On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:09 AM, Sean Hignett <s...@intelligent-design.ca>wrote:
> Hello all, > > I just recently discovered Qt, and Qt Creator. Was always aware of it, but > never paid it the attention it clearly deserves. Working through the C++ > GUI book to get up to speed. > > Qt Creator has some really impressive features... but... it also has some > strange omissions compared to all the IDEs I have used in the past (VS, > Eclipse, etc). > Yep. And this has been the subject of some debate here (although no nearly enough IMHO). I'll avoid the apparently standard noob whining about no file rename, no > folder creation, etc... Smart guys these Qt developers, so I assume there > must be some thinking behind this... it is so bizarre it must be intended :) > Please vote on the rename issue here: http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTCREATORBUG-26 And the folder issue here: http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTCREATORBUG-128 (Although there are several related tickets, none of them particularly clear on what should be done. Don't get me started on the 'sessions/pro.user file' thing...) > Can anyone offer an example of how they use the IDE such that basic > integrated file management is not a requirement? I assume it is just a case > of using the OS file management tools (eg. terminal) and manually updating > the .pro files... but am I missing something? It would seem refactoring > would be somewhat cumbersome without the ability to re-organize files in > concert. I could get used to using terminal/finder/etc, but I can't imagine > ever not "wanting" the ability to do it directly in the IDE... is this > crazy? > Yes it is. I think Creator was developed by emacs users who wanted a fantastic editor above all else. Everything else was secondary and boy does it show! I'm hoping that Nokia will come to these senses but I wouldn't hold my breath. I use Creator because the editor, autocomplete and Qt-integrtion blows everything else away (including MSVC) so I put with the other strangeness. > > Has anyone written a better FileSystem view as a plugin? (i.e. one that > isn't just read-only) > That would be fantastic. The existing File System view is utterly usless. > > Tips or advice is greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Sean > _______________________________________________ > Qt-creator mailing list > Qt-creator@trolltech.com > http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator >
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