Oleg Kobchenko wrote: > An interesting solution for a simplified IDE is the Xcode Organizer. > http://www.macresearch.org/tutorial-introducing-xcode-30-organizer > > http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/XcodeProjectManagement/140-Using_the_Organizer/using_the_organizer.html > It is like a text editor with a "projects" browser in a side bar tree. > > A project is just a folder with sub-folders and some defined > targets (build, clean, run, custom) similar to Java Ant. > Many projects can be added to the tree as roots, so there is > an active project, and an active target.
Thanks. The Organizer looks like a combination of J's project manager + find in files. In the new IDE these should be both together; right now they are partly linked, but as separate applications. > One way to promote ProgMan and make it easier to use, is to integrate > such Organizer with the edit window. It would act as an "explorer" to > browse or open adjacent files and folders, but when a project file is > present it will run targets from it. Yes, PM will be integrated into the edit window. > Separation of targets and actions. E.g. "compile" is an action of > combining one or more J scripts, resolving imports and removing > comments; then "compile" action can be used in different targets > such as "build" alongside other actions like copy, create folder etc. > There may be multiple targets per project. A target may be dependent > on other targets in current or other (sub)projects. This ability to associate various actions with a project is a very nice feature. In J, I often switch to another project, do something, then switch back. In Organizer I could stay on the one project, but still run that something in another project. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
