The Annotation Pattern property editor configures the way that VCS file status information is displayed in nodes in the Explorer and on the tabs of open files in the Source Editor. You can decide which type of file status information to display and the punctuation that separates the different types of information in the display. For example, you can eliminate file revision information in order to shorten the display in the IDE.
To open the Annotation Pattern property editor, choose
Tools Options
from the main window and expand the
Source Creation and Management node. Expand the
Version Control Settings node
and select CVS Client Settings. Select the Annotation Pattern property.
Click the ellipsis (...) button to open the property editor.
By default, the Annotation Pattern property editor contains one node for the file name and two If Defined nodes that you can customize. The If Defined nodes tell the IDE what and how to display the requested type of VCS information if the information is available. Through the Annotation Pattern property editor, you can:
To modify the abbreviations used in the file status display text for built-in CVS client filesystems (for example, to shorten the abbreviation for a locally added file from "LAdded" to "LAdd"), change the CVS File Statuses settings in the Options window. See Global Settings for VCS Filesystems for more information.
By default, the If Defined nodes are set to status and sticky with revision information displayed as a subnode of the status node. For example, the If Defined: sticky node controls whether sticky tag information is displayed and how it is displayed. By default, the True subnode tells the IDE to display the available sticky tag information in parentheses. The False subnode is empty, which instructs the IDE to not display anything when sticky tag information is unavailable. If you do not want to display sticky tag information, you can either change the variable in the If Defined node or delete the node by right-clicking on the node and choosing Delete from the contextual menu.
To cancel any changes you made in the Annotation Pattern property editor, click Reset to Default. To apply the changes that you have made, click Apply Changes.
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Using the Options Window Global Settings for VCS Filesystems VCS Filesystems Settings Generic VCS Filesystem Properties |