Wouldn't an eclipse plug in make more sense? (Unless one exists that I'm unaware of.)
-- Seth Kurtzberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:46:14 +0000 Simon Marlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Krasimir, > > Yes, I'm sure that's true. I suspect the best way is for Visual Haskell to > add its own configuration sections to the .cabal file, and recognise them > when they are already there. > > Understanding the .cabal file is not a problem, but we also have to be able > to modify it, for example when the user adds a module. In the presence of > configurations this could be tricky, but for the complex cases where we > can't figure out how to modify it we can just require the user to edit the > .cabal file by hand (since presumably it wasn't generated by Visual Haskell > in the first place anyway). > > BTW, I was recently made aware of "Visual Studio Shell": > > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vsx2008/products/bb933751.aspx > > This is a freely redistributable Visual Studio installer that includes no > language support, but allows plugins. In theory at least Visual Haskell > ought to run on top of it. So then a complete Visual Haskell would be > available for free. Are you (or anyone else) interested in looking into this? > > Cheers, > Simon > > Krasimir Angelov wrote: > > The hard work is to integrate it with the new version of Cabal. The > > problem is that the configurations model that Cabal employs can't be > > easily matched with the configurations in Visual Studio. For the new > > GHC versions I expect that the changes will be more trivial. > > > > Cheers, > > Krasimir > > > > On Dec 13, 2007 6:23 PM, Nicholls, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ahhh ok....in eclipse it was trivial.....but I'd much prefer it to be in > >> VS. > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Simon Marlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: 13 December 2007 16:22 > >> To: Nicholls, Mark > >> Cc: glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > >> Subject: Re: upgrading visual studio integration to use 6.8.2.... > >> > >> Nicholls, Mark wrote: > >>> I've just downloaded the vs integration package....which looks > >> great....but > >>> it comes with 6.6.1, and I was hoping to move to 6.8.2....does anyone > >> know > >>> how to do this? > >> No, someone needs to rebuild Visual Haskell using 6.8.2, and test it > >> etc. > >> There have been lots of changes in both the GHC API and Cabal, so I > >> expect > >> it will not be a straightforward recompile. Also building Visual > >> Haskell > >> itself is no mean feat. > >> > >> We'd love it if someone were able to take this on. The code for Visual > >> Haskell is available at http://darcs.haskell.org/vshaskell. > >> > >> Also, we need to update it for VS 2008... > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Simon > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > >> Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users > _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users