automatic area switching

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 25.06.09 10:59:14, Niko Sams wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:33, Andreas Pakulat<apaku at gmx.de> wrote:
> > On 25.06.09 10:14:56, Niko Sams wrote:
> >> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 08:46, Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de> wrote:
> >> > > 2. switch back:
> >> > > - should we switch back?
> >> >
> >> > Yes/No :) Not switching back means less flickering/auto-changing Ui, which
> >> > is good for inexperienced users as they're not scared away because the
> >> > machine seems to do strange things all on its own.
> >> >
> >> > However for people used to the switching its always annoying having to
> >> > switch back manually.
> >> >
> >> > > - if so - when?
> >> > > It could be done when the debug session ended. However the user won't
> >> > > see the output in the Debug Tool View then.
> >> > > So it's probably best to leave switching back to the user.
> >> >
> >> > I assume you mean GDB? I'm not sure how useful that is once the session has
> >> > ended. I mean most of the problems for which you need the output from there
> >> > are happening during the session.
> >> No, I mean the tool view where the application output goes to. It
> >> _might_ contain useful
> >> output.
> >
> > Hmm, right. I'd like to hear more opinions about the switch back vs. not
> > switch back, but if we decide to automatically switch back we could have a
> > way of showing a certain toolviews in all areas...
> If Execute output and Debug output would not have their own tool views
> this would
> make perfectly sense.
> Are those two views intentionally?

I think they should be the same, I can't think of any reason an app should
produce differing output when run inside a debugger.
 
> >> > I think we could have an option for fully-automatic perspective switching,
> >> > just make sure to use a stack inside the uicontroller to keep track of the
> >> > last-used-session :)
> >> And add something like IUiController::switchToPreviousArea()?
> >> I think it's easier to remember the previous area in the DebugSession
> >> - no need for a stack.
> >
> > I suggest not to do that. The previous state should be stored in whatever
> > place is doing switching. I've just recently had to do similar things in
> > Eclipse and its a nightmare to do it from outside the actual code that
> > switches perspectives.
> So what API should the DebugSession use?

Yet to be created API, like switchToArea( IUIController::lastUsedArea() ).
IMHO.

Andreas

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