| Re: Paths in the Workbench [message #59539 is a reply to message #59471] |
Tue, 01 April 2008 08:48   |
Michael Galloy
Messages: 1114
Registered: April 2006
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On Mar 31, 2:59 pm, David Fanning <da...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> I've found TortoiseSNV so convenient that when I had to re-install
> IDL to get my file associations sorted out I decided not to bother
> with the Subversion plug-ins.
I use the command line interface a lot too, but I still find the label
decorations that tell me what files have been changed useful in the
Workbench. Committing with external dependencies with the Workbench
plugin is also easier than with the command line interface.
>> 4. I like the Debug perspective. Much of my use of the workbench is
>> debugging. I'm not sure it has a clear advantage over the old Windows
>> DE, but I like my layout better and there are several small features
>> that are useful. (Please add back conditional breakpoints, though.)
>
> Is there any chance you could bring your computer to lunch some day
> soon?
> I'd buy if you could show me what you like about this. I'm probably
> using
> it completely wrong, but I can't stand being thrown into a completely
> different place. I've tried to turn it off, but discovered you can't,
> at least not totally, so my debugging is a LOT less convenient then
> it used to be. I'd be grateful to know how it was suppose to be done.
I'm trying to think of anything unusual I do for debugging. There's a
couple things I thought of:
a) I don't use two different perspectives; I only use the "Debug"
perspective (is this what you mean by "being thrown into a completely
different place"?).
b) I have moved the views around in the "Debug" perspective quite a
bit:
http://michaelgalloy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/laptop-w orkbench.png
>> My major complaint is the help system. The help is much slower and
>> doesn't have tabs. I normally keep open the IDL 6.4 help (a silver
>> lining that nothing changed?). This isn't too bad for me anyway since
>> I use the command line a lot too.
>
> Well, I learned how to use Bookmarks, and that's pretty useful.
I guess the main reason this feels so slow is that the search box to
type in is not present when viewing a help page. So if I'm viewing a
help page, to get to another help page I have to go to the "Index",
type in what I'm looking for, and then go to that topic (and it always
takes me a few seconds to realize that the arrows to expand the tree
for topics that contain subtopics are broken).
Mike
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