agreed... On 9/11/06, Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > DW is in no way useless, I am not a fan anymore (for ColdFusion work) but > it > is a fantastic tool for HTML / CSS. > > > > > > > > > > "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Oriel House, 26 The Quadrant, > Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DL, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, > Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is > confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of > the > intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please > note > that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the > information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error please return it to the sender or > call > our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within > this > communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." > Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ > To: CF-Talk > Sent: Mon Sep 11 19:17:54 2006 > Subject: RE: Holy crap I like CFEclipse! > > Agreed, DW is useless, but I think the bigger issue is that you're using > SourceSafe. Get rid of the demon and go to SVN. (Then just tell that one > guy that DW is no longer supported due to it's non integration with SVN > and > make him use CFE :-P ) > > Russ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Daniel Lancelot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 12:53 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Holy crap I like CFEclipse! > > > > > > Turn off the design view and you've got a serious code editor. > > > > > > I tend to disagree, in my opinion the real added value in DW are > certain > > > visual tools, if you don't use them, you are better served by > CFEclipse > > or > > > a > > > traditional code editor, faster and with a smaller footprint, like > > > EditPlus, > > > UltraEdit, or even good old Homesite. > > > > > > Completely agree - only time I use DW is for rapid edits of static HTML > > (laying out html emails etc). > > > > We have guy's on the team here who use DW for everything - and this has > > exposed a quite annoying """feature""" - namely its broken SourceSafe > > integration. > > > > If a file is checked out to another user, and you try editing it within > > DW, > > DW will remove the write protection on the file, but will not check it > > out. > > > > THIS IS WRONG! > > > > No other source control product that I have ever used works in this > way... > > > > The write protection and the check out status go hand in hand - and you > > should not be able to edit a file which is not checked out. > > > > What's even worse, is that if you then try and save the file, DW will go > > and > > checkout the file over your changed file, and irrecoverably lose all > your > > changes. > > > > In addition, if you try and do a search and replace across multiple > files, > > some of which have been checked out, edited and saved, and some of which > > are > > still checked in, DW will prompt you to ask if you want to check out > > un-checked out files. If you click yes, not only will DW check out the > > un-checked out files, but also all the ones already checked out and > > changed > > - losing all work since you last checked your files in!!!! > > > > My colleague has lost a sum total of at least 12 hours work due to DW's > > sourcesafe bugs. I meanwhile use CF Eclipse with the free VSS Explorer > > eclipse plug in - and have never had any (VSS related) problems... > > > > > > > > > >
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