On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 3:42 PM elias <elias_0000_0...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > as a newbie that i would like to explore pspp code > > I have visual studio, and i am coding in python.
I don't know whether Visual Studio can compile PSPP. > However, i have > involved only in small programs. Not big ones like pspp. I found that > the gui can be tested through glade. I think Glade can show the GUI, which is a very simple form of testing. Most testing will need more than Glade (instead, it will be necessary to run PSPP). > So, my question is as newbie: > a) To check even the slightest change in coding pspp must be compiled > and run as whole? This is usually a good practice. It only takes a few minutes, or even less on a fast machine. > b) usually, my programs are executed through visual studio. Is this > possible for pspp? I don't know. I don't think any of the existing PSPP developers use Visual Studio. It might take an expert with Visual Studio to make it work. You can try it. > c) you guys do you have any discord server or something similar? No. We used to have an IRC channel, but I think that it was retired. It was not used much. The mailing lists are the best way to talk to the developers. > d) i tried to run glade with a file from src/ui/gui/ that says "psppire > is not found" What did you run? > e) so do you have some quick methods / commands that are useful to give > me to start to explore pspp as coder? Can you already build and run PSPP? That is the first step. > 5) How do you check things around pspp? I don't know what this question is asking. To run the testsuite, I use "make check". > 6) i have install also gtk inspector and i can check the gui interactively. OK. > 7) I also read that small changes to gui is better to happen to xml > files than running glade. I tried to add the whole folder of psppire in > glade's preferences but again dont find it > > The following required catalogs are unavailable: psppire by doing glade > barcharts.ui I don't understand this error message either.
