[PyKDE] eric3 question ... project

[Dave S]

Detlev Offenbach wrote:

>Am Mittwoch, 26. Mai 2004 21:55 schrieb Dave S:
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>>OK Im getting to like eric ... 
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>>I got a bunch of questions so I guess 
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>>1) Im new to IDEs, what is the advantage of saving as a 'project' ? It
>>seems to do exactly the same as
>>saving a file short of being able to add extra 'project' info ...  Why
>>save as a project ?
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>Actually it saves extra project related infos. Some of them can be 
>changed via the Project Properties dialog, some are determined by 
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>>2) Gentoo offers eric3 v3.1 in 'stable' or eric3 v3.3.1 in 'testing'.
>>v3.1 seems to work OK but v3.3.1 has a quirk.
>>If I load a project (see above ;-) ) the cursor fixes as a 'busy'
>>clock instead of an arrow and will not change back.
>>This happens in Fluxbox & KDE so I don't think its window manager
>>related. Anyone heard of this ? How to fix it ?
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>v3.3.1 is quite old. You should get v3.4.2 from the eric3 web site.
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Gentoo has just released an ebuild for v3.4.2 - like yesterday - Ive 
built it & the problem has gone away :-)

>>3) What is a 'form', OK this maybe a Python question but I have never
>>heard of them before eric3. What do you
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>A 'form' is the file storing dialog layout. You used Qt-Designer to 
>create and edit these files and eric3 to convert them to Python code 
>(eric3 actually just calls a utility of PyQt).
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OK that makes sense ... its to advanced for me now, Ill get the hang of 
eric first then explore Qt-designer !

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>>4) What is the 'Bycycle Repair Man' :-)  Well it made me smile !
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>That is a refactoring tool.
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...mmm... refactoring ... some kind of speeding up ? - Ill give it a whirl.

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>>I look forward to hearing from you all
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>>Cheers
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>>Dave
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>Detlev
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