Notes on kdevelop

[jbb]

Hi,

Here's some comments on odd behaviour in kdevelop, mainly to do with version 
control systems

. CVS and SVN is in Settings/Configure Kdevelop/Plugins but Perforce and 
Clearcase is in Project/Project options/Plugins. Why the difference?

. A new project gives me the option of cvs and svn. Would perforce or 
clearcase be there if I had them?

. Right Mouse Click in editor view gives me the options of Perforce and 
Clearcase but I have neither.

. My project is a CVS project so why show Perforce, Clearcase, or Subversion 
in RMC in editor view.

. Cervisia Intergration is also in Settings/Configure Kdevelop/Plugins, but 
looking at it from a new user pov, what is this? The description is a no-op. 
Likewise the subversion description.

. I can select Cervisia Integration but it tells me "Could not find Cervisia 
KPart!! This plug-in will be unusable." Better wording would be something 
like " Unable to find the Cervisia KPart. Cervisia Integration will not be 
available." :(

. So why doesn't selecting Perforce or Clearcase work like the Cervisia 
Integration?

. Err, kdevelop just crashed :-)

. A cvs log produces a ... text cvs log. Can't remember when I last looked at 
one of these in the raw. I guess the cervisia part will fix this?

. A cvs diff makes the ouput view flash as the diff is down loaded. Very ugly.

. A cvs diff is in text! RMC gives me the option of KDiff3Part or KomparePart. 
Neither work here because I don't have them. So why show them?

. Err, kdevelop just crashed again :( Hmm, maybe double click in CVS part 
output view when nothing is in it. Hmm, nope, that's not the cause as it 
doesn't happen after reloading but that's what I was doing at the time.

. RMC in editor says "Grep: text" but Edit menu says "Find in Files". Also 
Find in files doesn't load the selected text (or text you are on if editor 
option (katepart) set to do this).

My favourite 
. "Go To Declaration" covers the entire screen and takes a fair bit of time to 
load if a large class. (try gdbcontroller.cpp) Why doesn't it go to the item 
you RMClicked on. I always want to go to the declaration of that particular 
item not the others. if I want that, I go to the class view.

Anyway that's enough for tonight. As you can see nothing really wrong here. 
It's just that this stuff makes kdevelop harder to use than necessary or 
leaves the user uncertain about what is happening.

See ya later,

jbb