Re: [Gimp-developer] Development environment

[Shlomi Fish <shlomif shlomifish org>]

Hi scl,

On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 11:43:44 +0100
scl <scl gplus gmail com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> as I'm currently getting deeper into GIMP development, I'm considering 
> which tools to use beside the already known git, jhbuild, make, 
> autotools etc. I mean which IDE, Git (GUI) client etc. do you use? 
> Because I know that this question can lead to animated discussions, I'm 
> explicitly not asking who has the greatest tool, but which tools *have 
> proved* efficient and useful for you?
> 
> I already checked the mailing list archives and found some hints, but no 
> exhaustive answer. I'd be glad if you could answer the following 
> questions I mainly found at [1] (thanks to Massimo!). The answers would 
> be a guide for other new contributors, too.
> 
> Q: What is the tool that you use for Gimp development (ex: Vim, Emacs, 
> Eclipse, Netbeans, Anjuta, ...)?
> A:
> 

I used gvim (a sort-of-GUIish version of Vim), valgrind, gdb, konsole, KDE,
Bash, some perl on the command line, etc., 

> Q: Does your development environment support direct compilation (answer 
> Yes or No)? If so please explain how in the note (e.g. IDE/editor 
> feature or with plugin x, script y, ...).
> A:
> Note:

Yes. it does: type ":make" in the gvim window. (Not sure I always use it,
though).

> 
> Q: Does your development environment support code completion (answer Yes 
> or No)? If so please explain how in the note (e.g. IDE/editor feature or 
> with plugin x, script y, ...).
> A:
> Note:

There are several code completion mechanisms and plug-ins for Vim. Maybe seem
OmniComplete.

> 
> Q: Does your development environment support documentation browser? 
> (answer Yes or No)? If so please explain how in the note (e.g. 
> IDE/editor feature or with plugin x, script y, ...).
> A:
> Note:

I use Firefox for that.

> 
> Q: Does your development environment support debugging? (answer Yes or 
> No)? If so please explain how in the note (e.g. IDE/editor feature or 
> with plugin x, script y, ...).
> A:
> Note:

I tend to use gdb for that.

> 
> Q: Does your development environment support code refactoring? (answer 
> Yes or No)? If so please explain how in the note (e.g. IDE/editor 
> feature or with plugin x, script y, ...).
> A:
> Note:

I'm not sure if there's an open-source code refactoring tool for C available.
Some refactorings can be done semi-manually using a tool such as Perl, Emacs
macros, or http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/ .

> 
> Q: Does your development environment support Bugzilla integration? If so 
> please explain how in the note (e.g. IDE/editor feature or with plugin 
> x, script y, ...).
> A:
> Note:

No Bugzilla integration, but a web browser should be good enough.

> 
> Q: What are the special benefits of your development environment?
> A:
> 

Well, gvim allows for fast editing and can combine various keystrokes in a
myriad of ways. It takes some time getting used to, but a small subset of the
command can be learned pretty easily.

> Q: What are you still missing?
> A:
> 

Well, maybe I want something more integrated, and with better (and fast) GUI
support. 

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

> Q: Which additional comments do you have?
> A:
> 
> Thank you in advance!
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Sven
> 
> [1] 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/gimp-developer lists xcf berkeley edu/msg21662.html
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