QIde, a new IDE for Qt4

[elcuco]

Hi,

Nice, it's nice to see how this application inproves so fast. I will try to compile my own applications on it, and see how it goes. Lets treat this as an "usability test", more then real life experience...

If you don't mind me nagging, some more problems:

1. syntax highlighter bug: when you put a string inside a single line comment, the string is marked as well. For example:
   

   // good  text "bad test"

   // good  text "bad test"

   To copy to clipboard, switch view to plain text mode 
   In this example, "bad text" will be marked in red.
   
   
2. Find without result, gives no warning. When you press ctrl+f to start searching and no string is found, the application does not notify the user about it. Popping out a new message box is lame, but some text on the status bar (or some blinking something, somewhere) would be nice.
   
   
3. Bad contrast on the line numbering. The contrast on the line number is really funky, bright color, on bright color. I assume some people will not see it. While I do like the background, it's sometimes used to alert people or displaying some warning message. If you do want to keep that background color, you should make the text color very dark, like black.
   
   BTW, what happens on files with 10000 lines? does that widget expands? or is fixed to 4 digits?
   
   
4. More shortcut issues - select the editor. If it's possible, I would like a shortcut to make the current text editor active. Lets say I am using the mouse to open a file, or I am in the GDB command line, I would like to press "esc" and start writing code once again. The shortcut should be easy to remember, and I recommend "esc" because you are making a text editor: anything else but editing text is extra, and you always come back to it.
   
   
5. More shortcut issues - header/implementation swith (related to 4). First, way cool the shortcut, thanks for adding it. I am testing it, and I saw that when I switch between header/implementation, the text editor is not always selected, and I sometimes find myself on the combo-boxes. If it's possible, can you select the editor on the switch?
   
   
6. More shortcut issues - VS compabillity.
   
   • Start program - F6 (not available on VS, but my own extention)
   • Abort - Shift+F5
   • Step out: Shift+F11
   • Also, please put hot keys on every menu and item... hard job, but helps users
   
   
   
7. The project config dialog is a mess. I have not tested it properly, and my ovsebations are just by looking, and so feel free to ignore me. Anyway, the dialog is way too big, and exposes by default way too much information. The advanced options, can be hidden by default and showed only after a user presses an advanced options (there is a Qt4 example in "qt/examples/dialogs/extension" which shows what I would like to see).
   Another option, can be moving this to another tab.
   
   
8. Not a complain, but I just wanted to show this to the reader of this forum:
   Type "QString" on an open window, and press F1. cool...

This comes out as a long list, but not because it's bad, but because it can improve to be really good.

What are your plans for the future of this application? How would you like to expand it?

[jlbrd]

Thank you for these tests which improve QIde.

Version 0.13 is available.

For the requests:

1. Unsolved. It is necessary that I change all the code for this part. In more it is too slow.

2. Find goes now like that of Kate with dialog box when end is reached.

3. The text is now black. With long texts it works .... now.

4. and 6. Shortcuts are added

5. On switch it's good now. The editor recive the focus

7. I will work above. To come.

What are your plans for the future of this application? How would you like to expand it?

I would like to implement:
- Automatic completion. But It's hard because it is necessary to analyze before headers and sources. Find variables, functions ...
- Version with Designer embedded.

PS : My answers are short because English is difficult for me.