Dear Sirs and oBFusCATed
Regarding the various kind and prompt response to my (DrOli) posts (the high priority items ended up at the bottom):
1) the Bug report issue Re berlios.de is on the "how to use a nightly build" here (
http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php?topic=3232.0) in para 6. This is also at the "top level" and highlighted item on this (main CB blog) page (
http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/board,20.0.html)
If those links are "defunct" ... please be so kind as to post instructions/links to your preference.
As promised, I would be happy to re-file these various items into individual bug/feature reports, once provided with instructions.
2) Re "target" Drop Down. Ok, I see with the nightly there is a new "abort" button (odd name), which does launch a dialogue with the full list of targets.
That's is helpful thank you, but surely having the drop down itself show up to 8 - 10 lines can't be too difficult, and is much more convenient compared to the additional steps of a dialogue. Not sure how CB/wsx handles such, but any GUI I've used often has a explicit property/switch to indicate number of items in DropDown (or "max, or etc) ... perhaps that is why I though it might be something quick/easy.
3) Regarding the SVN crashes ... yes, I am sorry that I can't provide some details to permit reproducibility. As I had noted, if I could, I would. For the moment, all I can say is, it happens almost every session with the SVN's (including 11176). It seems to occur when there are multiple projects open, there is switching back/fro, and though it sometimes crashes "mid stream", most of crashes (most every session). occur at shut down.
ALSO, something odd, the SVN's are always asking for my choice of compiler on launch, where as 16.1 does not. My compilers are well defined so not sure why the nightly's get confused (particularly if they rely on the same "config" etc).
4) Regarding "open window list/navigation". Thanks for the Atl-g heads up ... Alas, that is not what is required. The objective is for, like with almost all normal apps, to have a Toolbar/View or something that provides a drop-down of the "OPEN file" (i.e. those in the editor with tabs etc.) ... as opposed to Alt-g, which seems to list all the files in the project (open or not).
5) Regarding "right click pup up menu": There is almost NOTHING in the top level that I EVER use, save for "watch" sometimes", almost exclusively what I use is in "copy/paste" sub menu (though the inconvenience forces my to use key stroke, an improvement, but still a kludge)
"Simplifying" it by disabling plug-ins is a bit tricky. Essentially, I only need one plug in, but for that work, I have to enable all manner of things I don't need (and in some cases hate, like code completion)
You seem to say that "most" like the layout as it is ... that may be true, but I find that a little hard to believe. Regardless, perhaps you could give the user a CHOICE for the "default pup up", perhaps as part of the "settings/env". You could have the huge cluttered obstructive one for the masochists, and a clean easy to use efficient one for the rest of us :-).
In an app I wrote, the user had a "toggle" directly on the pop-up to change "format/content". CB need not be that fancy ... just a thought.
6) Fortran/debug link. No idea why it used to work (at least partially) but very clearly has stopped working almost entirely at least since GCC5.x
I don't know anything about CodeBlock "innards" or wxs etc. So not sure how I could contribute, but if you point me in the right direction (and perhaps offer a little "hand holding", I'll give it go. I would need at least some list of files and "mechanisms" to understand how that operates.
Though, and perhaps a sign of my ignorance, I don't understand why it works fir .c, .cc, .cpp file, and not .f90 etc files. It is clear the compiler reports back the line numbers of the offending lines (I then use Ctrl g to go to those lines, with Fortran). Why CB can't make the connection between the compiler's file/line report and provide the linkage (when it can for c etc) seems odd.
If it helps, you can send info directly to me: droli [theatsymbol] thebajors <thedotsymbol> com to get me started to see if I could produce a patch or whatever (remember, hand holding may be required, I am a "math geek" not an "IT geek"/developer. :-)
7) Finally, and a bit frightening, you seem to be saying that the symbol explorer will be removed. Is that for sure? I desperately rely on that, and especially the Fortran FSymbol variant (which I understand is a plug-in written by one of the users) ... what would it take to keep that going ... this would be HIGH priority for me.
If it helps, you can send info directly to me: droli [theatsymbol] thebajors <thedotsymbol> com to get me started to see if I could produce a patch or whatever (remember, hand holding may be required, I am a "math geek" not an "IT geek"/developer. :-)
Many thanks
DrO
