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drac:
Hi,

I've posted a suggestion on the Visual Assist forum, http://www.wholetomato.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8570

It's just an idea, would others be interested in such a thing?

Cheers

ollydbg:

--- Quote from: drac on February 25, 2009, 07:46:24 pm --- is it possible to craft Visual Assist on top of Code::Blocks for example?
Cheers

--- End quote ---
NO, I don't think so. Visual Assist is a commercial product. But CB is an open source product.

drac:
I am aware that Visual Assist is a commercial product and that Code::Blocks is a open source project.

I would gladly use Code::Blocks everywhere, but the truth is that its C++ parser capability cannot compare with Visual Assist's.
I have bought Visual Assist because of that, I use it every day at work and for private projects.

My point was that I would also use Code::Blocks with other C++ compilers.

Code::Blocks is GPL, if the Visual Assist integration would be made as a GPL plugin would it pass as legal?

Oh well, it was just an idea.

ollydbg:

--- Quote ---Code::Blocks is GPL, if the Visual Assist integration would be made as a GPL plugin would it pass as legal?
--- End quote ---

I don't think that Visual assist will release a plugin for Code::Blocks at any license. :D

We should learn form "CTags" or other tools to refine CodeCompletion.

drac:

--- Quote from: ollydbg on February 26, 2009, 08:29:58 am ---I don't think that Visual assist will release a plugin for Code::Blocks at any license. :D

--- End quote ---

No, the Visual Assist Instrumentor should be released as GPL. Visual Assist would remain closed source, the Instrumentor would
implement the Visual Studio 6 COM interfaces needed by Visual Assist, like list of files in the project, what's the code editing window
handle and stuff like that.

This would be available only on Windows and for those who have bought a Visual Assist license. This would increase
Code::Blocks visibility / popularity in business environments! You cannot import Visual Studio 2008 project files in Visual Studio 6,
but you might in Code::Blocks!  You cannot have SVN integration with Visual Studio 6 but you can with Code::Blocks!

I already have made a Visual Studio 6 keyboard layout for Code::Blocks, now I only need Visual Assist  :D

Code::Blocks needs something like this to exit the hobby market and to be recognized as a viable business solution. The pricing for Visual Assist can be found here, and with Code::Blocks it would make a cheaper
offer than SlickEdit. Not to mention that Code::Blocks has integration to CDB, which currently SlickEdit doesn't have.

You can easily deploy Debugging Tools for Windows (17Mbytes) with Code::Blocks (10Mbytes) on your client's machine, in order to debug a corner case, the same is not so easy with Visual Studio 6, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008.

I don't think it's a shame of not having a good C++ CodeCompletion plugin, Microsoft was not able to do it for a decade, Visual Assist was, C++ is a difficult language to parse.

Think about it!

Cheers!

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