Hi,

I know that work on IDDE is kinda low priority now, but please consider:

1. Run button as a toggle of Stop button (or have you already done this? I use 7.2 only)

2. Not 'touching' the 'opn' and 'prj' files in case they are not modified. This causes the autobackup mechanism to kick in every time and unnecessarily backs up these. (I use a small program to 'freshen' up a lzh in each project directory.)

3. Why not have these files use plain ASCII? That way, they become advanced/specialised makefiles and many versions are easy to preserve/work with. Forgetting all the web hoopla about XML, simple XML would be the ideal format.

Thanks

They're all good suggestions. (I always thought they should be in ascii
format too <g>.)

Rajiv Bhagwat wrote in message <1103_986844171@elephant>...
>Hi,
>
>I know that work on IDDE is kinda low priority now, but please consider:
>
>1. Run button as a toggle of Stop button (or have you already done this? I
use 7.2 only)
>
>2. Not 'touching' the 'opn' and 'prj' files in case they are not modified.
This causes the autobackup mechanism to kick in every time and unnecessarily backs up these. (I
>use a small program to 'freshen' up a lzh in each project directory.)
>
>3. Why not have these files use plain ASCII? That way, they become
advanced/specialised makefiles and many versions are easy to preserve/work with. Forgetting all
>the web hoopla about XML, simple XML would be the ideal format.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>

> 3. Why not have these files use plain ASCII? That way, they become advanced/specialised makefiles and many versions are easy to preserve/work with. Forgetting all
> the web hoopla about XML, simple XML would be the ideal format.

I do not know if you noticed, but when using the IDDE (7.5 i.e.) the only two files you really need to keep around are the .PRJ and .OPN.
.PRJ is basically an ASCII file. When I create a new project I copy a project from Template directory, edit the .PRJ file with a text editor and go from there.
The .OPN file however is binary and yes, it would be a good idea to change that. <XML></XML> would be a good way to structure the file.

Don't worry, be Kneppie!
Jan

Yes, I know that, thats why these file go in the archieve along with the
source files. I would like to use a diff and make sure of the change in
options. That is why the request.
- Rajiv

Jan Knepper <jan@smartsoft.cc> wrote in message news:3AD29485.6E577C5D@smartsoft.cc...
> > 3. Why not have these files use plain ASCII? That way, they become
advanced/specialised makefiles and many versions are easy to preserve/work with. Forgetting all
> > the web hoopla about XML, simple XML would be the ideal format.
>
> I do not know if you noticed, but when using the IDDE (7.5 i.e.) the only
two files you really need to keep around are the .PRJ and .OPN.
> .PRJ is basically an ASCII file. When I create a new project I copy a
project from Template directory, edit the .PRJ file with a text editor and go from there.
> The .OPN file however is binary and yes, it would be a good idea to change
that. <XML></XML> would be a good way to structure the file.
>
> Don't worry, be Kneppie!
> Jan
>
>