I run Fedora on my machine and I use Emacs and GCC for development. I don't know what the other PSPP developers use.
On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 1:42 AM elias <elias_0000_0...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > so, what coder environment do you use for pspp? > > other useful tools that can you tell me about pspp from a coders > perspective to use? > > > On 12/4/24 5:51 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > 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.
