Re: [anjuta-devel] Improvements in project manager

[Johannes Schmid <jhs jsschmid de>]

Hi Sébastien!

> * Do you think it is useful to remove the difference between a group and 
> a target?
> The implementation is very similar for both and it could be more 
> flexible. By example we could define several kinds of groups and use 
> them to represent autotools data targets.
> On the other hand, currently groups include only groups and targets 
> while targets include only files. So there is a real difference and it 
> could be easier for the user to keep this difference. Moreover it 
> corresponds to a real difference in autotools project at least.

Hmm, the "group" concept is very intransparent for the user so probably
it would be easier to remove the difference if possible. But we still
need to be able to map every autotools project at least. I don't have a
strong opinion here as I cannot really see the consequences.

> * When removing targets, groups or files only the project files are 
> changed. Do you think it's useful to remove the files or the directories 
> themselves?
> Perhaps, we could add this option in the confirm dialog box.

Sounds like a useful option in the dialog like "Remove files that are
(only) part of this target". But we would need to check that the files
aren't references in other groups/targets

> * I plan to write a special combo box for selecting targets. This combo 
> box could be used in the new class and new file dialog so you won't have 
> to display the project "add source" dialog. Moreover in this case, the 
> "add source" dialog could be replaced by a file chooser dialog as it 
> will be used only for existing files. Do you have other ideas?

That would be great!

Regards,
Johannes