CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate) (08/29/90)
Here's something that has been bothering me for quite a while, and I'd like to hear what other THINK C users have to say about it. One of the things I love about THINK C is the ability to option-click in a window's title bar to get a pull-down list of all the header dependencies of that file, or of the entire project (if you click in the project window's title bar). Unfortunately, if you use a precompiled header (which I do A LOT), the header that you compiled doesn't show up in the list. For me, this expands the usual "option-click, open header file" step to "Command-O, descend the directory tree, open header file" -- much slower. How hard would it be to embed the name (and directory, or whatever is done for uncompiled headers) of the original header file in the precompiled version? That way, there would be no sacrifice of utility when using precompiled headers. Often I find that I NEED to use precompiled headers, since otherwise a full make would take me all day -- AppleShare servers and floppies are slow. My current workaround is to keep the header file open in a window at all times, but that clutters up the screen something fierce, especially on an SE. Having the ability to quickly open the header files without going through the Standard File dialogs is a beautiful feature -- I just wish I could do the same with precompiled headers. Come to think of it, it would be nice if the compiler remembered the name that the precompiled header had been saved under, the same as it does for the "Build Application..." name. And a command-key for "Precompile Header" would be handy, too.... ------- Christopher Tate | cxt105@psuvm.bitnet | nobody, not even the rain, cxt105@psuvm.psu.edu | has such small hands. ..!psuvax1!psuvm.bitnet!cxt105 |
gerhard@cs.arizona.edu (Gerhard Mehldau) (08/30/90)
In article <90241.121931CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu>, CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate) writes: > Here's something that has been bothering me for quite a while, and I'd like > to hear what other THINK C users have to say about it. > [ Accessing precompiled headers by option-clicking on the titlebar ] Agreed. > Come to think of it, it would be nice if the compiler remembered the name > that the precompiled header had been saved under, the same as it does for > the "Build Application..." name. Yes, and change the default button in the "Replace existing <filename>?" dialog to "Yes" (I realize that this requires hacking StdFile, and probably doesn't conform to Apple's human interface guidelines...). > And a command-key for "Precompile Header" would be handy, too.... You can do this yourself: just use ResEdit on the MENU resource. I moved Command-Y from Check Syntax (which I rarely use) to Precompile in my copy of the application. I also modified a few others that I were unhappy with - in particular, it always bothered me that Command-W didn't close the frontmost window, and that Command-P didn't print... - Gerhard -- -> Gerhard Mehldau Dept. of Computer Science internet: gerhard@cs.arizona.edu University of Arizona uucp: {cmcl2,noao,uunet}!arizona!gerhard Tucson, AZ 85721, U.S.A. voice: +1 (602) 621-4632
carlton@draco (Mike Carlton) (08/30/90)
In article <24727@megaron.cs.arizona.edu> gerhard@cs.arizona.edu (Gerhard Mehldau) writes: ... > > Yes, and change the default button in the "Replace existing <filename>?" > dialog to "Yes" (I realize that this requires hacking StdFile, and > probably doesn't conform to Apple's human interface guidelines...). > ... >- Gerhard > >-- >-> Gerhard Mehldau > Dept. of Computer Science internet: gerhard@cs.arizona.edu > University of Arizona uucp: {cmcl2,noao,uunet}!arizona!gerhard > Tucson, AZ 85721, U.S.A. voice: +1 (602) 621-4632 You can change the default button in the "Replace existing <filename>?" dialog to "Yes" yourself with ResEdit. Simply open the System file, locate the correct ALRT template and in the view as text mode, change the default button from 1 to 2. Save and you're all set. Of course, this is a global, permanent change. Every use of standard file in every application will default to the overwrite case -- use it at your own risk. I much prefer this default though and always change the dialog when I have to copy over a new System file. Cheers, Mike Carlton, UC Berkeley Computer Science ~ carlton@ernie.berkeley.edu ...!ucbvax!ernie!carlton Manana
siegel@endor.uucp (Rich Siegel) (08/30/90)
In article <90241.121931CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate) writes: > >One of the things I love about THINK C is the ability to option-click in a >window's title bar to get a pull-down list of all the header dependencies >of that file, or of the entire project (if you click in the project window's >title bar). > >Unfortunately, if you use a precompiled header (which I do A LOT), the header >that you compiled doesn't show up in the list. For me, this expands the >usual "option-click, open header file" step to "Command-O, descend the If you option-Click in the project window's title bar, then you'll get a list of all files included by all files in the project. Therefore, if you add the source to your precompiled header to the project document, (e.g. Mac #includes.c), you can pull down the names of the precompiled header's component .h files from the project window itself. R. Rich Siegel Software Engineer Symantec Languages Group Internet: siegel@endor.harvard.edu UUCP: ..harvard!endor!siegel I hate fascist Pnews implementations which limit the .signature to 4 lines.
gerhard@cs.arizona.edu (Gerhard Mehldau) (08/30/90)
In article <38519@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, carlton@draco (Mike Carlton) writes: >> Yes, and change the default button in the "Replace existing <filename>?" >> dialog to "Yes"... > > You can change the default button in the "Replace existing <filename>?" > dialog to "Yes" yourself with ResEdit. Simply open the System file, > locate the correct ALRT template and in the view as text mode, change > the default button from 1 to 2. Save and you're all set. ------------------------------^ To do this, you need to check all four check boxes labeled "2 bold" (It wasn't obvious to me, I had to ask Mike what he meant...). > Of course, this is a global, permanent change. Every use of standard > file in every application will default to the overwrite case -- use it at > your own risk. I much prefer this default though and always change the > dialog when I have to copy over a new System file. > > Cheers, > Mike Carlton, UC Berkeley Computer Science ~ > carlton@ernie.berkeley.edu ...!ucbvax!ernie!carlton Manana I did a little experiment, and I found that you can apply this change selectively to THINK C (or any other application) by first copying the ALRT resource (# -3996) into the resource fork of the application, and then applying the change only there. It is not even necessary to copy the corresponding DITL resource... - Gerhard -- -> Gerhard Mehldau Dept. of Computer Science internet: gerhard@cs.arizona.edu University of Arizona uucp: {cmcl2,noao,uunet}!arizona!gerhard Tucson, AZ 85721, U.S.A. voice: +1 (602) 621-4632
ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) (08/31/90)
1. If you want to change the default just in Think C, you could try copying the ALRT from the System file to Think C, and changing it there. 2. Simply Add MacHeaders.c, or whatever it's called, to your project. Then, all the standard files will show up when you option-click on the title of the project window. Tim Smith