Re: [anjuta-devel] Improvements in project manager

[Sébastien Granjoux <seb sfo free fr>]

Hi Johannes,


Le 30/12/2011 18:26, Johannes Schmid a écrit :
> > * Do you think it is useful to remove the difference between a group and
> > a target?
> 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.

Currently, I have hidden this concept by naming "group" as "directory" 
in the user interface but I think it would be perhaps better to keep the 
name "group" and improve the documentation because it's a bit more than 
a directory. In autotools project, it is a directory, listed in the 
configure.ac file and a new Makefile.am. I think we can define a group 
as a way to group groups and targets allowing to set common properties. 
It looks clear enough for me and I think we keep it.



Else, we can remove the "add group" menu item, and use the "add target" 
dialog instead selecting directory or group as target type. But I'm 
afraid it will not be really better as it reduce the difference between 
a group and a target while it's quite different at least in autotools 
project.

Another issue is that it could be useful to order groups and targets. 
Currently as a target cannot include another target, it is possible 
because you can select a sibling target instead of a parent group when 
adding a new one. I prefer this situation because the dialog is simple 
even if it's not obvious.

When adding a new group, I cannot know is the selected group is a parent 
or a sibling. Currently, it's always a parent. I can add a combo box to 
choose but I find a bit annoying to add additional widgets.

Anyway, it's possible to do it and it doesn't need any change in the 
project API. The main blocking point is that I think we need at least to 
renamed target to something more general but I haven't found a better 
name: perhaps item, component, part?


> 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

Yes, sure.


Regards,

Sébastien