[Eric] some questions about Eric specifically and IDs generally

[Detlev Offenbach]

On Freitag, 17. April 2009, Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> I've talked about this particular set of issues about IDEs and disabled
> programmers) in a variety of Python related environments and I don't expect
> to get any answer other than "sucks to be you".  I need to asked these
> questions periodically to make sure my assumptions/knowledge are still
> valid.  and yes, if the answer really is "sucks to be you" don't worry.  It
> won't hurt my feelings (too much) :-)
>
> Here's my working environment:
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>  virtual machine A               | virtual machine B
>  Windows XP                      | Ubuntu 8.04
> runs NaturallySpeaking           | application test bed
> runs X11                         |
> runs most of my user interfaces  |
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>                         virtual machine host
>                  file storage for local virtual machines
>                         (linux Ubuntu)
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> physical machine C
> Ubuntu 8.04
> Application live execution system
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> my development model is to use Windows as my user interface, develop on
> virtual machine B, do final testing/development on physical machine C. 
> it's amazing how your development environment can get twisted in knots when
> your hands no longer work.  one thing that's worked really well (well being
> a relative term) was to export the workings directory via NFS to the Linux
> guest.
>
> What I've been doing is using Emacs plus tramp to edit files on virtual
> machine B and use that as the primary repository for source code control
> (bzr).  Emacs has some problems working with speech recognition so I'm
> looking for something a little more full-featured to help me manage project
> layout etc..  Maybe even some re-factoring help.  It would be nice if one
> could somehow make name completion and speech recognition work together
> but, I'm not holding my breath.
>
> One possible solution that occurred to me is if there is some way to
> trigger exporting files to a remote Linux machine using rsync or unison
> whenever a file is changed. (note: just thought of what to Google for:
> http://inotify-tools.sourceforge.net/ so the solution might not be such a
> bad one as long as I could control the target easily. hmmm.)
>
> But if folks have any suggestions on how to work with developing programs
> on multiple platforms (editing, debugging), I would love to hear the ideas.
>
> thanks.
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You could setup a repository server on your host and access this from the 
virtual machines. I am using a similar setup for the eric4 development. 
However, I am using an external repository server to serve my complete 
network.

Detlev
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Detlev Offenbach
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