Code::Blocks Forums
User forums => General (but related to Code::Blocks) => Topic started by: johne53 on September 25, 2009, 10:41:01 am
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Given that C::B is a cross-platform product I wondered if it might be useful to have a 'comments' tab (in the Build Options dialog) along with the other tabs such as Compiler Flags, #defines etc? Or alternatively, to have a Comments section in addition to the other dropdown options (Compiler Settings / Linker Settings / Search Directories etc)? I can imagine this being useful for quite a lot of reasons but especially so the programmer can make a note of different build settings that might be applicable to specific platforms. Here's an example:-
I'm working on a project whose workspace has about 20 branches (i.e. 20 projects). One of the branches contains some highly recursive search routines. If I compile this project under Cygwin, the Debug version runs so slowly that you can think it's hung! I can overcome this by turning on the speed optimizations for that particular branch (which is something I don't normally do for a Debug build). It would be nice if I could attach a note to that project to remind me (in the future) of why I needed to turn on the speed optimizations for the Cygwin build.
I'm sure there'd be lots of other uses too. Does anyone else think this would be a useful addition?
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It would be nice if I could attach a note to that project to remind me (in the future) of why I needed to turn on the speed optimizations for the Cygwin build.
You can do that. There is a notes tab in the project options (which I personally use a lot). You can even have C::B remind the user automatically when opening the project, until acknowledged.
Project -> Properties -> Tab "Notes" (Checkbox "AutoShow" at the bottom, if needed).
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I might have known someone would think of it first :D
Thanks for the tip..!