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#381 Features I miss from MS VStudio
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Find function wraps around. I have to do two finds
now, forwards and backwards. Shift+F3 should find
backwards. -
Variable watching is a nightmare. Selecting and
hitting F4 at any step I want to know the value of
something? If there is an option to fix this it should
definitely be on by default. The variables on the watch
should be updated at every step and breakpoint.
2a. The variables on the current and previous steps
should be added to the watch list automatically.
2b. Structs and arrays and such should be represented
on the variable watch list as a tree with all the
subvalues. I had a var like: bool bArr[24][24] which
was shown as: bArr: <0 repeated 100 times> -30490349
-23490.. i could not figure out what was going on. This
should've shown a tree as:
- bArr
- [0]
* [0] true
* [1] false
* [etc] false
+ [1]
+ [etc]
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Memory leak detection, I'm not positive that this
isn't already a feature, but I believe I had a bug
caused by a memory leak, but because of my problem with
2b I really couldn't tell. -
F5 toggles running in debug mode, I would like an
option to have F5 start running in debug, and if it's
already running, continue running in debug mode.
Despite my complaints though, I love dev-cpp. Power to
the people!
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One more:
5. Context-sensitive "Go To Definition of <selection>" option
I would like to be able to jump to the implementation of a
function/macro in another file, such as one outside the
project but #include-ed.
Again, Dev-C++ is great!
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Wow I wrote this a while ago. Let me clarify what now looks
confusing.
2b. I just want to have that tree in the variable watch.
Makes looking at a whole struct much easier.
3. In VS the debug output window will put up a message if
you've got a memory leak from an undeleted pointer or
something. I'm not sure but this might be the most complex
item on my list.
4. Hitting F5 while your code is running but paused at a
breakpoint will cause a continue (unpause).
And a second to the followup suggestion as well. Thanks! =]
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Ctrl + F2 = set/remove
F2 = go to the next bookmark
Shift + F2 = go to the previous bookmark
F4 = next error
Shift + F4 = the previous one
That's a lot more fast than with the mouse.
nice greets
Amando
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Things I don't miss from MS VS...
... the price.
... the fact that lots of paid programmers aren't able to
produce something superior to Dev-Cpp. (no disrespect
intended here, but Dev-Cpp is free, made by a handful of
programmers with no payment for the hard job and Dev-Cpp
is way better than the thing from MS)
... things that are actually simple have to be complicated
(or even impossible) so that nobody understands.
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Things I don't miss from MS VS...
... the price.
... the fact that lots of paid programmers aren't able to
produce something superior to Dev-Cpp. (no disrespect
intended here, but Dev-Cpp is free, made by a handful of
programmers with no payment for the hard job and Dev-Cpp
is way better than the thing from MS)
... things that are actually simple have to be complicated
(or even impossible) so that nobody understands.
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This is a feature request forum, not a debate on the merits
of the various IDE's on the market. Please keep the comments
relevant.
As time passes and wisdom is accrued, I can see that these
comments would've been more useful as seperate topic
threads. A thread on keyboard shortcuts. A thread for
improved variable watching and finding. Etc. This should
make it easier to break down tasks and keep the comments
grouped by task.
I haven't used dev-cpp in..probably since my last comment.
Do all my programming at work ya know? But, I'm taking a
course in C++ this semester over the internet and my class
is actually going to be using dev-cpp as the IDE! I love it! =]
G'day!