From: Richard G. <ri...@re...> - 2008-08-31 16:11:29
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I begin to see why some British sitcoms don't work in the US. On Sunday 31 August 2008 15:22:47 Bobby Garner wrote: > Richard Gray wrote: > > On Saturday 30 August 2008 03:51:02 you wrote: > > <snip> > > > >> Someone mentioned Code::Blocks earlier. I tried to use it a couple of > >> years ago, but when I joined the forum and began asking questions about > >> using it with SDCC, I was ridiculed, marginalized and laughed out of the > >> process by some of the major players in the program. They have > >> apparently deleted those older posts to the forum, so I can't prove it. > > > > <snip> > > > > Proof is quite unecessary, belief meets reality right here. History has a > > habit of repeating itself. > > Failure to learn from our mistakes is a very bad habit, but addiction > can be safely avoided by dealing with the facts. Diplomacy and > compromise seek to avoid or conceal the facts. > > "Facts that are not frankly faced have a habit of stabbing us in the > back." - Sir Harold Bowden > > Recognizing the recurring nature of history is the first step, and > unfortunately the last for those who actively seek to perpetuate the > process. > > Now if we wish to talk about Code::Blocks and SDCC, I downloaded and > installed v8.02 yesterday. The first thing I looked for was the compiler > settings, and discovered that all options are located on the 'Settings' > menu, which was once the subject of frolicking laughter as I recall. > Compiler and Debbuger settings is the third item. When I tried to use it > before there were at least three dialogs for the compiler alone on > different menus and they were all similar but different. I selected SDCC > from the drop down list and set it as the default compiler. My major > concern is the handling of projects which had serious problems before. I > haven't tried to set up a project yet. > > There is now a CodeBlocks Manuel on the help menu. It looks good, but > the proof invariably comes when you start looking for something very > specific. A lot of help systems deal well with the obvious and > intuitive, but finding specific detail is like working through a maze. I > have never figured out why key word searches from the Index tab are > sometimes limited to the index and excludes the text. Happily in this > case a dialog pops up offering a range of topics to choose from. > > BTW, I found the evidence... > http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,1864.0.html > > Bobby -- Richard. PGP Key-id: 0x5AB3D350 Information Center, n.: A room staffed by professional computer people whose job it is to tell you why you cannot have the information you require. |
From: Bobby G. <bg...@fh...> - 2008-08-31 16:49:08
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It gets better. I didn't even realize that this was a sitcom. :-D Bobby Richard Gray wrote: > I begin to see why some British sitcoms don't work in the US. > > On Sunday 31 August 2008 15:22:47 Bobby Garner wrote: > >> Richard Gray wrote: >> >>> On Saturday 30 August 2008 03:51:02 you wrote: >>> <snip> >>> >>> >>>> Someone mentioned Code::Blocks earlier. I tried to use it a couple of >>>> years ago, but when I joined the forum and began asking questions about >>>> using it with SDCC, I was ridiculed, marginalized and laughed out of the >>>> process by some of the major players in the program. They have >>>> apparently deleted those older posts to the forum, so I can't prove it. >>>> >>> <snip> >>> >>> Proof is quite unecessary, belief meets reality right here. History has a >>> habit of repeating itself. >>> >> Failure to learn from our mistakes is a very bad habit, but addiction >> can be safely avoided by dealing with the facts. Diplomacy and >> compromise seek to avoid or conceal the facts. >> >> "Facts that are not frankly faced have a habit of stabbing us in the >> back." - Sir Harold Bowden >> >> Recognizing the recurring nature of history is the first step, and >> unfortunately the last for those who actively seek to perpetuate the >> process. >> >> Now if we wish to talk about Code::Blocks and SDCC, I downloaded and >> installed v8.02 yesterday. The first thing I looked for was the compiler >> settings, and discovered that all options are located on the 'Settings' >> menu, which was once the subject of frolicking laughter as I recall. >> Compiler and Debbuger settings is the third item. When I tried to use it >> before there were at least three dialogs for the compiler alone on >> different menus and they were all similar but different. I selected SDCC >> from the drop down list and set it as the default compiler. My major >> concern is the handling of projects which had serious problems before. I >> haven't tried to set up a project yet. >> >> There is now a CodeBlocks Manuel on the help menu. It looks good, but >> the proof invariably comes when you start looking for something very >> specific. A lot of help systems deal well with the obvious and >> intuitive, but finding specific detail is like working through a maze. I >> have never figured out why key word searches from the Index tab are >> sometimes limited to the index and excludes the text. Happily in this >> case a dialog pops up offering a range of topics to choose from. >> >> BTW, I found the evidence... >> http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,1864.0.html >> >> Bobby >> > > |