administration
Install
Tasktop Plugins for Eclipse 3.5 Galileo
Tasktop Plugins for Eclipse 3.4 Ganymede
Tasktop for Windows
Update
Migrate
Uninstall
Legal
Tasktop Certified Connectors
Introduction
VersionOne Connector
Getting Started
Queries and Tasks
Collaborating
Cruise Connector for Eclipse
Getting Started
Adding Builds
Working with The Build View
Mingle Connector for Eclipse
Getting Started
Creating Queries and Tasks
Sharing with Your Team
Updating Tasks with Actions
Rally Connector for Eclipse
Connect to a Rally Repository
Using the Rally Dashboard
Getting Help
Legal
Twist Connector for Eclipse
Overview
Atlassian Connector for Eclipse
Support
ClearQuest Connector
Configuration
Connecting to ClearQuest
Creating Queries
Introduction
VersionOne Connector
Getting Started
Queries and Tasks
Collaborating
Cruise Connector for Eclipse
Getting Started
Adding Builds
Working with The Build View
Mingle Connector for Eclipse
Getting Started
Creating Queries and Tasks
Sharing with Your Team
Updating Tasks with Actions
Rally Connector for Eclipse
Connect to a Rally Repository
Using the Rally Dashboard
Getting Help
Legal
Twist Connector for Eclipse
Overview
Atlassian Connector for Eclipse
Support
ClearQuest Connector
Configuration
Connecting to ClearQuest
Creating Queries