[Geany-devel] Update to build support

[Lex Trotman]

2009/1/31 Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de>

> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:44:15 +1100, Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >2009/1/30 Nick Treleaven <nick.treleaven at btinternet.com>
> >
> >> On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:30:20 +1100
> >> Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > > Sorry, I haven't looked at them. Until we have a stable build
> >> > > commands design, I would prefer we don't complicate things. It's
> >> > > not so bad using an existing command to compile headers.
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > Ok, if no other objections I'll implement an option for compile
> >> > headers
> >> off
> >> > by default and lets see how it goes.
> >>
> >> Well, we might want to make changes to the build system, or extend
> >> GUI functionality in some way. This would likely be made more
> >> complex if we have to also support different sets of build commands.
> >>
> >> I think it would be best to keep the alternate build commands feature
> >> separate from the main build work.
> >>
> >
> >Ummm to make sure my last proposal above was understood, what I was
> >proposing was not to have alternate commands for now, just to have an
> >option to make the c/c++ filetype commands available for headers.
> >Currently headers are hard coded to be unable to access any build or
> >compile commands.  If headers need a different build command then one
> >of the spare commands will have to be used and the user must choose
> >the correct command for header or body.   Since there is some risk in
> >that process, eg choosing the wrong command may have unintended side
> >effects, the option is off by default (giving current behavior).  It
> >probably should be a hidden option, not on the GUI.
>
> Er, didn't we already decided that the current restriction to not
> compile header files can/should be removed?
> I think we don't need an option for this.
> Just allow compiling header files and leave it in the user's
> responsibility with which command he/she compiles a header file.
>

I didn't realise that was decided, happy to do minimal work ;-) will remove.

Cheers
Lex


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> Regards,
> Enrico
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