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Little Tiny Feature Suggestion

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BigAngryDog:
The "workspace" concept really confuses me. I seem to be able to [accidently] open mutliple projects and I get mixed up with what I'm compiling or editing. Also CodeBlocks keeps asking me "do I want to save the workspace" and I don't really know what it is I'm saving or whether it forms part of my project or not.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not knocking it, and I can see that the workspace is a valuable concept and there may come a day when I want to use it.

However, would it be possible at some point to add an option to disable the workspace, so that only a single project file maybe open at any one time? Therefore, if I have a project open, and I go to open another one, CodeBlocks will prompt me to save the existing one, close it, and then open the new one.

Just my thoughts. :)

thomas:
I am not sure if removing workspaces would be easy (and whether it would be a good idea, either), as quite a few features depend on a workspace (if only the "blank" Workspace) being present.

The concept is actually very easy: workspace = collection of projects. Saving a workspace = saving the information necessary to re-open a given collection of projects (has nothing to do with saving a project!)

Personally, I have Code::Blocks configured to "Open blank workspace", and it never asks me to save anything (which is what I want, too).
I prefer to open one project at a time, so I don't really use workspaces, but occasionally it is handy to be able to open two or three projects, too. Takes a snap to switch between them.

Maybe setting preferences to "Open blank workspace" will get you the behaviour you want.

Defender:
Hello!

Sorry for going a little bit off-topic, but I think the title fits my post.
I have a small suggestion, we may duscuss about.
I think, that it would make sense to move the "Default Code" setting to Workspace/Project level. For me, I always put there Project specific code (like a disclaimer comment), and I wonder, what default code could be valid across multiple workspaces.
What do you think?  :)

Regards, Defender.

thomas:

--- Quote ---Sorry for going a little bit off-topic
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Hmm... that's not going a little bit off-topic, that's hijacking the thread...

Why don't you start a separate thread on this? ;)

Defender:

--- Quote from: thomas on May 21, 2006, 05:39:24 pm ---
--- Quote ---Sorry for going a little bit off-topic
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Hmm... that's not going a little bit off-topic, that's hijacking the thread...

Why don't you start a separate thread on this? ;)

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I didn't know that was such a big sin.   :D

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