[Geany-devel] Build system glitches

Thomas Martitz thomas.martitz at xxxxx
Wed Oct 14 15:26:16 UTC 2009


Lex Trotman schrieb:
> 2009/10/14 Thomas Martitz <thomas.martitz at student.htw-berlin.de>:
>   
>> Sorry that I just ditch in, I just want to point something out from a user
>> pov.
>>     
>
> Don't worry, everyone has the right to express their opinion.
>
>   
>> Lex Trotman schrieb:
>>     
>>>       
>>>>> 3. from user preference (geany.conf)
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>> As soon as there is more than one file in the program, the run command
>>> is usually no longer dependent on the file, you usually want to run
>>> the main program. You don't want to have to always switch back to the
>>> "main" file before selecting run, so the command needs to be able to
>>> be set somewhere that is file independent
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> I disagree with that. That's what a project/session is for. If there's no
>> project open, it should be document-sensitive/filetype-sensitive
>> (unfortunately that's not entirely the same).
>>     
>
>
> Then don't set a run command in the preferences, it will still be
> filetype sensitive.  Its entirely up to you.
>
>   
>> To me, there's no such thing as a "main file" if I have various random files
>> open. I use project if I'm to lazy for switching files and the run command
>> is the same.
>>
>>     
>
> You should not *have* to use a project, that was a requirement of
> Enricos right from the beginning.  Switching files isn't lazyness, its
> an annoyance that isn't needed.
>
>   


I thought the main requirement was to not change default behavior? And 
it wasn't behaving like this before. Also refer to Enrico's initial mail:



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