Re: [Dev-C++] Various feedback

[Josh M. <mrl...@gm...>]

It looks like most of your complaints are solved by the IDE Code::Blocks (
www.codeblocks.org).

On 1/17/06, Thierry Pierron <tpi...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Hi there !
>
> I'm using Dev-Cpp (4.9.9.2) for a while now, and I find it good,
> though it remains some details that annoy me :
>
> 1. Debugger : oh boy, I don't know if it is gdb that's causing so much
> trouble, or dev-cpp that causes trouble to gdb, but this feature is
> somewhat painful. First of all, sometimes (sorry, I can't be more
> precise), when starting debugger dev-cpp process (not gdb.exe, nor the
> debugged command) ) eats 100% of a CPU. I try to figure a
> deterministic cause, but I'm still searching. Usually having
> watchpoint in the Debug tab, or sometimes at the very start, it hangs
> like this (dev-cpp is still responding, I think it's one of your
> threads that cause this). You have to quit and restart dev-cpp to
> retrun to a normal state.
>
> 2. The console output of gdb is nearly unusable. That's really
> disapointing. Especially you want unusual expressions (like "x/32h
> mem" to inspect memory or p command with custom output format). Well,
> the problem is that the output is completly trashed among the other
> messages. Is it that hard to just log lines received from gdb, from
> top to bottom ? If you re using mi interface of gdb, this is just
> trivial. If you are redirecting a PTY (not sure Windows can do this
> though), okay, this is a little bit harder. BTW, is it normal when
> pasting text while focus is on command prompt, text goes to the edit
> area instead of that goddam prompt ?
>
> 3. Project : okay this is more a feature request, or maybe just a
> question. I want to do a simple thing : switch project options
> (quickly -- a few keystrokes) from at least two configurations
> (usually Debug and Production). For Debug config, I will generate
> debug symbols, not strip executable, no gcc optimization, and add a
> -DDEBUG when compiling, and so on ... For production, I use "gcc -s
> -O2"., etc ... Is there a way to do this without manually and
> painfully changing project options ?
>
> 4. Code completition : it works almost nice for me. But just a few
> minor things that's missing :
> - Is there a way to hit a keystroke and list all symbols recognized in
> the current file ? This is a feature I loved from another editor : it
> applies ctags on the edited buffer, list symbols sorted first by type,
> then by symbol name, and you just have to double-click on the symbol,
> and it will transport you to its location. Okay, I admit this works
> better for C than C++.
>
> - Is there a way, when selecting text and hitting a keystroke, it
> searches for its declaration or definition (basically in vim, it can
> scan the ctags database and list all symbols that match the selection
> : if there is only one, it jumps directly to it (most cases), if there
> are several it display a list where you can choose to jump to) ?
>
> Okay, I know, there's already a code browser which updates itself
> whenever you open or save a file. But I don't really need a such
> h.e.a.v.y. thing.
>
> 5. A minor thing : but is it possible to highlight the pattern that's
> being searched inside files. I don't know if you are using grep
> internally. But GNU grep support the env. var. GREP_COLORS, which will
> surround the matched pattern by VT100 codes. When searching among
> several hundreed of matches, this helps a bit.
>
> That's all I can remmeber for now. Although I made just criticisms, I
> just wanted to say that I like this program, and I hope you're still
> on schedule to release the 5.0 version.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Thierry Pierron
>
>
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