Eclipse: Difference between the "Tasks" view and the "Task List" View

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What is the difference between the "Tasks" view and the "Task List" view in eclipse.

I understand that one is managed by Mylyn, but I would like a comprehensive answer if anyone's got the time. It will help many people in the future when they a are searching for information on eclipse.

  • What are the differences between the two views?
  • Does one totally supersede/replace the other?
  • Is there some way that they work together?

Thanks

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2 Answers

Tasks' content generated automatically if you marked some code with TODO or FIXME.

Task List is the actual task list. You have to define it manually or you can also connect to some servers (Bugzilla, JIRA, Trac) to get the tasks. Task List is part of Mylyn and if you use a task, it will activate a special context for that task. This is nice presentation of Mylyn: http://live.eclipse.org/node/573

You can use both together as they are working on different levels as I explained before.

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