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| hajokirchhoff |
Posted - Jul 15 2010 : 11:20:32 AM
Another feature I'd like to see:
Apply the VisualAssist coloring to the build output. Colors are great, but my output window still looks like this:
1> c:\\users\\hajo kirchhoff\\desktop\\prj\\r4000\\libs\\boost\\boost\\function\\function_template.hpp(1086): or 'boost::function<Signature> &boost::function<Signature>::operator =(boost::function<Signature>::clear_type *)'
1> with
1> [
1> Signature=void (const TestData &,std::wstring &)
1> ]
If it had colors like the code, I'd be able to read the errors much more quickly.
Regards
Hajo |
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| hajokirchhoff |
Posted - Jul 22 2010 : 02:14:17 AM
I'll wait, thanks :-) |
| feline |
Posted - Jul 21 2010 : 1:51:46 PM
These are good points. I have put in a feature request to see what our developers make of it:
case=47604
However this is unlikely to be done any time soon, since applying syntax colouring to the IDE's output window is currently very hard. |
| hajokirchhoff |
Posted - Jul 19 2010 : 08:33:59 AM
quote:
We would need to recognize all error messages to distinguish the code or symbol names from the message parts. ..I mean you may use symbol name which are part of the error message string.
The chances of a collision are definitely there, but remote, I think. Plus: It looks as if all symbols in an error message are enclosed in ''.
Example:
'xyz' is not a member of 'abcd'.
As for the error list I find it of limited use anyway. It is no more than a quick overview and it shows only the first line of an error message.
Either the error is so simple that I can spot it right away - even without coloring - or the error is more complicated, but then I have to switch to the output window to find out more about it.
Errors that stem from templates would benefit greatly from colors.
So a first step could be to simply parse the error messages for symbols enclosed in quotes '' and color these. That would probably go a long way already.
What do you think?
Regards
Hajo |
| accord |
Posted - Jul 19 2010 : 04:03:51 AM
Interesting idea. However thinking about this, it wouldn't be as simple to implement as it may seem first. We would need to recognize all error messages to distinguish the code or symbol names from the message parts to avoid coloring the words in the message as if would be a code. I mean you may use symbol name which are part of the error message string.
Another thing is there is an Error List Window
View -> Error List
which uses a listbox and I don't know if we can color this window.
It would definiately add value to the product but the question is that would it be enough to worth the effort? |
