[Eric] eric4 - suggestions

[Detlev Offenbach]

On Sonntag, 8. Juli 2007, Jürgen Urner wrote:
> Detlev Offenbach wrote:
> > On Samstag, 7. Juli 2007, Jürgen Urner wrote:
> >> Detlev Offenbach wrote:
> >>> On Samstag, 7. Juli 2007, Matthieu TC wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> That will be part of the next eric 4.1 snapshot.
> >>>
> >>>>>>   -Whenever I run a script within Eric4, the output goes to the
> >>>>>> shell, not to the log viewer.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> That is done by intention. The shell is the i/o interface to the
> >>>>> debugger backend.
> >>>>
> >>>> Okay.. but is there any way to use the Log Viewer (I'm not trying to
> >>>> debug, I'm running the script.)?  For heavy output, the shell isn't
> >>>> great.
> >>
> >> Just my two cents ....log viewer should be a QTextEdit.
> >
> > That's exactly what it is!
> >
> >> And neither
> >> QTextEdit nor
> >> Scintilla are prepaired to take much output. Both are pretty heavy on
> >> memory and slow down fast.
> >
> > If one has to debug a program, that produces huge output, one can select
> > to start the debugger backend in a console (either globally or on a per
> > project basis) or even disable the redirection of stdin/stdout/stderr.
>
> I am always worried a bit about what happens if s.o. runs an unknown
> script or accidently
> adds one or the other zero to the thingy he is currently working upon.
>
> print 'Gotcha!\n'* 1000000
>
> ...should take a few minutes untill the user is able to get to the menu
> to redirect stdout ;-)
>
> Jürgen

Any suggestion on how to overcome this shortcoming?

Detlev
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Detlev Offenbach
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