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April 09, 2001 IDDE Improvements | ||||
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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 |
April 10, 2001 Re: IDDE Improvements | ||||
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Posted in reply to Rajiv Bhagwat | 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 > > > |
April 10, 2001 Re: IDDE Improvements | ||||
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Posted in reply to Rajiv Bhagwat | > 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
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April 10, 2001 Re: IDDE Improvements | ||||
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Posted in reply to Jan Knepper | 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 > > |
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