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[Proposal] Move the custom variables WX_SUFFIX... to global variables
sodev:
This question i also always ask myself when a fresh installation of CodeBlocks asks me to put something into cb_release_type :P.
Anyway i like having this in the global variables as well because CodeBlocks has so many project files, changing this is such a PITA. And no, i don't use that Project Options Plugin, it is not that intuitive to use plus in the dark days of the past some of these variables had a different name in a few projects.
But i might be a bit biased, i use a lot of these global variables to pull in external libraries into my projects without polluting the project files with machine dependent paths :).
oBFusCATed:
In my opinion everybody doing something a bit more complex should reconsider if using something like cmake isn't a better option. C::B's build system can do a lot of things, but it is more limited compared to something like cmake...
BlueHazzard:
--- Quote from: oBFusCATed on September 12, 2018, 08:03:47 pm ---What happens when these variables are empty?
How do you know what to put in there for initial values if you're new users and just starting?
--- End quote ---
We have discussed this countless times on the top. The conclusion was, that at the moment the same thing is to do for the "wx30" variable and the "cb_release_type"...
We should provide a proper README and INSTALL file...
I volunteer for all upcoming forum posts to answer them without any grumble
oBFusCATed:
Hehe, and when you're tired of answering posts and quit?
Or people just don't be bothered to even post a question after they are greeted with some messages on project open?
I think it will be better if we have some UI and project storage for defaults and/or note/hints/help strings for the global variables?
I'm not really sure how this is supposed to work, but we need something like better than the current dialog.
A good example for similar tools is cmake-gui. It lists (almost) all variables and allows the user to set/change them.
There are tooltips with hints/help which is provided by users.
ollydbg:
BlueHazzard's work is great!
Under Windows, we have cbp/workspace/bat files for wx3.0 and wx3.1 and also we have 32bit and 64bit, maybe soon we will have wx3.2. I think we should only have one kinds of such files.
About OBF's suggestion of the UI, yes, it should be improved, at least some hint strings in the C::B's global variable setting dialog.
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